diff --git a/web/lib/tasks/scheduler.rake b/web/lib/tasks/scheduler.rake
index 099d915dc..387ff20ed 100644
--- a/web/lib/tasks/scheduler.rake
+++ b/web/lib/tasks/scheduler.rake
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ task :scheduler => :environment do
 
   # The schedule doesn't need to be stored in a YAML, it just needs to
   # be a hash.  YAML is usually the easiest.
-  Resque.schedule = YAML.load_file(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../..', 'config/scheduler.yml'))
+  config = YAML.load_file(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../..', 'config/scheduler.yml'))
+
+  if File.exist? File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../..', 'config/scheduler_override.yml')
+    puts "scheduler_override file found. loading..."
+    override = YAML.load_file(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../..', 'config/scheduler_override.yml'))
+    config.merge!(override)
+  end
+
+  Resque.schedule = config
 
   # If your schedule already has +queue+ set for each job, you don't
   # need to require your jobs.  This can be an advantage since it's