diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 17d6896..90d9119 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ app.set('port', (process.env.PORT || 8000));
 
 app.get(routes.root, function(req, res) {
 	// get all the crontabs
+	crontab.reload_db();
 	crontab.crontabs( function(docs){
 		res.render('index', {
 			routes : JSON.stringify(routes),
diff --git a/crontab.js b/crontab.js
index 5401850..92e9784 100644
--- a/crontab.js
+++ b/crontab.js
@@ -133,16 +133,35 @@ exports.get_env = function(){
 exports.import_crontab = function(){
 	exec("crontab -l", function(error, stdout, stderr){
 		var lines = stdout.split("\n");
-		lines.forEach(function(line){
-			/*
-				trim the spaces at edges
-				split the line based of space and tab
-				remove empty splits
-				If the first character is @
 
-			*/
-			//if(line.indexOf("@")
+		var namePrefix = new Date().getTime();
+
+		lines.forEach(function(line, index){
+			var regex = /^((\@[a-zA-Z]+\s)|(([^\s]+)\s([^\s]+)\s([^\s]+)\s([^\s]+)\s([^\s]+)\s))/;
+			var command = line.replace(regex, '').trim();
+			var schedule = line.replace(command, '').trim();
+			
+			if(command && schedule){
+				var name = namePrefix + '_' + index;
+
+				db.crontabs.findOne({ command: command, schedule: schedule }, function(err, doc) {
+					if(err) {
+						throw err;
+					}
+					if(!doc){
+						exports.create_new(name, command, null, null, schedule, null);		
+					}
+					else{
+						doc.command = command;
+						doc.schedule = schedule;
+						exports.update(doc);
+					}
+				});
+
+				
+			}
+
 		})
-		console.log(stdout);
+		//console.log(stdout);
 	});
 }
diff --git a/public/js/script.js b/public/js/script.js
index 943cec5..878546e 100644
--- a/public/js/script.js
+++ b/public/js/script.js
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ function setCrontab(){
 	});
 }
 
+function getCrontab(){
+	messageBox("<p> Do you want to get the crontab file? </p>", "Confirm crontab retrieval", null, null, function(){
+		$.get(routes.import_crontab, { "env_vars": $("#env_vars").val() }, function(){
+			// TODO show only if success
+			infoMessageBox("Successfuly got the crontab file!","Information");
+			location.reload();
+		});
+	});
+}
+
 function editJob(_id){
 	var job = null;
 	crontabs.forEach(function(crontab){
diff --git a/views/index.ejs b/views/index.ejs
index 902306c..60b0da2 100644
--- a/views/index.ejs
+++ b/views/index.ejs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 	<a class="btn btn-warning" onclick="import_db()"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-import" aria-hidden="true"></span> Import</a>
 	<a class="btn btn-warning" href="<%= JSON.parse(routes).export %>"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-download-alt" aria-hidden="true"></span> Export</a>
 	<!--<a class="btn btn-info" onclick="import_crontab()"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-import" aria-hidden="true"></span> Import from crontab</a>-->
+	<a class="btn btn-success" onclick="getCrontab();"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-save" aria-hidden="true"></span> Get from crontab</a>
 	<a class="btn btn-success" onclick="setCrontab();"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-save" aria-hidden="true"></span> Save to crontab</a>
 	<br/>
 	<br/>