diff --git a/composer/agent.py b/composer/agent.py
index a2c7faa..eb14346 100644
--- a/composer/agent.py
+++ b/composer/agent.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 """Provides setup and the core Composer class functionality to interact with a compose stack"""
 
+from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
 from git import exc, Repo
 import logging
 from os import environ, getenv
 from pathlib import Path
 from python_on_whales import DockerClient
 from python_on_whales.exceptions import DockerException
-import schedule
 import sys
 
 handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class Composer:
     Attributes:
         docker: DockerClient instance used to interact with the compose stack
         services: list of Service objects defined by the stack
+        scheduler: BackgroundScheduler for updates
     """
 
     services = []
@@ -110,7 +111,9 @@ class Composer:
             raise Exception("Failed to authenticate remote!")
         if self.docker.compose.config(return_json=True)["name"] != "stack":
             logger.warn(f"Composer stack name is wrong, either make sure it is set manually or keep it store/stack")
-        self.start_update_job()
+        self.scheduler = BackgroundScheduler()
+        self.scheduler.start()
+        self._update_job = self.start_update_job()
         self._create_services()
         self.set_status("up")
         logger.info("Composer started and services created")
@@ -142,6 +145,9 @@ class Composer:
         """Schedules a recurring update based on the UPDATE environment variable
         
         Each update occurs after an interval of UPDATE minutes. If UPDATE does not contain a valid integer in minutes, defaults to 1 minute.
+
+        Returns:
+            apscheduler.job.Job instance of the scheduled update job
         """
 
         update_time = getenv("UPDATE", 1)
@@ -151,7 +157,7 @@ class Composer:
         except (AssertionError, ValueError):
             self.update_time = 1
             logging.warn(f"Composer has an invalid UPDATE value of {getenv("UPDATE")}, defaulting to update interval of {self.update_time} minutes") 
-        schedule.every(self.update_time).minutes.do(self.update)
+        return self.scheduler.add_job(self.update, 'interval', minutes=self.update_time)
     
     def set_status(self, status):
 
@@ -190,6 +196,7 @@ class Composer:
 
         """Updates the Composer stack based on the remote repo"""
 
+        logger.info("Check for new compose stack")
         current = self.repo.head.commit
         try:
             self.repo.remotes.origin.pull('master')
@@ -229,15 +236,18 @@ class Service:
 
         """Safely removes the service instance"""
 
-        if self.update_time is None:
+        if self._update_task is None:
             return None
-        schedule.cancel_job(self._update_task)
+        self._update_task.remove()
     
     def start_update_job(self):
 
         """Schedules a recurring update based on the composer.update label
         
         Each update occurs after an interval of composer.update minutes. If composer.update does not contain a valid integer in minutes, defaults to the parent Composer's update_time.
+        
+        Returns:
+            apscheduler.job.Job instance of the scheduled job, None if the job was not scheduled
         """
 
         self.update_time = self.parent.update_time
@@ -249,7 +259,7 @@ class Service:
                 self.update_time = self.parent.update_time
                 logging.warn(f"Service {self.name} has an invalid composer.update value of {self.labels['composer.update']}, defaulting to update interval of {self.update_time} minutes")
         if self.update_time != 0:
-            return schedule.every(self.update_time).minutes.do(self.update)
+            return self.parent.scheduler.add_job(self.update, 'interval', minutes=self.update_time)
         return None
     
     def set_status(self, status):
diff --git a/composer/connector.py b/composer/connector.py
index e69de29..92c6e69 100644
--- a/composer/connector.py
+++ b/composer/connector.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class Connector:
+
+    def __init__
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diff --git a/composer/entrypoint.py b/composer/entrypoint.py
index 270a168..ef9aeac 100644
--- a/composer/entrypoint.py
+++ b/composer/entrypoint.py
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ Setup.create_symlink()
 remote = Setup.create_credential_remote()
 composer = Composer(remote)
 while True:
-    schedule.run_pending()
     time.sleep(1)
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diff --git a/composer/requirements.txt b/composer/requirements.txt
index bb3c024..1e76204 100644
--- a/composer/requirements.txt
+++ b/composer/requirements.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,4 @@
-annotated-types==0.7.0
-blinker==1.9.0
-click==8.3.1
+APScheduler==3.11.2
 Flask==3.1.2
-gitdb==4.0.12
 GitPython==3.1.45
-itsdangerous==2.2.0
-Jinja2==3.1.6
-MarkupSafe==3.0.3
-pydantic==2.12.5
-pydantic_core==2.41.5
-python-on-whales==0.79.0
-schedule==1.2.2
-smmap==5.0.2
-typing-inspection==0.4.2
-typing_extensions==4.15.0
-Werkzeug==3.1.4
+python-on-whales==0.79.0
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