diff --git a/config.sample.yml b/config.sample.yml
index 169f2bf..ce111c7 100644
--- a/config.sample.yml
+++ b/config.sample.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # The rest of the options are script specific
 global:
   run_now: true # If true it will run the script immediately, if false it will wait until the schedule_hour
-  schedule_hour: 4 # This is the hour of the day you want the script to run, it's based on a 24 hour clock and defaults to 4am
+  schedule_hour: 4 # This is the hour of the day you want the script to run, it's based on a 24 hour clock and defaults to 4am. Set to -1 to disable scheduling and quit after running.
   log_level: info # log_level can be: debug, info, warning, error, critical
   radarr:
     # name is the name of the radarr instance, this is used to reference the instance in other scripts
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 0474c14..6e11e57 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ async def main():
     # Run tasks immediately (if run_now is True)
     await run_tasks(config.run_now)
 
+    if int(config.schedule_hour == -1):
+        logger.debug("scheduling disabled. exit")
+        return
+
     while True:
         # Get the current time
         now = datetime.now()