diff --git a/resources/lib/utils.py b/resources/lib/utils.py
index aa94723..652bb76 100644
--- a/resources/lib/utils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/utils.py
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import xbmcaddon
 __addon_id__= 'script.xbmcbackup'
 __Addon = xbmcaddon.Addon(__addon_id__)
 
-#global functions for logging and encoding
+def data_dir():
+    return __Addon.getAddonInfo('profile')
+
 def log(message,loglevel=xbmc.LOGNOTICE):
     xbmc.log(encode(__addon_id__ + ": " + message),level=loglevel)
 
diff --git a/scheduler.py b/scheduler.py
index d453328..04e821f 100644
--- a/scheduler.py
+++ b/scheduler.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import xbmc
 import datetime
 import time
+import os
 import resources.lib.utils as utils
 from resources.lib.croniter import croniter
 from resources.lib.backup import XbmcBackup
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ from resources.lib.backup import XbmcBackup
 class BackupScheduler:
     enabled = "false"
     next_run = 0
+    settings_update_time = 0
     
     def __init__(self):
         self.enabled = utils.getSetting("enable_scheduler")
@@ -18,12 +20,22 @@ class BackupScheduler:
     def setup(self):
         #scheduler was turned on, find next run time
         utils.log("scheduler enabled, finding next run time")
-        self.findNextRun(time.time())
+        self.findNextRun(time.time(),True)
         utils.log("scheduler will run again on " + datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(self.next_run).strftime('%m-%d-%Y %H:%M'))
         
     def start(self):
         while(not xbmc.abortRequested):
-            if(self.enabled == "true"):
+            current_enabled = utils.getSetting("enable_scheduler")
+            
+            if(current_enabled == "true" and self.enabled == "false"):
+                #scheduler was just turned on
+                self.enabled = current_enabled
+                self.setup()
+            elif (current_enabled == "false" and self.enabled == "true"):
+                #schedule was turn off
+                self.enabled = current_enabled
+            elif(self.enabled == "true"):
+                #scheduler is still on
                 now = time.time()
 
                 if(self.next_run <= now):
@@ -34,24 +46,32 @@ class BackupScheduler:
                     backup.run(XbmcBackup.Backup,True)
                     
                 self.findNextRun(now)
-            else:
-                self.enabled = utils.getSetting("enable_scheduler")
 
-                if(self.enabled == "true"):
-                    self.setup()
-                
             time.sleep(10)
 
-    def findNextRun(self,now):
-        #find the cron expression and get the next run time
-        cron_exp = self.parseSchedule()
+    def findNextRun(self,now,forceUpdate = False):
+        mod_time = self.settings_update_time
+        
+        #check if the schedule has been modified
+        try:
+            #get the last modified time of the file
+            mod_time = os.path.getmtime(xbmc.translatePath(utils.data_dir()) + "settings.xml")
+        except:
+            #don't do anything here
+            mod_time = self.settings_update_time
 
-        cron_ob = croniter(cron_exp,datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(now))
-        new_run_time = cron_ob.get_next(float)
+        if(mod_time > self.settings_update_time or forceUpdate):
+            self.settings_update_time = mod_time
+            
+            #find the cron expression and get the next run time
+            cron_exp = self.parseSchedule()
 
-        if(new_run_time != self.next_run):
-            self.next_run = new_run_time
-            utils.log("scheduler will run again on " + datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(self.next_run).strftime('%m-%d-%Y %H:%M'))
+            cron_ob = croniter(cron_exp,datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(now))
+            new_run_time = cron_ob.get_next(float)
+
+            if(new_run_time != self.next_run):
+                self.next_run = new_run_time
+                utils.log("scheduler will run again on " + datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(self.next_run).strftime('%m-%d-%Y %H:%M'))
 
     def parseSchedule(self):
         schedule_type = int(utils.getSetting("schedule_interval"))