diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 79f8f87..d33c533 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       GENES_FILE: "/ifad/files/gene-types.txt"
       ANNOTATIONS_FILE: "/ifad/files/tair.gaf"
+      UPDATE_INTERVAL: 86400000
     ports:
       - 80:3000
     volumes:
diff --git a/src/utils/ingest.ts b/src/utils/ingest.ts
index 251f106..e16e67b 100644
--- a/src/utils/ingest.ts
+++ b/src/utils/ingest.ts
@@ -462,3 +462,41 @@ export const ingestData = (raw: UnstructuredText): StructuredData | null => {
   // Return all structured data
   return {genes, annotations, raw};
 };
+
+const { geneMap, annotations, groupedAnnotations } = readData();
+let mostRecentGeneMap = geneMap;
+let mostRecentAnnotations = annotations;
+let mostRecentGroupedAnnotations = groupedAnnotations;
+
+const updateData = () => {
+    const { execSync } = require("child_process");
+    const stdout = execSync("wget http://current.geneontology.org/annotations/tair.gaf.gz ; gunzip tair.gaf.gz");
+
+    const { geneMap, annotations, groupedAnnotations } = readData();
+    mostRecentGeneMap = geneMap;
+    mostRecentAnnotations = annotations;
+    mostRecentGroupedAnnotations = groupedAnnotations;
+};
+
+let nextDate = new Date();
+if (nextDate.getMinutes() === 0 && nextDate.getSeconds() === 0) {
+    let interval = process.env["UPDATE_INTERVAL"];
+    if (interval) {
+        const runningInterval = setInterval(updateData, parseInt(interval));
+    } else {
+        const runningInterval = setInterval(updateData, (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
+    }
+} else {
+    nextDate.setDate(nextDate.getDate() + 1);
+    nextDate.setHours(0);
+    nextDate.setMinutes(0);
+    nextDate.setSeconds(0);
+    let difference = nextDate.getTime() - new Date().getTime();
+    setTimeout(updateData, difference);
+}
+
+export const getGeneMap = (): GeneMap => { return mostRecentGeneMap; };
+
+export const getAnnotations = (): IAnnotation[] => { return mostRecentAnnotations; };
+
+export const getGroupedAnnotations = (): GroupedAnnotations<Set<IGene>> => { return mostRecentGroupedAnnotations; };