diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/src/session/builder.rs b/crates/goose-cli/src/session/builder.rs
index 11e15f7717b0..94b14112de37 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/src/session/builder.rs
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/src/session/builder.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ use super::CliSession;
 use console::style;
 use goose::agents::types::{RetryConfig, SessionConfig};
 use goose::agents::Agent;
+use goose::config::paths::Paths;
 use goose::config::{
     extensions::get_extension_by_name, get_all_extensions, get_enabled_extensions, Config,
     ExtensionConfig,
 };
 use goose::providers::create;
 use goose::recipe::{Response, SubRecipe};
+use goose::scheduler::Scheduler;
 
 use goose::agents::extension::PlatformExtensionContext;
 use goose::session::session_manager::SessionType;
@@ -301,6 +303,16 @@ pub async fn build_session(session_config: SessionBuilderConfig) -> CliSession {
 
     let agent: Agent = Agent::new();
 
+    let schedule_file_path = Paths::data_dir().join("schedule.json");
+    match Scheduler::new(schedule_file_path).await {
+        Ok(scheduler) => {
+            agent.set_scheduler(scheduler).await;
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            tracing::warn!("Failed to initialize scheduler: {}", e);
+        }
+    }
+
     agent
         .apply_recipe_components(
             session_config.sub_recipes,