diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f04e838..b9c7109 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ gem 'chromedriver-helper'
 gem 'clockwork'
 gem 'foundation-rails', '~> 5'
 gem 'haml-rails'
+gem 'platform-api'
 gem 'newrelic_rpm'
 gem 'oj'
 gem 'puma'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f69c0fd..46bde4a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ GEM
     debug_inspector (0.0.3)
     erubi (1.7.1)
     erubis (2.7.0)
+    excon (0.62.0)
     execjs (2.7.0)
     ffi (1.9.25)
     font-awesome-rails (4.7.0.4)
@@ -89,6 +90,11 @@ GEM
       haml (>= 4.0.6, < 6.0)
       html2haml (>= 1.0.1)
       railties (>= 4.0.1)
+    heroics (0.0.24)
+      erubis (~> 2.0)
+      excon
+      moneta
+      multi_json (>= 1.9.2)
     html2haml (2.2.0)
       erubis (~> 2.7.0)
       haml (>= 4.0, < 6)
@@ -111,6 +117,8 @@ GEM
     mini_mime (1.0.0)
     mini_portile2 (2.3.0)
     minitest (5.11.3)
+    moneta (0.8.1)
+    multi_json (1.13.1)
     newrelic_rpm (5.2.0.345)
     nokogiri (1.8.2)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.3.0)
@@ -119,6 +127,9 @@ GEM
     parser (2.5.1.0)
       ast (~> 2.4.0)
     pg (0.20.0)
+    platform-api (2.1.0)
+      heroics (~> 0.0.23)
+      moneta (~> 0.8.1)
     powerpack (0.1.2)
     pry (0.11.3)
       coderay (~> 1.1.0)
@@ -250,6 +261,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   newrelic_rpm
   oj
   pg (= 0.20)
+  platform-api
   pry-rails
   puma
   rabl
diff --git a/lib/tasks/restart_scraper.rb b/lib/tasks/restart_scraper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1891ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/restart_scraper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'platform-api'
+
+namespace :scraper do
+  desc 'restarts scraper b/c of chrome memory leaks'
+  task restart_scraper: :environment do
+    heroku = PlatformAPI.connect_oauth(ENV['PLATFORM_OAUTH_TOKEN'])
+    heroku.dyno.restart('world-cup-json', 'clock.1')
+  end
+end