diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 57576cc..1678efe 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -161,6 +161,15 @@
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             "dev": true
         },
+        "@types/node-cron": {
+            "version": "2.0.3",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node-cron/-/node-cron-2.0.3.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-gwBBGeY2XeYBLE0R01K9Sm2hvNcPGmoloL6aqthA3QmBB1GYXTHIJ42AGZL7bdXBRiwbRV8b6NB5iKpl20R3gw==",
+            "dev": true,
+            "requires": {
+                "@types/tz-offset": "*"
+            }
+        },
         "@types/nodemailer": {
             "version": "6.4.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/nodemailer/-/nodemailer-6.4.0.tgz",
@@ -207,6 +216,12 @@
                 "@types/node": "*"
             }
         },
+        "@types/tz-offset": {
+            "version": "0.0.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/tz-offset/-/tz-offset-0.0.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-XLD/llTSB6EBe3thkN+/I0L+yCTB6sjrcVovQdx2Cnl6N6bTzHmwe/J8mWnsXFgxLrj/emzdv8IR4evKYG2qxQ==",
+            "dev": true
+        },
         "Base64": {
             "version": "0.2.1",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/Base64/-/Base64-0.2.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e760ac1..0558eba 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
         "@types/graceful-fs": "^4.1.3",
         "@types/lodash": "^4.14.149",
         "@types/node": "^13.11.0",
+        "@types/node-cron": "^2.0.3",
         "@types/nodemailer": "^6.4.0",
         "@types/sqlite3": "^3.1.6",
         "bower": "^1.8.8",
diff --git a/server/jobs/FixNodeFilenamesJob.js b/server/jobs/FixNodeFilenamesJob.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b47bf43..0000000
--- a/server/jobs/FixNodeFilenamesJob.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const Logger = require('../logger')
-const NodeService = require('../services/nodeService')
-
-module.exports = {
-    description: 'Makes sure node files (holding fastd key, name, etc.) are correctly named.',
-
-    run: function (callback) {
-        NodeService.fixNodeFilenames(function (err) {
-            if (err) {
-                Logger.tag('nodes', 'fix-filenames').error('Error fixing filenames:', err);
-            }
-
-            callback();
-        });
-    }
-}
diff --git a/server/jobs/FixNodeFilenamesJob.ts b/server/jobs/FixNodeFilenamesJob.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c4a03e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/jobs/FixNodeFilenamesJob.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import Logger from "../logger";
+import NodeService from "../services/nodeService";
+
+export default {
+    name: 'FixNodeFilenamesJob',
+    description: 'Makes sure node files (holding fastd key, name, etc.) are correctly named.',
+
+    run: (): Promise<void> => {
+        return new Promise<void>(
+            (resolve, reject) => {
+                NodeService.fixNodeFilenames((err: any): void => {
+                    if (err) {
+                        Logger.tag('nodes', 'fix-filenames').error('Error fixing filenames:', err);
+                        return reject(err);
+                    }
+
+                    resolve();
+                });
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/jobs/MailQueueJob.js b/server/jobs/MailQueueJob.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f69763..0000000
--- a/server/jobs/MailQueueJob.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const Logger = require('../logger')
-const MailService = require('../services/mailService')
-
-module.exports = {
-    description: 'Send pending emails (up to 5 attempts in case of failures).',
-
-    run: function (callback) {
-        MailService.sendPendingMails(function (err) {
-            if (err) {
-                Logger.tag('mail', 'queue').error('Error sending pending mails:', err);
-            }
-
-            callback();
-        });
-    }
-}
diff --git a/server/jobs/MailQueueJob.ts b/server/jobs/MailQueueJob.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41a8e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/jobs/MailQueueJob.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import Logger from "../logger"
+import MailService from "../services/mailService"
+
+export default {
+    name: 'MailQueueJob',
+    description: 'Send pending emails (up to 5 attempts in case of failures).',
+
+    run: (): Promise<void> => {
+        return new Promise<void>(
+            (resolve, reject) => {
+                MailService.sendPendingMails((err: any): void => {
+                    if (err) {
+                        Logger.tag('mail', 'queue').error('Error sending pending mails:', err);
+                        return reject(err);
+                    }
+
+                    resolve();
+                });
+            }
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/jobs/MonitoringMailsSendingJob.js b/server/jobs/MonitoringMailsSendingJob.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 973ce74..0000000
--- a/server/jobs/MonitoringMailsSendingJob.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const Logger = require('../logger')
-const MonitoringService = require('../services/monitoringService')
-
-module.exports = {
-    description: 'Sends monitoring emails depending on the monitoring state of nodes retrieved by the NodeInformationRetrievalJob.',
-
-    run: function (callback) {
-        MonitoringService.sendMonitoringMails(function (err) {
-            if (err) {
-                Logger.tag('monitoring', 'mail-sending').error('Error sending monitoring mails:', err);
-            }
-
-            callback();
-        });
-    }
-}
diff --git a/server/jobs/MonitoringMailsSendingJob.ts b/server/jobs/MonitoringMailsSendingJob.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d85b594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/jobs/MonitoringMailsSendingJob.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import Logger from "../logger";
+import MonitoringService from "../services/monitoringService";
+
+export default {
+    name: 'MonitoringMailsSendingJob',
+    description: 'Sends monitoring emails depending on the monitoring state of nodes retrieved by the NodeInformationRetrievalJob.',
+
+    run: (): Promise<void> => {
+        return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+            MonitoringService.sendMonitoringMails((err: any): void => {
+                if (err) {
+                    Logger.tag('monitoring', 'mail-sending').error('Error sending monitoring mails:', err);
+                    return reject(err);
+                }
+
+                resolve();
+            });
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/server/jobs/NodeInformationRetrievalJob.js b/server/jobs/NodeInformationRetrievalJob.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f0914e9..0000000
--- a/server/jobs/NodeInformationRetrievalJob.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const Logger = require('../logger')
-const MonitoringService = require('../services/monitoringService')
-
-module.exports = {
-    description: 'Fetches the nodes.json and calculates and stores the monitoring / online status for registered nodes.',
-
-    run: function (callback) {
-        MonitoringService.retrieveNodeInformation(function (err) {
-            if (err) {
-                Logger.tag('monitoring', 'information-retrieval').error('Error retrieving node data:', err);
-            }
-
-            callback();
-        });
-    }
-}
diff --git a/server/jobs/NodeInformationRetrievalJob.ts b/server/jobs/NodeInformationRetrievalJob.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cea59c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/jobs/NodeInformationRetrievalJob.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import Logger from "../logger";
+import MonitoringService from "../services/monitoringService";
+
+export default {
+    name: 'NodeInformationRetrievalJob',
+    description: 'Fetches the nodes.json and calculates and stores the monitoring / online status for registered nodes.',
+
+    run: (): Promise<void> => {
+        return new Promise<void>(
+            (resolve, reject) => {
+                MonitoringService.retrieveNodeInformation((err: any): void => {
+                    if (err) {
+                        Logger.tag('monitoring', 'information-retrieval').error('Error retrieving node data:', err);
+                        return reject(err);
+                    }
+
+                    resolve();
+                });
+            }
+        );
+    }
+};
diff --git a/server/jobs/OfflineNodesDeletionJob.js b/server/jobs/OfflineNodesDeletionJob.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b0ca73..0000000
--- a/server/jobs/OfflineNodesDeletionJob.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const Logger = require('../logger')
-const MonitoringService = require('../services/monitoringService')
-
-module.exports =  {
-    description: 'Delete nodes that are offline for more than 100 days.',
-
-    run: function (callback) {
-        MonitoringService.deleteOfflineNodes(function (err) {
-            if (err) {
-                Logger.tag('nodes', 'delete-offline').error('Error deleting offline nodes:', err);
-            }
-
-            callback();
-        });
-    }
-}
diff --git a/server/jobs/OfflineNodesDeletionJob.ts b/server/jobs/OfflineNodesDeletionJob.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db8476d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/jobs/OfflineNodesDeletionJob.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import MonitoringService from "../services/monitoringService";
+import Logger from "../logger";
+
+export default {
+    name: 'OfflineNodesDeletionJob',
+    description: 'Delete nodes that are offline for more than 100 days.',
+
+    run: (): Promise<void> => {
+        return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+            MonitoringService.deleteOfflineNodes((err: any): void => {
+                if (err) {
+                    Logger.tag('nodes', 'delete-offline').error('Error deleting offline nodes:', err);
+                    return reject(err);
+                }
+
+                resolve();
+            });
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/server/jobs/scheduler.js b/server/jobs/scheduler.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5706155..0000000
--- a/server/jobs/scheduler.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const _ = require('lodash');
-const cron = require('node-cron');
-const glob = require('glob');
-const moment = require('moment');
-
-const config = require('../config').config
-const Logger = require('../logger')
-
-const jobFiles = glob.sync(__dirname + '/*Job.js');
-_.each(jobFiles, function (jobFile) {
-    require(jobFile);
-});
-
-const tasks = {};
-
-let taskId = 1;
-function nextTaskId() {
-    const id = taskId;
-    taskId += 1;
-    return id;
-}
-
-function schedule(expr, jobName) {
-    Logger.tag('jobs').info('Scheduling job: %s  %s', expr, jobName);
-
-    var job = require(`../jobs/${jobName}`);
-
-    if (!_.isFunction(job.run)) {
-        throw new Error('The job ' + jobName + ' does not provide a "run" function.');
-    }
-
-    var id = nextTaskId();
-    var task = {
-        id: id,
-        name: jobName,
-        description: job.description,
-        schedule: expr,
-        job: job,
-        runningSince: false,
-        lastRunStarted: false,
-        lastRunDuration: null,
-        state: 'idle',
-        enabled: true
-    };
-
-    task.run = function () {
-        if (task.runningSince || !task.enabled) {
-            // job is still running, skip execution
-            return;
-        }
-
-        task.runningSince = moment();
-        task.lastRunStarted = task.runningSince;
-        task.state = 'running';
-
-        job.run(function () {
-            var now = moment();
-            var duration = now.diff(task.runningSince);
-            Logger.tag('jobs').profile('[%sms]\t%s', duration, task.name);
-
-            task.runningSince = false;
-            task.lastRunDuration = duration;
-            task.state = 'idle';
-        });
-    };
-
-    cron.schedule(expr, task.run);
-
-    tasks['' + id] = task;
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-    init: function () {
-        Logger.tag('jobs').info('Scheduling background jobs...');
-
-        try {
-            schedule('0 */1 * * * *', 'MailQueueJob');
-            schedule('15 */1 * * * *', 'FixNodeFilenamesJob');
-
-            if (config.client.monitoring.enabled) {
-                schedule('30 */15 * * * *', 'NodeInformationRetrievalJob');
-                schedule('45 */5 * * * *', 'MonitoringMailsSendingJob');
-                schedule('0 0 3 * * *', 'OfflineNodesDeletionJob'); // every night at 3:00
-            }
-        }
-        catch (error) {
-            Logger.tag('jobs').error('Error during scheduling of background jobs:', error);
-            throw error;
-        }
-
-        Logger.tag('jobs').info('Scheduling of background jobs done.');
-    },
-
-    getTasks: function () {
-        return tasks;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/server/jobs/scheduler.ts b/server/jobs/scheduler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40899e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/jobs/scheduler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import cron from "node-cron";
+import moment from "moment";
+
+import {config} from "../config";
+import Logger from "../logger";
+
+import MailQueueJob from "./MailQueueJob";
+import FixNodeFilenamesJob from "./FixNodeFilenamesJob";
+import NodeInformationRetrievalJob from "./NodeInformationRetrievalJob";
+import MonitoringMailsSendingJob from "./MonitoringMailsSendingJob";
+import OfflineNodesDeletionJob from "./OfflineNodesDeletionJob";
+
+export interface Job {
+    name: string,
+    description: string,
+
+    run(): Promise<void>,
+}
+
+export enum TaskState {
+    IDLE = "idle",
+    RUNNING = "running",
+    FAILED = "failed",
+}
+
+export class Task {
+    constructor(
+        public id: number,
+        public name: string,
+        public description: string,
+        public schedule: string,
+        public job: Job,
+        public runningSince: moment.Moment | null,
+        public lastRunStarted: moment.Moment | null,
+        public lastRunDuration: number | null,
+        public state: TaskState,
+        public enabled: true,
+    ) {}
+
+    run(): void {
+        if (this.runningSince || !this.enabled) {
+            // job is still running, skip execution
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.runningSince = moment();
+        this.lastRunStarted = this.runningSince;
+        this.state = TaskState.RUNNING;
+
+        const done = (state: TaskState):void => {
+            const now = moment();
+            const duration = now.diff(this.runningSince || now);
+            Logger.tag('jobs').profile('[%sms]\t%s', duration, this.name);
+
+            this.runningSince = null;
+            this.lastRunDuration = duration;
+            this.state = state;
+        };
+
+        this.job.run().then(() => {
+            done(TaskState.IDLE);
+        }).catch((err: any) => {
+            Logger.tag('jobs').error("Job %s failed: %s", this.name, err);
+            done(TaskState.FAILED);
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+type Tasks = {[key: string]: Task};
+
+const tasks: Tasks = {};
+
+let taskId = 1;
+function nextTaskId(): number {
+    const id = taskId;
+    taskId += 1;
+    return id;
+}
+
+function schedule(expr: string, job: Job): void {
+    Logger.tag('jobs').info('Scheduling job: %s  %s', expr, job.name);
+
+    const id = nextTaskId();
+
+    const task = new Task(
+        id,
+        job.name,
+        job.description,
+        expr,
+        job,
+        null,
+        null,
+        null,
+        TaskState.IDLE,
+        true
+    );
+
+    cron.schedule(expr, task.run);
+
+    tasks['' + id] = task;
+}
+
+export function init() {
+    Logger.tag('jobs').info('Scheduling background jobs...');
+
+    try {
+        schedule('0 */1 * * * *', MailQueueJob);
+        schedule('15 */1 * * * *', FixNodeFilenamesJob);
+
+        if (config.client.monitoring.enabled) {
+            schedule('30 */15 * * * *', NodeInformationRetrievalJob);
+            schedule('45 */5 * * * *', MonitoringMailsSendingJob);
+            schedule('0 0 3 * * *', OfflineNodesDeletionJob); // every night at 3:00
+        }
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        Logger.tag('jobs').error('Error during scheduling of background jobs:', error);
+        throw error;
+    }
+
+    Logger.tag('jobs').info('Scheduling of background jobs done.');
+}
+
+export function getTasks(): Tasks {
+    return tasks;
+}
diff --git a/server/main.ts b/server/main.ts
index 978bb91..ca9f9bb 100755
--- a/server/main.ts
+++ b/server/main.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import "./init"
 import { config } from "./config"
 import Logger from "./logger"
 import * as db from "./db/database"
-import scheduler from "./jobs/scheduler"
-import { init as initRouter } from "./router"
+import * as scheduler from "./jobs/scheduler"
+import * as router from "./router"
 import app from "./app"
 
 Logger.tag('main', 'startup').info('Server starting up...');
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ db.init()
     Logger.tag('main').info('Initializing...');
 
     scheduler.init();
-    initRouter();
+    router.init();
 
     app.listen(config.server.port, '::');
 })