diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index aa99def8..3dde64ba 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -13,30 +13,39 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 
 	"github.com/linki/chaoskube/chaoskube"
+	"github.com/linki/chaoskube/util"
 )
 
 var (
-	labelString string
-	annString   string
-	nsString    string
-	master      string
-	kubeconfig  string
-	interval    time.Duration
-	inCluster   bool
-	dryRun      bool
-	debug       bool
-	version     string
+	annString       string
+	debug           bool
+	dryRun          bool
+	excludeWeekends bool
+	inCluster       bool
+	interval        time.Duration
+	kubeconfig      string
+	labelString     string
+	master          string
+	nsString        string
+	percentage      float64
+	runFrom         string
+	runUntil        string
+	version         string
 )
 
 func init() {
-	kingpin.Flag("labels", "A set of labels to restrict the list of affected pods. Defaults to everything.").StringVar(&labelString)
 	kingpin.Flag("annotations", "A set of annotations to restrict the list of affected pods. Defaults to everything.").StringVar(&annString)
-	kingpin.Flag("namespaces", "A set of namespaces to restrict the list of affected pods. Defaults to everything.").StringVar(&nsString)
-	kingpin.Flag("master", "The address of the Kubernetes cluster to target").StringVar(&master)
-	kingpin.Flag("kubeconfig", "Path to a kubeconfig file").StringVar(&kubeconfig)
-	kingpin.Flag("interval", "Interval between Pod terminations").Default("10m").DurationVar(&interval)
-	kingpin.Flag("dry-run", "If true, don't actually do anything.").Default("true").BoolVar(&dryRun)
 	kingpin.Flag("debug", "Enable debug logging.").BoolVar(&debug)
+	kingpin.Flag("dry-run", "If true, don't actually do anything.").Default("true").BoolVar(&dryRun)
+	kingpin.Flag("excludeWeekends", "Do not run on weekends").BoolVar(&excludeWeekends)
+	kingpin.Flag("interval", "Interval between Pod terminations").Default("1m").DurationVar(&interval)
+	kingpin.Flag("kubeconfig", "Path to a kubeconfig file").StringVar(&kubeconfig)
+	kingpin.Flag("labels", "A set of labels to restrict the list of affected pods. Defaults to everything.").StringVar(&labelString)
+	kingpin.Flag("master", "The address of the Kubernetes cluster to target").StringVar(&master)
+	kingpin.Flag("namespaces", "A set of namespaces to restrict the list of affected pods. Defaults to everything.").StringVar(&nsString)
+	kingpin.Flag("percentage", "How likely should a pod be killed every single run").Default("0.0").Float64Var(&percentage)
+	kingpin.Flag("run-from", "Start chaoskube daily at hours:minutes, e.g. 9:00").Default("0:00").StringVar(&runFrom)
+	kingpin.Flag("run-until", "Stop chaoskube daily at hours:minutes, e.g. 17:00").Default("0:00").StringVar(&runUntil)
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -93,13 +102,22 @@ func main() {
 		time.Now().UTC().UnixNano(),
 	)
 
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(interval)
 	for {
-		if err := chaoskube.TerminateVictim(); err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
+		select {
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			if util.ShouldRunNow(excludeWeekends, runFrom, runUntil) {
+				candidates, err := chaoskube.Candidates()
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				for _, candidate := range candidates {
+					if util.PodShouldDie(candidate, interval, percentage) {
+						chaoskube.DeletePod(candidate)
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		}
-
-		log.Debugf("Sleeping for %s...", interval)
-		time.Sleep(interval)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/util/util.go b/util/util.go
index 48d7e3e6..7c2d74a8 100644
--- a/util/util.go
+++ b/util/util.go
@@ -1,22 +1,136 @@
 package util
 
 import (
+	"math/rand"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
 )
 
+var timeNow = timeNowFunc
+
+func init() {
+	rand.Seed(timeNow().Unix())
+}
+
+func timeNowFunc() time.Time {
+	return time.Now()
+}
+
 // NewPod returns a new pod instance for testing purposes.
-func NewPod(namespace, name string) v1.Pod {
+func NewPod(namespace, name string, schedule ...string) v1.Pod {
+	labels := map[string]string{"app": name}
+	if len(schedule) > 0 {
+		labels["chaos.schedule"] = schedule[0]
+	}
 	return v1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Name:      name,
-			Labels: map[string]string{
-				"app": name,
-			},
+			Labels:    labels,
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
 				"chaos": name,
 			},
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+// takes a string containing a time (e.g. "23:42" and returns time object with that time today
+func stringToTime(str string) (time.Time, error) {
+	now := timeNow()
+	year, month, day := now.Date()
+	time, err := time.Parse("15:04", str)
+	if err != nil {
+		return now, err
+	}
+	return time.AddDate(year, int(month)-1, day-1), nil
+}
+
+// takes two strings containing a time (e.g. "09:00" and "17:00") and returns 2
+// time objects so that the "runFrom" one is before the "runUntil" one unless
+// it needs to be after because of situations like runfrom 17:00 to 05:00
+func startAndEndTime(runFrom string, runUntil string) (time.Time, time.Time, error) {
+	start, err := stringToTime(runFrom)
+	if err != nil {
+		return timeNow(), timeNow(), err
+	}
+	end, err := stringToTime(runUntil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return timeNow(), timeNow(), err
+	}
+	// start this day and end the next day and be after start which means end
+	// will have to be moved to the next day
+	if end.Before(start) && timeNow().After(start) {
+		return start, end.AddDate(0, 0, 1), nil
+	}
+	return start, end, nil
+}
+
+// checks whether time.Now() is between runFrom and runUntil and whether it
+// should run during the weekend
+func ShouldRunNow(excludeWeekends bool, runFrom string, runUntil string) bool {
+	now := timeNow()
+	// Exclude weekends, sunday = day 0, saturday = day 6
+	weekday := now.Weekday()
+	if excludeWeekends && (weekday == 0 || weekday == 6) {
+		return false
+	}
+	// no input was specified
+	if runFrom == runUntil && runFrom == "0:00" {
+		return true
+	}
+	start, end, err := startAndEndTime(runFrom, runUntil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("Converting times errored. No action will be taken.")
+		return false
+	}
+	if now.After(start) && now.Before(end) {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func parseLabel(label string) (rate int, span int, err error) {
+	split := strings.Split(label, ".")
+	if len(split) != 2 {
+		return 0, 0, err
+	}
+	rate_str, span_str := split[0], split[1]
+	rate, err = strconv.Atoi(rate_str)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, 0, err
+	}
+	switch span_str {
+	case "hour":
+		span = 60
+	case "day":
+		span = 60 * 24
+	case "week":
+		span = 60 * 24 * 7
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func getOdds(p v1.Pod, interval time.Duration, percentage float64) float64 {
+	labels := p.GetLabels()
+	if labels["chaos.schedule"] == "" {
+		return percentage
+	}
+	rate, span, err := parseLabel(labels["chaos.schedule"])
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Error: %v from parsing %v's chaos.schedule, which is %s", err, p.Name, labels["chaos.schedule"])
+		return 0.0
+	}
+	return (float64(rate) * interval.Minutes()) / float64(span)
+}
+
+func PodShouldDie(p v1.Pod, interval time.Duration, percentage float64) bool {
+	odds := getOdds(p, interval, percentage)
+	random := rand.Float64()
+	return (random <= odds)
+}
diff --git a/util/util_test.go b/util/util_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81941d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/util_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestStringToTime(t *testing.T) {
+	nine, err := stringToTime("9:00")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("stringToTime errored")
+	}
+	if nine.Hour() != 9 {
+		t.Fatal("stringToTime failed to parse hour")
+	}
+	if nine.Minute() != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("stringToTime failed to parse minutes")
+	}
+	_, err = stringToTime("9:00:00")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("stringToTime should have failed")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStartAndEndTime(t *testing.T) {
+	t1, t2, err := startAndEndTime("09:00", "17:00")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("startAndEndTime errored")
+	}
+	if t1.Hour() != 9 {
+		t.Fatal("startAndEndTime didn't parse time correctly")
+	}
+	if t2.Hour() != 17 {
+		t.Fatal("startAndEndTime didn't parse time correctly")
+	}
+	if t1.After(t2) {
+		t.Fatal("startAndEndTime didn't return the right times")
+	}
+	y_now, m_now, d_now := time.Now().Date()
+	y_1, m_1, d_1 := t1.Date()
+	y_2, m_2, d_2 := t2.Date()
+	if y_now != y_1 || y_1 != y_2 {
+		t.Fatal("startAndEndTime years are wrong", y_now, y_1, y_2)
+	}
+	if m_now != m_1 || m_1 != m_2 {
+		t.Fatal("startAndEndTime months are wrong", m_now, m_1, m_2)
+	}
+	if d_now != d_1 || d_1 != d_2 {
+		t.Fatal("startAndEndTime days are wrong", d_now, d_1, d_2)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestShouldRunNow(t *testing.T) {
+	y_now, m_now, d_now := time.Now().Date()
+
+	// within the window it should run
+	timeNow = func() time.Time { return time.Date(y_now, m_now, d_now, 11, 30, 0, 0, time.UTC) }
+	if !ShouldRunNow(false, "9:00", "17:00") {
+		t.Fatal("ShouldRunNow for 11:30 returned false")
+	}
+
+	// outside the window it should run
+	timeNow = func() time.Time { return time.Date(y_now, m_now, d_now, 19, 30, 0, 0, time.UTC) }
+	if ShouldRunNow(false, "9:00", "17:00") {
+		t.Fatal("ShouldRunNow for 19:30 returned true")
+	}
+
+	// during a weekend, excludeWeekends = true, date is a this is a Sunday
+	timeNow = func() time.Time { return time.Date(2017, 12, 31, 11, 30, 0, 0, time.UTC) }
+	if ShouldRunNow(true, "9:00", "17:00") {
+		t.Fatal("ShouldRunNow for excludeWeekends, but within the time window returned false")
+	}
+
+	// always run, but exclude the weekend
+	if ShouldRunNow(true, "0:00", "0:00") {
+		t.Fatal("ShouldRunNow for excludeWeekends returned true")
+	}
+
+	// always run and include the weekend
+	if !ShouldRunNow(false, "0:00", "0:00") {
+		t.Fatal("ShouldRunNow for excludeWeekends returned false")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseLabel(t *testing.T) {
+	labels := map[string]map[string]int{
+		"1.hour": {"rate": 1, "span": 60},
+		"2.day":  {"rate": 2, "span": 1440},
+		"3.week": {"rate": 3, "span": 10080},
+	}
+	for k, v := range labels {
+		rate, span, err := parseLabel(k)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("parseLabel errored")
+		}
+		if rate != v["rate"] {
+			t.Fatalf("parseLabel returned wrong rate want: %v got: %v", v["rate"], rate)
+		}
+		if span != v["span"] {
+			t.Fatalf("parseLabel returned wrong span want: %v got: %v", v["span"], span)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetOdds(t *testing.T) {
+	schedules := map[string]float64{"1.hour": 1.0 / float64(60), "2.day": 2.0 / float64(60*24), "3.week": 3.0 / float64(60*24*7)}
+	percentage := 0.5
+	for schedule, initial_odd := range schedules {
+		p := NewPod("default", "foo", schedule)
+		intervalls := []time.Duration{time.Minute * 1, time.Minute * 5, time.Minute * 10, time.Minute * 60}
+		for _, interval := range intervalls {
+			odd := getOdds(p, interval, 0.5)
+			target_odd := int(initial_odd * interval.Minutes() * 100)
+			conv_odd := int(odd * 100)
+			if conv_odd != target_odd {
+				t.Fatalf("getOdds returned wrong odd want: %v got: %v, schedule: %v, interval: %v, percentage: %v",
+					target_odd, odd, schedule, interval, percentage)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	p := NewPod("default", "foo")
+	interval := 10 * time.Minute
+	odd := getOdds(p, interval, 0.5)
+	if odd != 0.5 {
+		t.Fatalf("getOdds returned wrong odd want: %v got: %v, schedule: %v, interval: %v, percentage: %v",
+			percentage, odd, "", interval, percentage)
+	}
+}