diff --git a/api/cron_views_cleanup.go b/api/cron_views_cleanup.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8aa2a49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/cron_views_cleanup.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"time"
+)
+
+func viewsCleanupBegin() error {
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			statement := `
+				DELETE FROM views
+				WHERE viewDate < $1;
+			`
+			_, err := db.Exec(statement, time.Now().UTC().AddDate(0, 0, -45))
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.Errorf("error cleaning up views: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			time.Sleep(24 * time.Hour)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/api/main.go b/api/main.go
index 2aaeef6..9bffe64 100644
--- a/api/main.go
+++ b/api/main.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ func main() {
 	exitIfError(sigintCleanupSetup())
 	exitIfError(versionCheckStart())
 	exitIfError(domainExportCleanupBegin())
+	exitIfError(viewsCleanupBegin())
 
 	exitIfError(routesServe())
 }