diff --git a/public/language/en_GB/email.json b/public/language/en_GB/email.json
index 9c1cacb36b..75813bcb58 100644
--- a/public/language/en_GB/email.json
+++ b/public/language/en_GB/email.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	"digest.latest_topics": "Latest topics from %1",
 	"digest.cta": "Click here to visit %1",
 	"digest.unsub.info": "This digest was sent to you due to your subscription settings.",
-	"digest.daily.no_topics": "There have been no active topics in the past day",
+	"digest.no_topics": "There have been no active topics in the past %1",
 
 	"notif.chat.subject": "New chat message received from %1",
 	"notif.chat.cta": "Click here to continue the conversation",
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index f55f65e14d..0a027410ad 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var	async = require('async'),
 	User.email = require('./user/email');
 	User.notifications = require('./user/notifications');
 	User.reset = require('./user/reset');
+	User.digest = require('./user/digest');
 
 	require('./user/auth')(User);
 	require('./user/create')(User);
diff --git a/src/user/digest.js b/src/user/digest.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c3adba7f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/user/digest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+"use strict";
+
+var	async = require('async'),
+	winston = require('winston'),
+	nconf = require('nconf'),
+
+	db = require('../database'),
+	meta = require('../meta'),
+	user = require('../user'),
+	topics = require('../topics'),
+	batch = require('../batch'),
+	emailer = require('../emailer');
+
+module.exports = (function(Digest) {
+	Digest.execute = function(interval) {
+		var digestsDisabled = meta.config.disableEmailSubscriptions !== undefined && parseInt(meta.config.disableEmailSubscriptions, 10) === 1;
+		if (digestsDisabled) {
+			return winston.verbose('[user/jobs] Did not send digests (' + interval + ') because subscription system is disabled.');
+		}
+
+		if (!interval) {
+			// interval is one of: day, week, month, or year
+			interval = 'day';
+		}
+
+		async.parallel({
+			topics: async.apply(topics.getLatestTopics, 0, 0, 9, interval),
+			subscribers: async.apply(Digest.getSubscribers, interval)
+		}, function(err, data) {
+			if (err) {
+				return winston.error('[user/jobs] Could not send digests (' + interval + '): ' + err.message);
+			}
+
+			data.interval = interval;
+
+			if (data.subscribers.length) {
+				Digest.send(data, function(err) {
+					if (err) {
+						winston.error('[user/jobs] Could not send digests (' + interval + '): ' + err.message);
+					} else {
+						winston.info('[user/jobs] Digest (' + interval + ') scheduling completed.');
+					}
+				});
+			} else {
+				winston.verbose('[user/jobs] No users subscribing to digest (' + interval + '). Digest not sent.');
+			}
+		});
+	};
+
+	Digest.getSubscribers = function(interval, callback) {
+		async.waterfall([
+			async.apply(db.getSortedSetRange, 'users:joindate', 0, -1),
+			async.apply(user.getMultipleUserSettings)
+		], function(err, userSettings) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+
+			var subscribed = userSettings.filter(function(setting) {
+				return setting.dailyDigestFreq === interval;
+			}).map(function(setting) {
+				return setting.uid;
+			});
+
+			callback(null, subscribed);
+		});
+	};
+
+	Digest.send = function(data, callback) {
+		var	now = new Date();
+
+		user.getMultipleUserFields(data.subscribers, ['uid', 'username', 'lastonline'], function(err, users) {
+			if (err) {
+				winston.error('[user/jobs] Could not send digests (' + interval + '): ' + err.message);
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+
+			async.eachLimit(users, 100, function(userObj, next) {
+				user.notifications.getDailyUnread(userObj.uid, function(err, notifications) {
+					if (err) {
+						winston.error('[user/jobs] Could not send digests (' + interval + '): ' + err.message);
+						return next(err);
+					}
+
+					notifications = notifications.filter(Boolean);
+
+					for(var i=0; i<notifications.length; ++i) {
+						if (notifications[i].image.indexOf('http') !== 0) {
+							notifications[i].image = nconf.get('url') + notifications[i].image;
+						}
+					}
+
+					emailer.send('digest', userObj.uid, {
+						subject: '[' + meta.config.title + '] Digest for ' + now.getFullYear()+ '/' + (now.getMonth()+1) + '/' + now.getDate(),
+						username: userObj.username,
+						url: nconf.get('url'),
+						site_title: meta.config.title || meta.config.browserTitle || 'NodeBB',
+						notifications: notifications,
+						recent: data.topics.topics,
+						interval: data.interval
+					});
+
+					next();
+				});
+			}, callback);
+		});
+	}
+
+	return Digest;
+})({});
diff --git a/src/user/jobs.js b/src/user/jobs.js
index e54d7543aa..3961396063 100644
--- a/src/user/jobs.js
+++ b/src/user/jobs.js
@@ -1,104 +1,29 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-var db = require('../database'),
-	async = require('async'),
-	winston = require('winston'),
+var winston = require('winston'),
 	cronJob = require('cron').CronJob,
-	nconf = require('nconf'),
 
 	user = require('../user'),
-	topics = require('../topics'),
-	emailer = require('../emailer'),
-	meta = require('../meta'),
-	batch = require('../batch');
+	meta = require('../meta');
 
 module.exports = function(User) {
 	User.startJobs = function() {
-		winston.verbose('[user.startJobs] Registering User Jobs');
 
 		new cronJob('0 0 17 * * *', function() {
-			User.sendDailyDigests();
+			winston.verbose('[user.startJobs] Digest job (daily) scheduled.');
+			User.digest.execute('day');
 		}, null, true);
-	};
-
-	User.sendDailyDigests = function() {
-		var digestsDisabled = meta.config.disableEmailSubscriptions !== undefined && parseInt(meta.config.disableEmailSubscriptions, 10) === 1;
-		if (digestsDisabled) {
-			return winston.verbose('[user/jobs] Did not send daily digests because subscription system is disabled.');
-		}
-
-		topics.getLatestTopics(0, 0, 9, 'day', function(err, data) {
-			if (err) {
-				return winston.error('[user/jobs] Could not send daily digests: ' + err.message);
-			}
-
-			batch.processSortedSet('users:joindate', function(uids, next) {
-				User.getMultipleUserSettings(uids, function(err, userSettings) {
-					if (err) {
-						return next(err);
-					}
 
-					var subscribed = userSettings.filter(function(setting) {
-						return setting.dailyDigestFreq === 'daily';
-					}).map(function(setting) {
-						return setting.uid;
-					});
-
-					if (!subscribed.length) {
-						return next();
-					}
+		new cronJob('0 0 17 * * 0', function() {
+			winston.verbose('[user.startJobs] Digest job (weekly) scheduled.');
+			User.digest.execute('week');
+		}, null, true);
 
-					sendEmails(subscribed, data.topics, next);
-				});
-			}, function(err) {
-				if (err) {
-					winston.error('[user/jobs] Could not send daily digests: ' + err.message);
-				} else {
-					winston.verbose('[user/jobs] Daily Digests sent!');
-				}
-			});
-		});
+		new cronJob('0 0 17 1 * *', function() {
+			winston.verbose('[user.startJobs] Digest job (monthly) scheduled.');
+			User.digest.execute('month');
+		}, null, true);
 	};
-
-	function sendEmails(uids, recentTopics, callback) {
-		var	now = new Date();
-
-		User.getMultipleUserFields(uids, ['uid', 'username', 'lastonline'], function(err, users) {
-			if (err) {
-				winston.error('[user/jobs] Could not send daily digests: ' + err.message);
-				return callback(err);
-			}
-
-			async.eachLimit(users, 100, function(userObj, next) {
-				user.notifications.getDailyUnread(userObj.uid, function(err, notifications) {
-					if (err) {
-						winston.error('[user/jobs] Could not send daily digests: ' + err.message);
-						return next(err);
-					}
-
-					notifications = notifications.filter(Boolean);
-
-					for(var i=0; i<notifications.length; ++i) {
-						if (notifications[i].image.indexOf('http') !== 0) {
-							notifications[i].image = nconf.get('url') + notifications[i].image;
-						}
-					}
-
-					emailer.send('dailydigest', userObj.uid, {
-						subject: '[' + meta.config.title + '] Daily Digest for ' + now.getFullYear()+ '/' + (now.getMonth()+1) + '/' + now.getDate(),
-						username: userObj.username,
-						url: nconf.get('url'),
-						site_title: meta.config.title || meta.config.browserTitle || 'NodeBB',
-						notifications: notifications,
-						recent: recentTopics
-					});
-
-					next();
-				});
-			}, callback);
-		});
-	}
-
 };
 
diff --git a/src/views/emails/dailydigest.tpl b/src/views/emails/digest.tpl
similarity index 96%
rename from src/views/emails/dailydigest.tpl
rename to src/views/emails/digest.tpl
index c692cc993c..fdd7c83fdd 100644
--- a/src/views/emails/dailydigest.tpl
+++ b/src/views/emails/digest.tpl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	<!-- END recent -->
 	<!-- ELSE -->
 	<li style="text-decoration: none; list-style-type: none; padding-bottom: 0.5em; font-style: italic;">
-		[[email:digest.daily.no_topics]]
+		[[email:digest.no_topics, {interval}]]
 	</li>
 	<!-- ENDIF recent.length -->
 </ul>
diff --git a/src/views/emails/dailydigest_plaintext.tpl b/src/views/emails/digest_plaintext.tpl
similarity index 91%
rename from src/views/emails/dailydigest_plaintext.tpl
rename to src/views/emails/digest_plaintext.tpl
index 9a34b0615f..eb539eb59a 100644
--- a/src/views/emails/dailydigest_plaintext.tpl
+++ b/src/views/emails/digest_plaintext.tpl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 * {recent.title} ({url}/topic/{recent.slug})
 <!-- END recent -->
 <!-- ELSE -->
-* [[email:digest.daily.no_topics]]
+* [[email:digest.no_topics, {interval}]]
 <!-- ENDIF recent.length -->
 
 [[email:digest.cta, {site_title}]]: {url}