You'll need to add something like the following to your condor local See: http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.6/4_4Hooks.html For documentation STARTD_CRON_JOBLIST = $(STARTD_CRON_JOBLIST) castor_load STARTD_CRON_CASTOR_LOAD_MODE = Periodic STARTD_CRON_CASTOR_LOAD_EXECUTABLE = /usr/local/bin/castor_load STARTD_CRON_CASTOR_LOAD_PERIOD=60s STARTD_CRON_CASTOR_LOAD_LOAD=1