diff --git a/config.example.sh b/config.example.sh
index 23f5ecf..741f27d 100644
--- a/config.example.sh
+++ b/config.example.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 !/bin/bash
 
+# degrees in C
+THERMAL_ALERT=75
+
 DISCORD_SERVER_NAME="<YOUR SERVER>"
 
 DISCORD_GENERAL_HOOK="<WEBHOOK_URL_HERE>"
diff --git a/crons/thermal-alert.sh b/crons/thermal-alert.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d626689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crons/thermal-alert.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+LOCATION=`dirname "$0"`
+
+source "${LOCATION}/../config.sh"
+
+if (( `cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp` > ( $THERMAL_ALERT * 1000 ) )); then
+    echo "thermal above ${THERMAL_ALERT} C"
+    source "${LOCATION}/../thermal.sh"
+    ${LOCATION}/../discord.sh thermal `${LOCATION}/../thermal.sh`
+else
+    echo "thermal below ${THERMAL_ALERT} C"
+    source "${LOCATION}/../thermal.sh"
+fi
+
diff --git a/thermal.sh b/thermal.sh
index f71e188..5236be7 100755
--- a/thermal.sh
+++ b/thermal.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 name=$(</sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/type)
 temp=$(</sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp)
-echo "${name} $((temp/1000)).$((temp%1000))c"
+echo "${name} $((temp/1000)).$((temp%1000)) C"