diff --git a/bin/cron/check_services b/bin/cron/check_services
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8ac3267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/cron/check_services
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+SHELL=/bin/bash
+PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+
+## launch vps check-service and if the result is not empty: send a notification
+## If the result is empty, remove the state file
+## ``vps check-service`` output is filled only if there is a problem
+
+
+STATE_WORKING_DIR="/var/run/elab-manage"
+mkdir -p "$STATE_WORKING_DIR"
+STATE_CHECK_SERVICE="$STATE_WORKING_DIR/check_service.state"
+
+
+vps_check_service=$(vps check-service)
+
+if [ -n "$vps_check_service" ]; then
+    msg="New"
+    if [ -e "$STATE_CHECK_SERVICE" ]; then
+        if [[ "$(cat "$STATE_CHECK_SERVICE")" == "$vps_check_service" ]]; then
+            exit 0
+        fi
+        msg="Changed"
+    fi
+
+    echo "$vps_check_service" > "$STATE_CHECK_SERVICE"
+    title="alert: check-service failed"
+    message="$vps_check_service"
+    echo "MESSAGE: '$message'" >&2
+    send -c check-service.alert -t "$title ($msg)" "$message"
+else
+    if [ -e "$STATE_CHECK_SERVICE" ]; then
+        rm "$STATE_CHECK_SERVICE"
+    fi
+fi
diff --git a/bin/elab-update b/bin/elab-update
index 4038e6c..bc96c33 100755
--- a/bin/elab-update
+++ b/bin/elab-update
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ REPO_PATH="/opt/apps/elab-manage"
 # Function to update the git repository
 update_repo() {
     echo "Updating the git repository..."
-    cd "$REPO_PATH" || { 
-        echo "Error: Unable to find the repository at $REPO_PATH"; 
+    cd "$REPO_PATH" || {
+        echo "Error: Unable to find the repository at $REPO_PATH";
         exit 1;
          }
-    git pull -r || { 
-        echo "Error: Unable to update the repository"; 
-        exit 1; 
+    git pull -r || {
+        echo "Error: Unable to update the repository";
+        exit 1;
         }
 }
 
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ update_repo() {
 update_symlinks() {
     echo "Updating symbolic links for cron.daily..."
     # Update or add new symbolic links for cron.daily and cron.hourly
-    for dir in "cron."{daily,hourly}; do
+    for dir in "cron."{d,daily,hourly,mounthly,weekly}; do
         find -L /etc/$dir -maxdepth 1 -type l -ilname $REPO_PATH/etc/$dir\* -delete
-        ln -sf $REPO_PATH/etc/$dir/* /etc/$dir   
+        ln -sf $REPO_PATH/etc/$dir/* /etc/$dir
     done
 
     echo "Symbolic links have been successfully updated."
diff --git a/etc/cron.d/check_services b/etc/cron.d/check_services
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1c077bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/cron.d/check_services
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+SHELL=/bin/bash
+PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+
+*/10 * * * *   root   lock check_services_elabore -v -D -p 10 -k -c "/opt/apps/elab-manage/bin/cron/check_services" 2>&1 | logger -t check-services-elabore
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