diff --git a/src/views/backups.html b/src/views/backups.html
index fc14208e4..51f554045 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.html
+++ b/src/views/backups.html
@@ -84,8 +84,17 @@
             <p class="has-error text-center" ng-show="configureScheduleAndRetention.error">{{ configureScheduleAndRetention.error.generic }}</p>
 
             <div class="form-group">
-              <label class="control-label" for="storageInterval">Backup Interval</label>
-              <select class="form-control" id="storageInterval" ng-model="configureScheduleAndRetention.intervalSecs" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in intervalTimes"></select>
+              <label class="control-label">Backup Schedule</label>
+
+              <div class="row">
+                <div class="col-md-6">
+                  Days: <multiselect class="input-sm stretch" ng-model="configureScheduleAndRetention.days" options="a.name for a in backupDays" data-multiple="true"></multiselect>
+                </div>
+
+                <div class="col-md-6">
+                  Hours: <multiselect class="input-sm stretch" ng-model="configureScheduleAndRetention.hours" options="a.name for a in backupHours" data-multiple="true"></multiselect>
+                </div>
+              </div>
             </div>
 
             <div class="form-group">
@@ -343,10 +352,10 @@
     <p>Cloudron makes a complete backup of your system based on this scheduled interval and keeps backups with the specified retention policy. </p>
     <div class="row">
       <div class="col-xs-6">
-        <span class="text-muted">Interval</span>
+        <span class="text-muted">Schedule</span>
       </div>
       <div class="col-xs-6 text-right">
-        <span>{{ prettyBackupInterval(backupConfig.intervalSecs) }}</span>
+        <span>{{ prettyBackupSchedule(backupConfig.schedulePattern) }}</span>
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="row">
diff --git a/src/views/backups.js b/src/views/backups.js
index 828baa704..7e1c6f56b 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.js
+++ b/src/views/backups.js
@@ -108,12 +108,24 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
         { name: 'Forever', value: { keepWithinSecs: -1 }}
     ];
 
-    $scope.intervalTimes = [
-        { name: 'Every 6 hours', value: 6 * 60 * 60 },
-        { name: 'Every 12 hours', value: 12 * 60 * 60 },
-        { name: 'Every day', value:  24 * 60 * 60 },
-        { name: 'Every 3 days', value:  3 * 24 * 60 * 60 },
-        { name: 'Every week', value:  7 * 24 * 60 * 60 },
+    // values correspond to cron days
+    $scope.backupDays = [
+        { name: 'Sunday', value: 0 },
+        { name: 'Monday', value: 1 },
+        { name: 'Tuesday', value: 2 },
+        { name: 'Wednesday', value: 3 },
+        { name: 'Thursday', value: 4 },
+        { name: 'Friday', value: 5 },
+        { name: 'Saturday', value: 6 },
+    ];
+
+    $scope.backupHours = [
+        { name: 'Midnight', value: 0 }, { name: '1 AM', value: 1 }, { name: '2 AM', value: 2 }, { name: '3 AM', value: 3 },
+        { name: '4 AM', value: 4 }, { name: '5 AM', value: 5 }, { name: '6 AM', value: 6 }, { name: '7 AM', value: 7 },
+        { name: '8 AM', value: 8 }, { name: '9 AM', value: 9 }, { name: '10 AM', value: 10 }, { name: '11 AM', value: 11 },
+        { name: 'Noon', value: 12 }, { name: '1 PM', value: 13 }, { name: '2 PM', value: 14 }, { name: '3 PM', value: 15 },
+        { name: '4 PM', value: 16 }, { name: '5 PM', value: 17 }, { name: '6 PM', value: 18 }, { name: '7 PM', value: 19 },
+        { name: '8 PM', value: 20 }, { name: '9 PM', value: 21 }, { name: '10 PM', value: 22 }, { name: '11 PM', value: 23 }
     ];
 
     $scope.formats = [
@@ -128,9 +140,20 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
         }
     };
 
-    $scope.prettyBackupInterval = function (interval) {
-        var tmp = $scope.intervalTimes.find(function (i) { return i.value === interval; });
-        return tmp ? tmp.name : '';
+    $scope.prettyBackupSchedule = function (pattern) {
+        if (!pattern) return '';
+        var tmp = pattern.split(' ');
+        var hours = tmp[2].split(','), days = tmp[5].split(',');
+        var prettyDay;
+        if (days.length === 7 || days[0] === '*') {
+            prettyDay = 'Everyday';
+        } else  {
+            prettyDay = days.map(function (day) { return $scope.backupDays[parseInt(day, 10)].name.substr(0, 3); }).join(',');
+        }
+
+        var prettyHour = hours.map(function (hour) { return $scope.backupHours[parseInt(hour, 10)].name; }).join(',');
+
+        return prettyDay + ' at ' + prettyHour;
     };
 
     $scope.prettyBackupRetentionPolicy = function (retentionPolicy) {
@@ -206,7 +229,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
             });
         },
 
-        cleanupBackups: function (backup) {
+        cleanupBackups: function () {
             $('#cleanupBackupsModal').modal('show');
         },
 
@@ -301,7 +324,8 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
         error: {},
 
         retentionPolicy:  $scope.retentionPolicies[0],
-        intervalSecs: 24 * 60 * 60,
+        days: [],
+        hours: [],
 
         show: function () {
             $scope.configureScheduleAndRetention.error = {};
@@ -311,7 +335,11 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
             if (!selectedPolicy) selectedPolicy = $scope.retentionPolicies[0];
 
             $scope.configureScheduleAndRetention.retentionPolicy = selectedPolicy.value;
-            $scope.configureScheduleAndRetention.intervalSecs = $scope.backupConfig.intervalSecs;
+
+            var tmp = $scope.backupConfig.schedulePattern.split(' ');
+            var hours = tmp[2].split(','), days = tmp[5].split(',');
+            $scope.configureScheduleAndRetention.days = days.map(function (day) { return $scope.backupDays[parseInt(day, 10)]; });
+            $scope.configureScheduleAndRetention.hours = hours.map(function (hour) { return $scope.backupHours[parseInt(hour, 10)]; });
 
             $('#configureScheduleAndRetentionModal').modal('show');
         },
@@ -323,7 +351,16 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
             // start with the full backupConfig since the api requires all fields
             var backupConfig = $scope.backupConfig;
             backupConfig.retentionPolicy = $scope.configureScheduleAndRetention.retentionPolicy;
-            backupConfig.intervalSecs = $scope.configureScheduleAndRetention.intervalSecs;
+
+            var daysPattern;
+            if ($scope.configureScheduleAndRetention.days.length === 7) daysPattern = '*';
+            else daysPattern = $scope.configureScheduleAndRetention.days.map(function (d) { return d.value; });
+
+            var hoursPattern;
+            if ($scope.configureScheduleAndRetention.hours.length === 24) hoursPattern = '*';
+            else hoursPattern = $scope.configureScheduleAndRetention.hours.map(function (d) { return d.value; });
+
+            backupConfig.schedulePattern ='* * ' + hoursPattern + ' * * ' + daysPattern;
 
             Client.setBackupConfig(backupConfig, function (error) {
                 $scope.configureScheduleAndRetention.busy = false;
@@ -421,7 +458,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
                 provider: $scope.configureBackup.provider,
                 format: $scope.configureBackup.format,
                 // required for api call to provide all fields
-                intervalSecs: $scope.backupConfig.intervalSecs,
+                schedulePattern: $scope.backupConfig.schedulePattern,
                 retentionPolicy: $scope.backupConfig.retentionPolicy
             };
             if ($scope.configureBackup.password) backupConfig.password = $scope.configureBackup.password;