diff --git a/opencga-core/src/main/java/org/opencb/opencga/core/config/OperationExecutionConfig.java b/opencga-core/src/main/java/org/opencb/opencga/core/config/OperationExecutionConfig.java
index 91274f8980..f5d72d8127 100644
--- a/opencga-core/src/main/java/org/opencb/opencga/core/config/OperationExecutionConfig.java
+++ b/opencga-core/src/main/java/org/opencb/opencga/core/config/OperationExecutionConfig.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public class OperationExecutionConfig {
     public enum Policy {
         IMMEDIATE,
         NIGHTLY,
+        WEEKLY,
         NEVER
     }
 
diff --git a/opencga-master/src/main/java/org/opencb/opencga/master/monitor/daemons/VariantOperationJanitor.java b/opencga-master/src/main/java/org/opencb/opencga/master/monitor/daemons/VariantOperationJanitor.java
index 7cdb7981ad..19d50ff6b5 100644
--- a/opencga-master/src/main/java/org/opencb/opencga/master/monitor/daemons/VariantOperationJanitor.java
+++ b/opencga-master/src/main/java/org/opencb/opencga/master/monitor/daemons/VariantOperationJanitor.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.time.DayOfWeek;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalTime;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -101,6 +103,11 @@ private void checkPendingVariantOperations(OperationChore operationChore)
             return;
         }
 
+        if (!isWeekend() && config.getPolicy() == OperationExecutionConfig.Policy.WEEKLY) {
+            logger.info("Waiting until weekend to check for pending operation '{}'", toolId);
+            return;
+        }
+
         List<String> organizationIds = catalogManager.getOrganizationManager().getOrganizationIds(token);
         QueryOptions options = new QueryOptions(QueryOptions.INCLUDE, OrganizationDBAdaptor.QueryParams.PROJECTS.key());
         for (String organizationId : organizationIds) {
@@ -360,6 +367,12 @@ private static boolean isNightTime() {
         return isNightTime;
     }
 
+    private static boolean isWeekend() {
+        LocalDate today = LocalDate.now();
+        DayOfWeek dayOfWeek = today.getDayOfWeek();
+        return dayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.SATURDAY || dayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.SUNDAY;
+    }
+
     private boolean pendingJobs(String studyIds, String toolId) throws CatalogException {
         return !noPendingJobs(Collections.singletonList(studyIds), Collections.singletonList(toolId));
     }