diff --git a/backend/ee/danswer/background/celery/celery.py b/backend/ee/danswer/background/celery/celery.py
index e46d0a5e7..0a742bd86 100644
--- a/backend/ee/danswer/background/celery/celery.py
+++ b/backend/ee/danswer/background/celery/celery.py
@@ -1,7 +1,75 @@
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
 from danswer.background.celery.celery import celery_app
+from danswer.configs.app_configs import JOB_TIMEOUT
+from danswer.db.engine import get_sqlalchemy_engine
+from danswer.db.tasks import check_live_task_not_timed_out
+from danswer.db.tasks import get_latest_task
+from danswer.db.tasks import mark_task_finished
+from danswer.db.tasks import mark_task_start
+from danswer.db.tasks import register_task
+from danswer.utils.logger import setup_logger
+from ee.danswer.background.user_group_sync import name_user_group_sync_task
+from ee.danswer.db.user_group import fetch_user_groups
 from ee.danswer.user_groups.sync import sync_user_groups
 
+logger = setup_logger()
 
-@celery_app.task(soft_time_limit=60 * 60 * 6)  # 6 hour time limit
+
+@celery_app.task(soft_time_limit=JOB_TIMEOUT)
 def sync_user_group_task(user_group_id: int) -> None:
-    sync_user_groups(user_group_id=user_group_id)
+    with Session(get_sqlalchemy_engine()) as db_session:
+        task_name = name_user_group_sync_task(user_group_id)
+        mark_task_start(task_name, db_session)
+
+        # actual sync logic
+        sync_user_groups(user_group_id=user_group_id, db_session=db_session)
+
+        mark_task_finished(task_name, db_session)
+
+
+#####
+# Periodic Tasks
+#####
+@celery_app.task(
+    name="check_for_user_groups_sync_task",
+    soft_time_limit=JOB_TIMEOUT,
+)
+def check_for_user_groups_sync_task() -> None:
+    """Runs periodically to check if any user groups are out of sync
+    Creates a task to sync the user group if needed"""
+    with Session(get_sqlalchemy_engine()) as db_session:
+        # check if any document sets are not synced
+        user_groups = fetch_user_groups(db_session=db_session, only_current=False)
+        for user_group in user_groups:
+            if not user_group.is_up_to_date:
+                task_name = name_user_group_sync_task(user_group.id)
+                latest_sync = get_latest_task(task_name, db_session)
+
+                if latest_sync and check_live_task_not_timed_out(
+                    latest_sync, db_session
+                ):
+                    logger.info(
+                        f"User Group '{user_group.id}' is already syncing. Skipping."
+                    )
+                    continue
+
+                logger.info(f"User Group {user_group.id} is not synced. Syncing now!")
+                task = sync_user_group_task.apply_async(
+                    kwargs=dict(user_group_id=user_group.id),
+                )
+                register_task(task.id, task_name, db_session)
+
+
+#####
+# Celery Beat (Periodic Tasks) Settings
+#####
+celery_app.conf.beat_schedule = {
+    "check-for-user-group-sync": {
+        "task": "check_for_user_groups_sync_task",
+        "schedule": timedelta(seconds=5),
+    },
+    **(celery_app.conf.beat_schedule or {}),
+}
diff --git a/backend/ee/danswer/background/user_group_sync.py b/backend/ee/danswer/background/user_group_sync.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce824c471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/ee/danswer/background/user_group_sync.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def name_user_group_sync_task(user_group_id: int) -> str:
+    return f"user_group_sync_task__{user_group_id}"
diff --git a/backend/ee/danswer/user_groups/sync.py b/backend/ee/danswer/user_groups/sync.py
index 9fc3c68ef..91de86431 100644
--- a/backend/ee/danswer/user_groups/sync.py
+++ b/backend/ee/danswer/user_groups/sync.py
@@ -44,27 +44,25 @@ def _sync_user_group_batch(
         )
 
 
-def sync_user_groups(user_group_id: int) -> None:
+def sync_user_groups(user_group_id: int, db_session: Session) -> None:
     """Sync the status of Postgres for the specified user group"""
     document_index = get_default_document_index()
-    with Session(get_sqlalchemy_engine()) as db_session:
-        user_group = fetch_user_group(
-            db_session=db_session, user_group_id=user_group_id
-        )
-        if user_group is None:
-            raise ValueError(f"User group '{user_group_id}' does not exist")
 
-        documents_to_update = fetch_documents_for_user_group(
-            db_session=db_session,
-            user_group_id=user_group_id,
-        )
-        for document_batch in batch_generator(documents_to_update, _SYNC_BATCH_SIZE):
-            _sync_user_group_batch(
-                document_ids=[document.id for document in document_batch],
-                document_index=document_index,
-            )
+    user_group = fetch_user_group(db_session=db_session, user_group_id=user_group_id)
+    if user_group is None:
+        raise ValueError(f"User group '{user_group_id}' does not exist")
 
-        if user_group.is_up_for_deletion:
-            delete_user_group(db_session=db_session, user_group=user_group)
-        else:
-            mark_user_group_as_synced(db_session=db_session, user_group=user_group)
+    documents_to_update = fetch_documents_for_user_group(
+        db_session=db_session,
+        user_group_id=user_group_id,
+    )
+    for document_batch in batch_generator(documents_to_update, _SYNC_BATCH_SIZE):
+        _sync_user_group_batch(
+            document_ids=[document.id for document in document_batch],
+            document_index=document_index,
+        )
+
+    if user_group.is_up_for_deletion:
+        delete_user_group(db_session=db_session, user_group=user_group)
+    else:
+        mark_user_group_as_synced(db_session=db_session, user_group=user_group)