diff --git a/apps/kavita-docker-automation/kavita-docker-restart-cronjob.yaml b/apps/kavita-docker-automation/kavita-docker-restart-cronjob.yaml
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+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: CronJob
+metadata:
+  name: kavita-docker-auto-restart
+  namespace: automation
+spec:
+  schedule: "*/15 * * * *"
+  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 2
+  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 3
+  jobTemplate:
+    spec:
+      template:
+        spec:
+          restartPolicy: OnFailure
+          containers:
+            - name: restart-kavita
+              image: docker:27-cli
+              command:
+                - /bin/sh
+                - -c
+                - |
+                  echo "Restarting Kavita Docker container..."
+                  docker restart kavita
+                  echo "Kavita restart completed."
+              volumeMounts:
+                - name: docker-sock
+                  mountPath: /var/run/docker.sock
+          volumes:
+            - name: docker-sock
+              hostPath:
+                path: /var/run/docker.sock
+                type: Socket
diff --git a/apps/kavita-docker-automation/kustomization.yaml b/apps/kavita-docker-automation/kustomization.yaml
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+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+resources:
+  - namespace.yaml
+  - kavita-docker-restart-cronjob.yaml
diff --git a/apps/kavita-docker-automation/namespace.yaml b/apps/kavita-docker-automation/namespace.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: automation