diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index f530b4d5..7b4f60ad 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
 from config import config
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_login import LoginManager
@@ -13,8 +12,6 @@ login_manager.login_view = 'auth.login'
 
 mail = Mail()
 
-background_scheduler = BackgroundScheduler()
-
 
 def create_app(config_name):
     app = Flask(__name__)
@@ -31,9 +28,4 @@ def create_app(config_name):
     from .main import main as main_blueprint
     app.register_blueprint(main_blueprint)
 
-    from .scheduler import scheduler as scheduler_blueprint
-    app.register_blueprint(scheduler_blueprint, url_prefix='/scheduler')
-
-    background_scheduler.start()
-
     return app
diff --git a/app/scheduler/__init__.py b/app/scheduler/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 447f8f5e..00000000
--- a/app/scheduler/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-from flask import Blueprint
-
-scheduler = Blueprint('scheduler', __name__)
-
-from . import views
diff --git a/app/scheduler/forms.py b/app/scheduler/forms.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/app/scheduler/views.py b/app/scheduler/views.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a74f6695..00000000
--- a/app/scheduler/views.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-from flask import render_template
-from . import scheduler
-from flask_login import current_user, login_required
-from .. import background_scheduler
-import json
-import subprocess
-
-
-@scheduler.route('/')
-@login_required
-def scheduler():
-    job = {
-        'creator': current_user.id,
-        'files': ['file_1', 'file_2', 'file_3'],
-        'service': 'ocr',
-        'service_args': {
-            'lang': 'deu'
-        },
-        'status': 'queued'
-    }
-    job = background_scheduler.add_job(process_job, trigger='date', args=[job])
-    print('### New job added for scheduling ###')
-    print(job)
-    return render_template('scheduler/index.html.j2', title='Scheduler')
-
-
-def process_job(job):
-    input_dir = '/home/pjentsch/%s/input' % job['service']
-    output_dir = '/home/pjentsch/%s/output' % job['service']
-
-    job['status'] = 'running'
-    print('### Job status changed ###')
-    print(job)
-
-    subprocess.run([job['service'], '-i', input_dir, '-l', job['service_args']['lang'], '-o', output_dir, '--keep-intermediates'])
-
-    job['status'] = 'finished'
-    print('### Job status changed ###')
-    print(job)
diff --git a/app/templates/scheduler/index.html.j2 b/app/templates/scheduler/index.html.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index aaa3a40b..00000000
--- a/app/templates/scheduler/index.html.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{% extends "base.html.j2" %}
-
-{% block page_content %}
-<div class="col s12">
-  <div class="card">
-    <div class="card-content">
-      <span class="card-title">All jobs</span>
-      <table>
-        <thead>
-          <tr>
-            <th>creator</th>
-            <th>files</th>
-            <th>service</th>
-            <th>service_args</th>
-            <th>status</th>
-          </tr>
-        </thead>
-
-        <tbody>
-
-        </tbody>
-      </table>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</div>
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 18b0f129..5eede513 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-APScheduler==3.6.0 
 Flask==1.0.3
+Flask-APScheduler==1.11.0
 Flask-Login==0.4.1
 Flask-Mail==0.9.1
 Flask-Migrate==2.5.2
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.4.0
+Flask-Table==0.5.0
 Flask-WTF==0.14.2
 python-dotenv==0.10.3
-Flask-Table==0.5.0