diff --git a/playbooks/templates/chaosknoten/configs/pad/compose.yaml.j2 b/playbooks/templates/chaosknoten/configs/pad/compose.yaml.j2
index 54de020..692e028 100644
--- a/playbooks/templates/chaosknoten/configs/pad/compose.yaml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/templates/chaosknoten/configs/pad/compose.yaml.j2
@@ -52,6 +52,24 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - database
 
+  hedgedoc-expire:
+    image: git.hamburg.ccc.de/ccchh/hedgedoc-expire/hedgedoc-expire:latest
+    command: "check"
+    # command: "cron"
+    environment:
+      - "POSTGRES_HOSTNAME=database"
+      - "POSTGRES_USERNAME=hedgedoc"
+      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD={{ lookup("community.general.passwordstore", "noc/vm-secrets/chaosknoten/pad/DB_PASSWORD", create=false, missing="error") }}"
+      - "SMTP_FROM=pad@hamburg.ccc.de"
+      - "SMTP_HOSTNAME=cow-intern.hamburg.ccc.de"
+      - "SMTP_USERNAME=pad@hamburg.ccc.de"
+      - "SMTP_PASSWORD={{ lookup("community.general.passwordstore", "noc/vm-secrets/chaosknoten/pad/smtp_password", create=false, missing="error") }}"
+      - "URL=https://pad.hamburg.ccc.de"
+    networks:
+      backend:
+    depends_on:
+      - database
+
 volumes:
   database: {}
   uploads: {}