diff --git a/bin/get-node-status b/bin/get-node-status
index 248ab8b..971b2e6 100755
--- a/bin/get-node-status
+++ b/bin/get-node-status
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ echo "Voi Swarm Docker status:"
 echo "**************"
 swarm_running_image=$(docker inspect --format='{{.Image}}' "${container_id}" | cut -d':' -f2)
 echo "Running container image (sha256): ${swarm_running_image}"
+echo "Auto-update enabled: $(awk -F'=' '/swarm.cronjob.enable=/ {print $2}' "${HOME}"/voi/docker/compose.yml)"
+echo "Auto-update schedule (cron format): $(awk -F'=' '/swarm.cronjob.schedule=/ {print $2}' "${HOME}"/voi/docker/compose.yml)"
 echo ""
 
 echo "AVM version:"
diff --git a/bin/set-autoupdate b/bin/set-autoupdate
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8c86be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/set-autoupdate
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Enable/Disable autoupdate for your node"
+echo ""
+echo "To enable autoupdate use: set-autoupdate true"
+echo "To disable autoupdate use: set-autoupdate false"
+echo ""
+
+if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
+  echo "Please provide a value for autoupdate"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ $1 != "true" && $1 != "false" ]]; then
+  echo "Invalid value for autoupdate. Please use 'true' or 'false'."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+VOINETWORK_PROFILE=$(cat "${HOME}/voi/profile")
+
+if [[ ${VOINETWORK_PROFILE} == "relay" ]]; then
+  docker_filename="${HOME}/voi/docker/relay.yml"
+else
+  docker_filename="${HOME}/voi/docker/compose.yml"
+fi
+
+echo "Setting autoupdate to $1 in ${docker_filename}"
+sed -i -E "s|(swarm.cronjob.enable=).*|\1$1|" "${docker_filename}"
diff --git a/docker/relay.yml b/docker/relay.yml
index c2cac8a..738670d 100644
--- a/docker/relay.yml
+++ b/docker/relay.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ services:
       restart_policy:
         condition: none
       labels:
-        - swarm.cronjob.enable=false
+        - swarm.cronjob.enable=true
         - swarm.cronjob.schedule=0 */4 * * *
         - swarm.cronjob.skip-running=true
       placement:
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index f81adde..84055b8 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ start_stack() {
   docker_file="${voi_home}/docker/compose.yml"
 
   if [[ ${VOINETWORK_PROFILE} == "relay" ]]; then
-    echo "Starting relay node stack"
     docker_file="${voi_home}/docker/relay.yml"
   fi
   command="env VOINETWORK_TELEMETRY_NAME=$VOINETWORK_TELEMETRY_NAME docker stack deploy -c ${docker_file}"
@@ -767,6 +766,37 @@ set_profile() {
   display_banner "Setting up Voi Swarm using profile: ${VOINETWORK_PROFILE}"
 }
 
+preserve_autoupdate() {
+    echo "Preserving autoupdate settings..."
+    if [[ ${VOINETWORK_PROFILE} == "relay" ]]; then
+      docker_filename="${voi_home}/docker/relay.yml"
+    else
+      docker_filename="${voi_home}/docker/compose.yml"
+    fi
+
+    autoupdate_state=$(awk -F'=' '/swarm.cronjob.enable=/ {print $2}' "${HOME}"/voi/docker/compose.yml)
+
+    if [[ ${autoupdate_state} == "false" ]]; then
+      sed -i -E "s/(swarm.cronjob.enable=).*/\1false" "${docker_filename}"
+    fi
+}
+
+add_update_jitter() {
+  echo "Add jitter to autoupdate schedule..."
+  if [[ ${VOINETWORK_PROFILE} == "relay" ]]; then
+    schedule_filename="${voi_home}/docker/relay.yml"
+  else
+    schedule_filename="${voi_home}/docker/compose.yml"
+  fi
+
+  random_minute=$(( RANDOM % 60 ))
+  # Generate a random number between 0 and 2, and add +1 to shift the range to 1-3
+  random_hour=$(( RANDOM % 3 + 1 ))
+
+  new_cron_schedule="swarm.cronjob.schedule=${random_minute} */${random_hour} * * *"
+  sed -i -E "s|(swarm.cronjob.schedule=).*|\1${new_cron_schedule}|" "${schedule_filename}"
+}
+
 if [ -z "${BASH_VERSION:-}" ]; then
   abort "Bash is required to interpret this script."
 fi
@@ -868,6 +898,8 @@ rm "${voi_home}"/voi-swarm.tar.gz
 
 cleanup_deprecated_files_and_folders
 
+add_update_jitter
+
 start_stack
 
 wait_for_stack_to_be_ready