diff --git a/src/lib/queue.js b/src/lib/queue.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..294f78b822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/queue.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import Queue from 'bull';
+
+const generateRedisConfig = () => {
+  if (process.env.VCAP_SERVICES) {
+    const {
+      'aws-elasticache-redis': [{
+        credentials: {
+          host,
+          port,
+          password,
+        },
+      }],
+    } = JSON.parse(process.env.VCAP_SERVICES);
+    return {
+      host,
+      port,
+      // TLS needs to be set to an empty object for redis on cloud.gov
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-empty-pattern
+      redisOpts: { redis: { password, tls: {} } },
+    };
+  }
+  const { REDIS_HOST: host, REDIS_PASS: password } = process.env;
+  return {
+    host,
+    port: (process.env.REDIS_PORT || 6379),
+    redisOpts: { redis: { password } },
+  };
+};
+
+const {
+  host,
+  port,
+  redisOpts,
+} = generateRedisConfig();
+
+export default function newQueue(queName) {
+  return new Queue(queName, `redis://${host}:${port}`, redisOpts);
+}
diff --git a/src/services/legacyreports.js b/src/services/legacyreports.js
index 3c813f89cf..12c8a21eb7 100644
--- a/src/services/legacyreports.js
+++ b/src/services/legacyreports.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { Op } from 'sequelize';
 import { userByEmail } from './users';
 import { ActivityReport, ActivityReportCollaborator } from '../models';
-import { logger } from '../logger';
+import { auditLogger, logger } from '../logger';
+import newQueue from '../lib/queue';
 
 /*
 * Returns all legacy reports that either:
@@ -121,29 +122,53 @@ export const reconcileCollaborators = async (report) => {
 };
 
 export default async function reconcileLegacyReports() {
+  logger.info('Starting legacy report reconciliation');
   // Get all reports that might need reconciliation
   const reports = await getLegacyReports();
+  logger.info(`found ${reports.length} reports that may need reconciliation`);
   // Array to help promises from reports that are getting reconciled
-  const updates = [];
-  try {
-    reports.forEach((report) => {
-      // if there is no author, try to reconcile the author
-      if (!report.userId) {
-        updates.push(reconcileAuthors(report));
-      }
-      // if there is no approving manager, try to reconcile the approving manager
-      if (!report.approvingManagerId) {
-        updates.push(reconcileApprovingManagers(report));
-      }
-      // if the report has collaborators, check if collaborators need reconcilliation.
-      if (report.imported.otherSpecialists !== '') {
-        updates.push(reconcileCollaborators(report));
-      }
-    });
-    // let all promises resolve
-    await Promise.all(updates);
-  } catch (err) {
-    logger.error(err);
-    throw err;
+  if (reports) {
+    const updates = [];
+    try {
+      reports.forEach((report) => {
+        // if there is no author, try to reconcile the author
+        if (!report.userId) {
+          updates.push(reconcileAuthors(report));
+        }
+        // if there is no approving manager, try to reconcile the approving manager
+        if (!report.approvingManagerId) {
+          updates.push(reconcileApprovingManagers(report));
+        }
+        // if the report has collaborators, check if collaborators need reconcilliation.
+        if (report.imported.otherSpecialists !== '') {
+          updates.push(reconcileCollaborators(report));
+        }
+      });
+      // let all promises resolve
+      await Promise.all(updates);
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.error(err);
+      throw err;
+    }
   }
+  return 'done';
 }
+
+export const reconciliationQueue = newQueue('reconcile');
+
+// Checks if this job is already queued and adds it if it isn't
+const populateReconciliationQueue = async () => {
+  try {
+    const depth = await reconciliationQueue.count();
+    if (depth < 1) {
+      // To test, uncomment the following line and comment out the one below.
+      // that will make it run every minute instead of every day at 2 am.
+      // await reconciliationQueue.add('legacyReports', {}, { repeat: { cron: '* * * * *' } });
+      await reconciliationQueue.add('legacyReports', {}, { repeat: { cron: '0 2 * * *' } });
+    }
+  } catch (e) {
+    auditLogger.error(e);
+  }
+};
+
+populateReconciliationQueue();
diff --git a/src/services/scanQueue.js b/src/services/scanQueue.js
index 57464c4c7a..cddf038fc2 100644
--- a/src/services/scanQueue.js
+++ b/src/services/scanQueue.js
@@ -1,40 +1,6 @@
-import Queue from 'bull';
-
-const generateRedisConfig = () => {
-  if (process.env.VCAP_SERVICES) {
-    const {
-      'aws-elasticache-redis': [{
-        credentials: {
-          host,
-          port,
-          password,
-        },
-      }],
-    } = JSON.parse(process.env.VCAP_SERVICES);
-    return {
-      host,
-      port,
-      // TLS needs to be set to an empty object for redis on cloud.gov
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-empty-pattern
-      redisOpts: { redis: { password, tls: {} } },
-    };
-  }
-  const { REDIS_HOST: host, REDIS_PASS: password } = process.env;
-  return {
-    host,
-    port: (process.env.REDIS_PORT || 6379),
-    redisOpts: { redis: { password } },
-  };
-};
-
-const {
-  host,
-  port,
-  redisOpts,
-} = generateRedisConfig();
-
-const scanQueue = new Queue('scan', `redis://${host}:${port}`, redisOpts);
+import newQueue from '../lib/queue';
 
+const scanQueue = newQueue('scan');
 const addToScanQueue = (fileKey) => {
   const retries = process.env.FILE_SCAN_RETRIES || 5;
   const delay = process.env.FILE_SCAN_BACKOFF_DELAY || 10000;
diff --git a/src/worker.js b/src/worker.js
index 2c7e42658b..d23e025861 100644
--- a/src/worker.js
+++ b/src/worker.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ require('newrelic');
 import {} from 'dotenv/config';
 import throng from 'throng';
 import { logger, auditLogger } from './logger';
+import reconcileLegacyReports, { reconciliationQueue } from './services/legacyreports';
 import { scanQueue } from './services/scanQueue';
 import processFile from './workers/files';
 
@@ -23,6 +24,15 @@ function start() {
     }
   });
   scanQueue.process(maxJobsPerWorker, (job) => processFile(job.data.key));
+
+  reconciliationQueue.on('failed', (job, error) => auditLogger
+    .error(`${job.data.key}: Legacy report reconciliation failed with error ${error}`));
+  reconciliationQueue.on('completed', () => logger
+    .info('Legacy report reconciliation completed successfully'));
+  reconciliationQueue.process('legacyReports', async (job) => {
+    logger.info(`starting ${job}`);
+    await reconcileLegacyReports();
+  });
 }
 
 // spawn workers and start them