diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
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+FROM quay.io/operate-first/opf-toolbox:v0.8.0
+RUN dnf -y update
+RUN dnf -y install jq
+WORKDIR /shell-scripts
+COPY src/* /shell-scripts
+CMD ["/bin/sh"]
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diff --git a/docker/src/ope-notebook-culler.sh b/docker/src/ope-notebook-culler.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Running ope-notebook-culler.sh..."
+
+#threshold to stop running notebooks. Currently set to 24 hours
+cutoff_time=86400
+current_time=$(date +%s)
+notebooks=$(oc get notebooks -n ope-rhods-testing-1fef2f -o jsonpath='{range .items[?(@.status.containerState.running)]}{.metadata.name}{" "}{.metadata.namespace}{" "}{.status.containerState.running.startedAt}{"\n"}{end}')
+if [ -z "$notebooks" ]; then
+	echo "No running notebooks found"
+    exit 0
+fi                    
+
+# Loop through each notebook
+while read -r nb ns ts; do
+	timestamp=$(date -d $ts +%s)
+    difference=$((current_time - timestamp))
+    if [ $difference -gt $cutoff_time ]; then
+    	echo "$nb is more than 24 hours old, stopping the notebook"
+        oc patch notebook $nb -n $ns --type merge -p '{"metadata":{"annotations":{"kubeflow-resource-stopped":"'$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")'"}}}'
+    fi
+done <<< "$notebooks"
+
+echo "ope-notebook-culler.sh run complete."