diff --git a/v2_adminpanel/app.py b/v2_adminpanel/app.py
index 51772eb..e84b8d0 100644
--- a/v2_adminpanel/app.py
+++ b/v2_adminpanel/app.py
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ init_error_handlers(app)
 init_monitoring(app)
 ErrorHandlingMiddleware(app)
 
-# Scheduler für automatische Backups
-scheduler = BackgroundScheduler()
-scheduler.start()
-
 # Logging konfigurieren
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 
+# Initialize scheduler from scheduler module
+from scheduler import init_scheduler
+scheduler = init_scheduler()
+
 # Import and register blueprints
 try:
     from routes.auth_routes import auth_bp
@@ -119,26 +119,7 @@ def debug_routes():
         routes.append(f"{rule.endpoint}: {rule.rule}")
     return "<br>".join(sorted(routes))
 
-# Scheduled Backup Job
-def scheduled_backup():
-    """Erstellt ein automatisches Backup"""
-    try:
-        backup_file = create_backup()
-        logging.info(f"Scheduled backup created: {backup_file}")
-    except Exception as e:
-        logging.error(f"Scheduled backup failed: {str(e)}")
-
-
-# Schedule daily backup at 3 AM
-scheduler.add_job(
-    func=scheduled_backup,
-    trigger="cron",
-    hour=3,
-    minute=0,
-    id='daily_backup',
-    name='Daily backup',
-    replace_existing=True
-)
+# Scheduled backup job is now handled by scheduler module
 
 
 # Error handlers are now managed by the error handling system in core/error_handlers.py
diff --git a/v2_adminpanel/routes/admin_routes.py b/v2_adminpanel/routes/admin_routes.py
index edfb682..067726d 100644
--- a/v2_adminpanel/routes/admin_routes.py
+++ b/v2_adminpanel/routes/admin_routes.py
@@ -1417,3 +1417,25 @@ def test_license_types():
             cur.close()
         if 'conn' in locals():
             conn.close()
+
+
+@admin_bp.route("/admin/licenses/check-expiration", methods=["POST"])
+@login_required
+def check_license_expiration():
+    """Manually trigger license expiration check"""
+    if session.get('username') not in ['rac00n', 'w@rh@mm3r']:
+        return jsonify({'error': 'Zugriff verweigert'}), 403
+    
+    try:
+        from scheduler import deactivate_expired_licenses
+        deactivate_expired_licenses()
+        
+        flash('License expiration check completed successfully', 'success')
+        log_audit('MANUAL_LICENSE_EXPIRATION_CHECK', 'system', 
+                 additional_info="Manual license expiration check triggered")
+        
+        return jsonify({'success': True, 'message': 'License expiration check completed'})
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        current_app.logger.error(f"Error in manual license expiration check: {str(e)}")
+        return jsonify({'error': str(e)}), 500
diff --git a/v2_adminpanel/scheduler.py b/v2_adminpanel/scheduler.py
index 8ff046c..9626ed4 100644
--- a/v2_adminpanel/scheduler.py
+++ b/v2_adminpanel/scheduler.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import logging
 from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
 import config
 from utils.backup import create_backup
-from utils.db_utils import get_connection
+from db import get_connection
 
 
 def scheduled_backup():
@@ -64,6 +64,66 @@ def cleanup_expired_sessions():
             conn.rollback()
 
 
+def deactivate_expired_licenses():
+    """Deactivate licenses that have expired"""
+    try:
+        conn = get_connection()
+        cur = conn.cursor()
+        
+        # Find active licenses that have expired
+        # Check valid_until < today (at midnight)
+        cur.execute("""
+            SELECT id, license_key, customer_id, valid_until
+            FROM licenses
+            WHERE is_active = true 
+            AND valid_until IS NOT NULL 
+            AND valid_until < CURRENT_DATE
+            AND is_fake = false
+        """)
+        
+        expired_licenses = cur.fetchall()
+        
+        if expired_licenses:
+            logging.info(f"Found {len(expired_licenses)} expired licenses to deactivate")
+            
+            for license in expired_licenses:
+                license_id, license_key, customer_id, valid_until = license
+                
+                # Deactivate the license
+                cur.execute("""
+                    UPDATE licenses 
+                    SET is_active = false,
+                        updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+                    WHERE id = %s
+                """, (license_id,))
+                
+                # Log to audit trail
+                cur.execute("""
+                    INSERT INTO audit_log 
+                    (timestamp, username, action, entity_type, entity_id, 
+                     old_values, new_values, additional_info)
+                    VALUES (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 'system', 'DEACTIVATE', 'license', %s,
+                            jsonb_build_object('is_active', true),
+                            jsonb_build_object('is_active', false),
+                            %s)
+                """, (license_id, f"License automatically deactivated due to expiration. Valid until: {valid_until}"))
+                
+                logging.info(f"Deactivated expired license: {license_key} (ID: {license_id})")
+            
+            conn.commit()
+            logging.info(f"Successfully deactivated {len(expired_licenses)} expired licenses")
+        else:
+            logging.debug("No expired licenses found to deactivate")
+        
+        cur.close()
+        conn.close()
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        logging.error(f"Error deactivating expired licenses: {str(e)}")
+        if 'conn' in locals():
+            conn.rollback()
+
+
 def init_scheduler():
     """Initialize and configure the scheduler"""
     scheduler = BackgroundScheduler()
@@ -87,8 +147,19 @@ def init_scheduler():
         replace_existing=True
     )
     
+    # Configure license expiration job - runs daily at midnight
+    scheduler.add_job(
+        deactivate_expired_licenses,
+        'cron',
+        hour=0,
+        minute=0,
+        id='license_expiration_check',
+        replace_existing=True
+    )
+    
     scheduler.start()
     logging.info(f"Scheduler started. Daily backup scheduled at {config.SCHEDULER_CONFIG['backup_hour']:02d}:{config.SCHEDULER_CONFIG['backup_minute']:02d}")
     logging.info("Session cleanup job scheduled to run every 60 seconds")
+    logging.info("License expiration check scheduled to run daily at midnight")
     
     return scheduler
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/v2_adminpanel/templates/resources.html b/v2_adminpanel/templates/resources.html
index 6d7411d..8253652 100644
--- a/v2_adminpanel/templates/resources.html
+++ b/v2_adminpanel/templates/resources.html
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
                        {% if show_fake %}checked{% endif %}
                        onchange="toggleTestResources()">
                 <label class="form-check-label" for="showTestResources">
-                    Testressourcen anzeigen
+                    Fake-Ressourcen anzeigen
                 </label>
             </div>
         </div>