diff --git a/conf/nginx.conf b/conf/nginx.conf
index f0a9587..db10d02 100644
--- a/conf/nginx.conf
+++ b/conf/nginx.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ location ^~ YNH_EXAMPLE_PATH {
 
   location ~ \.php {
     fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+?\.php)(/.*)$;
-    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
+    fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
     fastcgi_index index.php;
     include fastcgi_params;
     fastcgi_param REMOTE_USER     $remote_user;
diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index 489ba9b..1a94bba 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ exec_composer() {
   shift 1
 
   COMPOSER_HOME="${WORKDIR}/.composer" \
-    php "${WORKDIR}/composer.phar" $@ \
+    /usr/bin/php7.0 "${WORKDIR}/composer.phar" $@ \
       -d "${WORKDIR}" --quiet --no-interaction
 }
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ init_composer() {
   # install composer
   curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer \
     | COMPOSER_HOME="${DESTDIR}/.composer" \
-        php -- --quiet --install-dir="$DESTDIR" \
+        /usr/bin/php7.0 -- --quiet --install-dir="$DESTDIR" \
     || ynh_die "Unable to install Composer"
 
   # update dependencies to create composer.lock
@@ -158,3 +158,19 @@ ynh_remove_nodejs () {
 	fi
 }
 
+ynh_install_php7 () {
+  sudo echo 'deb https://packages.dotdeb.org jessie all' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotdeb.list
+  curl http://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
+  ynh_package_update
+  ynh_package_install apt-transport-https --no-install-recommends
+  ynh_package_install php7.0 php7.0-fpm php7.0-mysql php7.0-xml php7.0-intl php7.0-mbstring --no-install-recommends
+  sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/php php /usr/bin/php5 70
+}
+
+ynh_remove_php7 () {
+  sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotdeb.list
+  sudo apt-key del 4096R/89DF5277
+  ynh_package_update
+  ynh_package_remove php7.0 php7.0-fpm php7.0-mysql php7.0-xml php7.0-intl php7.0-mbstring
+}
+
diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index 5b402d9..28881b4 100755
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ final_path=/var/www/$app
 sudo mkdir -p $final_path
 sudo chmod 775 $final_path
 
+ynh_install_php7
+
 ### MySQL (can be removed if not used) ###
 # If your app use a MySQL database you can use these lines to bootstrap
 # a database, an associated user and save the password in app settings.
@@ -74,16 +76,17 @@ sudo sed -i "s@YNH_EXAMPLE_PATH@$path_url@g" ../conf/nginx.conf
 sudo sed -i "s@YNH_WWW_PATH@$final_path\/public\/@g" $nginx_conf
 sudo cp $nginx_conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/$domain.d/$app.conf
 
+# setup application config
 sudo  cp ../conf/.env $final_path/.env
-cd $final_path && php artisan -n key:generate --force
-cd $final_path && php artisan config:clear
+cd $final_path && /usr/bin/php7.0 artisan -n key:generate --force
+cd $final_path && /usr/bin/php7.0 artisan config:clear
 
 sudo sed -i "s/yunouser/$dbuser/g" $final_path/.env
 sudo sed -i "s/yunopass/$dbpass/g" $final_path/.env
 sudo sed -i "s/yunobase/$dbname/g" $final_path/.env
 sudo sed -i "s/yunomail/$email/g" $final_path/.env
 sudo sed -i "s/yunodomain/$domain/g" $final_path/.env
-# uses commas because path url contains a slash
+## uses commas because path url contains a slash
 sudo sed -i "s,yunopath,${path_url},g" $final_path/.env
 
 # Install nodejs packages
@@ -92,17 +95,22 @@ cd $final_path && sudo_path "$nodejs_path/pnpm" install
 cd $final_path && sudo_path "$nodejs_path/pnpm" install -g bower gulp
 cd $final_path && sudo_path "$nodejs_path/bower" install -f --allow-root
 
-cd $final_path && php artisan -q migrate --force
-cd $final_path && php artisan -q storage:link
-cd $final_path && php artisan -q optimize
-cd $final_path && php artisan -q db:seed --class ActivityTypesTableSeeder --force
-cd $final_path && php artisan -q db:seed --class CountriesSeederTable --force
-cd $final_path && php artisan -q db:seed --class CreateUser --force
+# setup application config
+cd $final_path && /usr/bin/php7.0 artisan -q migrate --force
+cd $final_path && /usr/bin/php7.0 artisan -q storage:link
+cd $final_path && /usr/bin/php7.0 artisan -q optimize
+cd $final_path && /usr/bin/php7.0 artisan -q db:seed --class ActivityTypesTableSeeder --force
+cd $final_path && /usr/bin/php7.0 artisan -q db:seed --class CountriesSeederTable --force
+cd $final_path && /usr/bin/php7.0 artisan -q db:seed --class CreateUser --force
+
+# create a cronjob to run the scheduler
+echo "* * * * * www-data cd $final_path && /usr/bin/php7.0 $final_path/artisan schedule:run >/dev/null 2>&1" > /tmp/cron$app
+sudo mv /tmp/cron$app /etc/cron.d/$app
+sudo chown root /etc/cron.d/$app
 
 # Install files and set permissions
 sudo chown -R www-data: "$final_path"
 
-
 # If app is public, add url to SSOWat conf as skipped_uris
 if [[ $is_public -eq 1 ]]; then
   # unprotected_uris allows SSO credentials to be passed anyway.