diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/friend_request.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/friend_request.rb
index f6b57a42b..ffaa383f9 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/friend_request.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/friend_request.rb
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ module JamRuby
       return friend_request
     end
 
+    def self.purgeable_requests
+      FriendRequest.where("status IS NULL AND created_at < ?", 1.week.ago)
+    end
+
     private
       def self.validate_friend_request(friend_request, user_id, friend_id)
         friend_requests = FriendRequest.where("user_id='#{user_id}' AND friend_id='#{friend_id}'")
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/resque/scheduled/friend_request_cleaner.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/resque/scheduled/friend_request_cleaner.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7121798a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/resque/scheduled/friend_request_cleaner.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+module JamRuby
+  class FriendRequestCleaner
+    extend Resque::Plugins::JamLonelyJob
+
+    @queue = :friend_request_cleaner
+    @@log = Logging.logger[FriendRequestCleaner]
+
+    def self.perform
+      @@log.debug("waking up")
+      
+      FriendRequest.purgeable_requests do |request|
+        request.destroy
+      end
+      @@log.debug("done")
+    end
+
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/config/scheduler.yml b/web/config/scheduler.yml
index e3c09c2ae..4bfc332dd 100644
--- a/web/config/scheduler.yml
+++ b/web/config/scheduler.yml
@@ -104,3 +104,8 @@ TallyAffiliates:
   cron: "0 0,4,8,12,16,20 * * *"
   class: "JamRuby::TallyAffiliates"
   description: "Tallies up affiliate totals"
+
+FriendRequestCleaner:
+  cron: "0 3 * * *"
+  class: "JamRuby::FriendRequestCleaner"
+  description: "Purge old friend requests that have not been accepted"