diff --git a/lib/schedule.sh b/lib/schedule.sh
index 7461f4e..04ea9c1 100644
--- a/lib/schedule.sh
+++ b/lib/schedule.sh
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ install_schedules() {
         filtered+="$line"$'\n'
     done <<< "$current_crontab"
 
+    # Append daily stats collection (runs at 05:00 UTC)
+    new_lines+="${GNIZA_CRON_TAG}_stats"$'\n'
+    new_lines+="0 5 * * * /usr/local/bin/gniza stats >> /var/log/gniza/cron-stats.log 2>&1"$'\n'
+
     # Append new lines
     local final="${filtered}${new_lines}"