diff --git a/10.MediaImport/2.Install_FTP_watch_folder/0_setup.py b/10.MediaImport/2.Install_FTP_watch_folder/0_setup.py
index b6e25e4b353d5ab4dd2139cc8662650b8e44e73c..668ba7c00295ecdf647fe075776cd96a73649bd5 100644
--- a/10.MediaImport/2.Install_FTP_watch_folder/0_setup.py
+++ b/10.MediaImport/2.Install_FTP_watch_folder/0_setup.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def setup(interactive=True):
         'mkdir -p /usr/local/bin',
         'cp "%s/mediaimport_create_ftp_user.sh" /usr/local/bin' % (dir_path),
         'cp "%s/mediaimport_remove_ftp_user.sh" /usr/local/bin' % (dir_path),
+        'cp "%s/cron.d/* /etc/cron.d' % dir_path,
         'mkdir -p /home/ftp/storage',
         'mkdir -p /home/ftp/storage/incoming',
         'mkdir -p /home/ftp/storage/watchfolder',
diff --git a/10.MediaImport/2.Install_FTP_watch_folder/cron.d/mediaimport b/10.MediaImport/2.Install_FTP_watch_folder/cron.d/mediaimport
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e4058d37bf5ea6793589a9814990d146d11a5108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/10.MediaImport/2.Install_FTP_watch_folder/cron.d/mediaimport
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# purge mediaimport files that are older than 60 days
+0 23 * * * root /usr/bin/find /home/ftp/storage/incoming/ -type f -mtime +60 -delete