# Launcher run app gives error when trying backup **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-run-app-gives-error-when-trying-backup/346553 **Category:** Self-hosting **Tags:** backups **Created:** [January 10, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-run-app-gives-error-when-trying-backup/346553 "2025-01-10T18:39:36Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie) #### Post date: [January 10, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-run-app-gives-error-when-trying-backup/346553/5 "2025-01-10T21:31:58Z")
> [@Jagster](#): > > I don`t how to time it You have a scheduler _outside_ of the container available, right? You can schedule it there, e.g.: ```plaintext # put in host crontab # run backup once every 4 hours on the hour 0 */4 * * * docker exec app discourse backup --sql-only ``` --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-run-app-gives-error-when-trying-backup/346553)._