diff --git a/Backend/index.app.js b/Backend/index.app.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c93b90206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Backend/index.app.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+let ElasticService = require('./services/elastic');
+let cron = require('node-cron');
+let Raven = require('raven');
+let SQ = require("sequelize");
+let Op = SQ.Op;
+
+var Recipe = require('./models').Recipe;
+
+cron.schedule('*/1 * * * *', () => {
+  let lt = new Date();
+  lt.setDate(lt.getDate() - 7);
+
+  Recipe.findAll({
+    where: {
+      [Op.or]: [
+        { indexedAt: null },
+        { indexedAt: { [Op.lt]: lt } }
+      ]
+    },
+    limit: 400,
+    order: [
+      ['indexedAt', 'ASC']
+    ]
+  }).then(recipes => {
+    if (!recipes || recipes.length === 0) return;
+
+    return ElasticService.bulk('index', 'recipes', recipes).then(() => {
+      let ids = recipes.map(r => r.id);
+      return Recipe.update(
+        { indexedAt: new Date() },
+        {
+          where: {
+            id: { [Op.in]: ids }
+          },
+          silent: true,
+          hooks: false
+        }
+      );
+    });
+  }).catch(e => {
+    Raven.captureException(e);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/Backend/models/recipe.js b/Backend/models/recipe.js
index 50a15030c..b9cc01999 100644
--- a/Backend/models/recipe.js
+++ b/Backend/models/recipe.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 let UtilService = require('../services/util');
 let ElasticService = require('../services/elastic');
-let cron = require('node-cron');
 let Raven = require('raven');
 let SQ = require("sequelize");
 let Op = SQ.Op;
@@ -283,41 +282,5 @@ module.exports = (sequelize, DataTypes) => {
     });
   }
 
-  cron.schedule('*/1 * * * *', () => {
-    let lt = new Date();
-    lt.setDate(lt.getDate() - 7);
-
-    Recipe.findAll({
-      where: {
-        [Op.or]: [
-          { indexedAt: null },
-          { indexedAt: { [Op.lt]: lt } }
-        ]
-      },
-      limit: 400,
-      order: [
-        ['indexedAt', 'ASC']
-      ]
-    }).then(recipes => {
-      if (!recipes || recipes.length === 0) return;
-
-      return ElasticService.bulk('index', 'recipes', recipes).then(() => {
-        let ids = recipes.map(r => r.id);
-        return Recipe.update(
-          { indexedAt: new Date() },
-          {
-            where: {
-              id: { [Op.in]: ids }
-            },
-            silent: true,
-            hooks: false
-          }
-        );
-      });
-    }).catch(e => {
-      Raven.captureException(e);
-    });
-  });
-
   return Recipe;
 };