diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2ecdfe1..027fb18 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 myapp.conf
 hypnotoad.pid
 *.db
+*.db-wal
+*.db-shm
 *~
 /images
 *.swp
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ecea78..065845c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,41 @@ cpanm --installdeps . --with-feature postgres
 PEAR_TEST_PG=1 prove -lr
 ```
 
+# Minion
+
+to set up minion support, you will need to create a database and user for
+minion to connect to. In production his should be a PostgreSQL database,
+however an SQLite db can be used in testing.
+
+To use the SQLite version, run the following commands:
+
+```
+cpanm --installdeps --with-feature sqlite .
+```
+
+And then add the following to your configuration file:
+
+```
+  minion => {
+    SQLite => 'sqlite:minion.db',
+  },
+```
+
+This will then use an SQLite db for the minion backend, at minion.db
+
+
+## Example PostgreSQL setup
+
+```
+# Example commands - probably not the best ones
+# TODO come back and improve these with proper ownership and DDL rights
+sudo -u postgres createuser minion
+sudo -u postgres createdb localloop_minion
+sudo -u postgres psql
+psql=# alter user minion with encrypted password 'abc123';
+psql=# grant all privileges on database localloop_minion to minion;
+```
+
 # Dev notes
 
 ## Local test database
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index 4d7839d..9aed545 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ feature 'postgres', 'PostgreSQL Support' => sub {
   requires 'Test::PostgreSQL';
 };
 
+feature 'sqlite', 'SQLite Support' => sub {
+  requires 'Minion::Backend::SQLite';
+};
+
 feature 'codepoint-open', 'Code Point Open manipulation' => sub {
   requires 'Geo::UK::Postcode::CodePointOpen';
 };
diff --git a/lib/Pear/LocalLoop.pm b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop.pm
index 3dad2b6..e6248e6 100644
--- a/lib/Pear/LocalLoop.pm
+++ b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop.pm
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ sub startup {
   $self->plugin('Pear::LocalLoop::Plugin::Currency');
   $self->plugin('Pear::LocalLoop::Plugin::Postcodes');
   $self->plugin('Pear::LocalLoop::Plugin::TemplateHelpers');
+  $self->plugin('Pear::LocalLoop::Plugin::Minion');
 
   $self->plugin('Authentication' => {
     'load_user' => sub {
@@ -196,6 +197,12 @@ sub startup {
 
   my $admin_routes = $r->under('/admin')->to('admin#under');
 
+  if ( defined $config->{minion} ) {
+    $self->plugin( 'Minion::Admin' => {
+      return_to => '/admin/home',
+      route => $admin_routes->any('/minion'),
+    } );
+  }
   $admin_routes->get('/home')->to('admin#home');
 
   $admin_routes->get('/tokens')->to('admin-tokens#index');
diff --git a/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Plugin/Minion.pm b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Plugin/Minion.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54a592b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Plugin/Minion.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package Pear::LocalLoop::Plugin::Minion;
+use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious::Plugin';
+
+use Mojo::Loader qw/ find_modules load_class /;
+
+sub register {
+  my ( $plugin, $app, $cong ) = @_;
+
+  if ( defined $app->config->{minion} ) {
+    $app->log->debug('Setting up Minion tasks');
+    $app->plugin('Minion' => $app->config->{minion} );
+
+    $app->log->debug('Loaded Minion Job packages:');
+
+    my $job_namespace = __PACKAGE__ . '::Job';
+    my @modules = find_modules $job_namespace;
+    for my $package ( @modules ) {
+      my ( $job ) = $package =~ /${job_namespace}::(.*)$/;
+      $app->log->debug( $package );
+      load_class $package;
+      $app->minion->add_task(
+        $job => sub {
+          my ( $job, @args ) = @_;
+          my $job_runner = $package->new(
+            job => $job,
+          );
+          $job_runner->run( @args );
+        }
+      );
+    }
+    #  $app->minion->enqueue('test' => [ 'test arg 1', 'test_arg 2' ] );
+  } else {
+    $app->log->debug('No Minion Config');
+  }
+
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Plugin/Minion/Job.pm b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Plugin/Minion/Job.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2006845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Plugin/Minion/Job.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package Pear::LocalLoop::Plugin::Minion::Job;
+use Mojo::Base -base;
+
+has [ qw/ job / ];
+
+has app => sub { shift->job->app };
+
+sub run {
+  die ( __PACKAGE__ . " must implement run sub" );
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Plugin/Minion/Job/leaderboards_recalc.pm b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Plugin/Minion/Job/leaderboards_recalc.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..142df7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Plugin/Minion/Job/leaderboards_recalc.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package Pear::LocalLoop::Plugin::Minion::Job::leaderboards_recalc;
+use Mojo::Base 'Pear::LocalLoop::Plugin::Minion::Job';
+
+sub run {
+  my ( $self, @args ) = @_;
+
+  my $leaderboard_rs = $self->app->schema->resultset('Leaderboard');
+
+  $leaderboard_rs->recalculate_all;
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Plugin/Minion/Job/test.pm b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Plugin/Minion/Job/test.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0cfcf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Plugin/Minion/Job/test.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package Pear::LocalLoop::Plugin::Minion::Job::test;
+use Mojo::Base 'Pear::LocalLoop::Plugin::Minion::Job';
+
+sub run {
+  my ( $self, @args ) = @_;
+
+  $self->job->app->log->debug( 'Testing Job' );
+  for my $arg ( @args ) {
+    $self->job->app->log->debug( $arg );
+  }
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/pear-local_loop.conf b/pear-local_loop.conf
index 6810316..40e8c2b 100644
--- a/pear-local_loop.conf
+++ b/pear-local_loop.conf
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
   user => undef,
   pass => undef,
   key => "a",
-}; 
+  minion => {
+    SQLite => 'sqlite:minion.db',
+  },
+};