diff --git a/server/jobs/scheduler.js b/server/jobs/scheduler.js
index 3734c20..84ce8b6 100644
--- a/server/jobs/scheduler.js
+++ b/server/jobs/scheduler.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ angular.module('ffffng').factory('Scheduler', function ($injector, Logger, confi
             lastRunStarted: false
         };
 
-        cron.schedule(expr, function () {
+        task.run = function () {
             if (task.runningSince) {
                 // job is still running, skip execution
                 return;
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ angular.module('ffffng').factory('Scheduler', function ($injector, Logger, confi
             job.run(function () {
                 task.runningSince = false;
             });
-        });
+        };
+
+        cron.schedule(expr, task.run);
 
         tasks['' + id] = task;
     }
diff --git a/server/resources/taskResource.js b/server/resources/taskResource.js
index 7648ea0..d6e6e7b 100644
--- a/server/resources/taskResource.js
+++ b/server/resources/taskResource.js
@@ -1,21 +1,52 @@
 'use strict';
 
 angular.module('ffffng').factory('TaskResource', function (
+    Constraints,
+    Validator,
     _,
+    Strings,
     Resources,
+    ErrorTypes,
     Scheduler
 ) {
+    var isValidId = Validator.forConstraint(Constraints.id);
+
+    function toExternalTask(task) {
+        return {
+            name: task.name,
+            schedule: task.schedule,
+            runningSince: task.runningSince && task.runningSince.unix(),
+            lastRunStarted: task.lastRunStarted && task.lastRunStarted.unix()
+        };
+    }
+
     return {
         getAll: function (req, res) {
             var tasks = Scheduler.getTasks();
-            return Resources.success(res, _.map(tasks, function (task) {
-                return {
-                    name: task.name,
-                    schedule: task.schedule,
-                    runningSince: task.runningSince && task.runningSince.unix(),
-                    lastRunStarted: task.lastRunStarted && task.lastRunStarted.unix()
-                };
-            }));
+            return Resources.success(res, _.mapValues(tasks, toExternalTask));
+        },
+
+        run: function (req, res) {
+            var id = Strings.normalizeString(Resources.getData(req).id);
+
+            if (!isValidId(id)) {
+                return Resources.error(res, {data: 'Invalid task id.', type: ErrorTypes.badRequest});
+            }
+
+            var tasks = Scheduler.getTasks();
+            var task = tasks[id];
+
+            if (!task) {
+                return Resources.error(res, {data: 'Task not found.', type: ErrorTypes.notFound});
+            }
+
+            if (task.runningSince) {
+                return Resources.error(res, {data: 'Task already running.', type: ErrorTypes.conflict});
+            }
+
+            task.run();
+
+            return Resources.success(res, toExternalTask(task));
         }
     };
 });
diff --git a/server/router.js b/server/router.js
index ca3914c..afed5a8 100644
--- a/server/router.js
+++ b/server/router.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ angular.module('ffffng').factory('Router', function (
             app.put('/api/monitoring/disable/:token', MonitoringResource.disable);
 
             app.get('/internal/api/task/all', TaskResource.getAll);
+            app.put('/internal/api/task/run/:id', TaskResource.run);
         }
     };
 });
diff --git a/shared/validation/constraints.js b/shared/validation/constraints.js
index 72ce708..3299073 100644
--- a/shared/validation/constraints.js
+++ b/shared/validation/constraints.js
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 angular.module('ffffng').factory('Constraints', function () {
     return {
+        id:{
+            regex: /^[1-9][0-9]*/,
+            optional: false
+        },
         token:{
             regex: /^[0-9a-f]{16}$/i,
             optional: false