diff --git a/cloud.production/cleanup.nomad.periodic.sh b/cloud.production/cleanup.nomad.periodic.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..2c3f5e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloud.production/cleanup.nomad.periodic.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../share/cleanup.nomad.periodic.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cloud.staging/cleanup.nomad.periodic.sh b/cloud.staging/cleanup.nomad.periodic.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..2c3f5e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloud.staging/cleanup.nomad.periodic.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../share/cleanup.nomad.periodic.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/cleanup.nomad.periodic.sh b/share/cleanup.nomad.periodic.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2fb60ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/cleanup.nomad.periodic.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+source vars.sh
+
+ips=( "${jump_ips[@]}" )
+for N in "${!ips[@]}";
+do
+	ip="${C}.${ips[$N]}"
+        cleanup_nomad_periodic $ip
+done;
diff --git a/share/lib.sh b/share/lib.sh
index 9458fa6..70f2e7c 100644
--- a/share/lib.sh
+++ b/share/lib.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ function patch () {
     local ip=$1
     ssh -T -i ${ssh_key} "${user}@${ip}" << EOF
 set -euxo pipefail
-sudo apt-get update && \
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+sudo apt-get -y upgrade -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" && \
 sudo apt-get -y upgrade && \
 sudo apt-get -y autoremove
 EOF
@@ -301,6 +302,18 @@ fi;
 EOF
 }
 
+function cleanup_nomad_periodic () {
+    # can be run on jump box with access to nomad binary
+    local ip=$1
+    ssh -T -i ${ssh_key} "${user}@${ip}" << EOF
+set -euxo pipefail
+sudo apt-get install parallel
+nomad job status | grep 'periodic-' awk '{print $1}' > jobs.txt
+cat jobs.txt | parllel -j32 nomad stop -detach -purge
+rm jobs.txt
+EOF
+}
+
 function restart_nomad () {
     local ip=$1
     ssh -T -i ${ssh_key} "${user}@${ip}" << EOF