diff --git a/crontab b/crontab
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd8a1f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crontab
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance
+# min   hour    day     month   weekday command
+*/5     *       *       *       *       /jobs/nyx-reset.sh
diff --git a/default.db b/default.db
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..183ca81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default.db
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+*3
+$3
+set
+$11
+/jack/setup
+$3
+yes
+*3
+$3
+set
+$35
+/jack/./pass/admin/admin/admin-data
+$111
+{"id":"admin","password":"$s2$16384$8$1$WJK3gJ0r2HYyswGtWPOk+D3K$AsvNHWhw5kNyVw/OrgKYGGlOrLENPDmaMgEOtD1ClG0="}
+*3
+$3
+set
+$51
+/jack/nyx.dot.example.dot.com/board/demo/board-data
+$46
+{"short":"demo","long":"demo board","meta":{}}
+*3
+$3
+set
+$92
+/jack/nyx.dot.example.dot.com/board/demo/thread/00000000000000000000196238209024/thread-data
+$55
+{"id":196238209024,"start":196238209025,"board":"demo"}
+*3
+$3
+set
+$130
+/jack/nyx.dot.example.dot.com/board/demo/thread/00000000000000000000196238209024/reply/00000000000000000000196238209025/reply-data
+$339
+{"id":196238209025,"text":"Username and Password for /admin/ is admin:admin - feel free to add additional administrators - please refrain from changing the password / deleting the \"admin\" administrator","image":null,"thumb":null,"thread":196238209024,"board":"demo","meta":{"adminpost":"yes","captchaprob":"1.00","spamscore":"0.000000"}}
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.yml b/docker-compose.override.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73ce9f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+services:
+  cron:
+    image: bryanpedini/dockercron:${CRON_VERSION}
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+      - ${CRON_CRONTAB}:/crontab/root
+      - ${CRON_JOBS}:/jobs
+      - ${NYX_DEMO}:/opt/nyx
diff --git a/env.example b/env.example
index 5993b67..6a06571 100644
--- a/env.example
+++ b/env.example
@@ -20,3 +20,10 @@ DIUN_EXCLUDE=
 # Nyx
 NYX_VERSION=latest
 NYX_DATA=./data
+NYX_DEMO=/path/to/nyx-demo
+# ^ where your docker-compose.override.yml resides for the demo deployment
+
+# Cron
+CRON_VERSION=1.0-alpine3.16
+CRON_CRONTAB=./crontab
+CRON_JOBS=./jobs
diff --git a/jobs/nyx-reset.sh b/jobs/nyx-reset.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1de9152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jobs/nyx-reset.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+cd /opt/nyx
+docker compose stop nyx
+cp -a default.db data/data/data.db
+docker compose start nyx