diff --git a/classes/local/outagelib.php b/classes/local/outagelib.php
index 8af5aa9..2e28ff8 100644
--- a/classes/local/outagelib.php
+++ b/classes/local/outagelib.php
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ class outagelib {
         return [
             'allowedips'               => '',
             'css'                      => '',
+            'default_time'             => '',
             'default_autostart'        => '0',
             'default_duration'         => (string)(60 * 60),
             'default_warning_duration' => (string)(60 * 60),
diff --git a/edit.php b/edit.php
index 5cd25f8..d707989 100644
--- a/edit.php
+++ b/edit.php
@@ -61,6 +61,24 @@ if ($clone) {
 } else {
     $config = outagelib::get_config();
     $time = time();
+
+    $default = $config->default_time;
+    if ($default) {
+
+        // Lean on the Task API to convert the cron syntax to
+        // the next valid outage date and time.
+        $parts = explode(' ', $default);
+        if (count($parts) == 5) {
+            $task = new \core\task\calendar_cron_task();
+            $task->set_minute($parts[0]);
+            $task->set_hour($parts[1]);
+            $task->set_day($parts[2]);
+            $task->set_month($parts[3]);
+            $task->set_day_of_week($parts[4]);
+            $time = $task->get_next_scheduled_time();
+        }
+    }
+
     $outage = new outage([
         'autostart' => $config->default_autostart,
         'starttime' => $time,
diff --git a/lang/en/auth_outage.php b/lang/en/auth_outage.php
index 98fc5d1..3ea661e 100644
--- a/lang/en/auth_outage.php
+++ b/lang/en/auth_outage.php
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ $string['defaultoutageduration'] = 'Outage duration';
 $string['defaultoutagedurationdescription'] = 'Default duration (in minutes) of an outage.';
 $string['defaultwarningduration'] = 'Warning duration';
 $string['defaultwarningdurationdescription'] = 'Default warning time (in minutes) for outages.';
+$string['defaulttime'] = 'Default time';
+$string['defaulttimedescription'] = 'The default time for the next outage. This is expressed in cron notation, eg to say that a regular outage window is any thursday at 7pm you would set this to: <pre>0 19 * * 4</pre>';
 $string['defaulttitle'] = 'Title';
 $string['defaulttitledescription'] = 'Default title for outages. Use {{start}} and {{stop}} placeholders as required.';
 $string['defaulttitlevalue'] = 'System down from {{start}} for {{duration}}';
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ $string['outagefinish'] = 'Finish outage';
 $string['outagefinishwarning'] = 'You are about to mark this outage as finished. The system will be immediately back online.';
 $string['outageslistfuture'] = 'Planned outages';
 $string['outageslistpast'] = 'Outage history';
+$string['outage:updatenotify'] = '';
 $string['pluginname'] = 'Outage manager';
 $string['removeselectors'] = 'Remove selectors';
 $string['removeselectorsdescription'] = 'CSS selectors to remove when rendering a static themed maintenance page. One selector per line.';
diff --git a/settings.php b/settings.php
index 9c3be2c..c86670e 100644
--- a/settings.php
+++ b/settings.php
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ if ($hassiteconfig && is_enabled_auth('outage')) {
         $defaults['default_duration'],
         60
     ));
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configtext(
+        'auth_outage/default_time',
+        get_string('defaulttime', 'auth_outage'),
+        get_string('defaulttimedescription', 'auth_outage'),
+        '',
+        PARAM_TEXT
+    ));
     $settings->add(new admin_setting_configtext(
         'auth_outage/default_title',
         get_string('defaulttitle', 'auth_outage'),
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index b07af31..cd60ab6 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
 $plugin->component = "auth_outage";
-$plugin->version = 2020021300;                  // The current plugin version (Date: YYYYMMDDXX).
-$plugin->release = '1.0.11';                    // Human-readable release information.
+$plugin->version = 2020032500;                  // The current plugin version (Date: YYYYMMDDXX).
+$plugin->release = 2020032500;                  // Human-readable release information.
 $plugin->requires = 2017051500;                 // Requires 3.3 and higher.
 $plugin->maturity = MATURITY_STABLE;            // Suitable for PRODUCTION environments!