diff --git a/src/metabase/task/send_anonymous_stats.clj b/src/metabase/task/send_anonymous_stats.clj
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+++ b/src/metabase/task/send_anonymous_stats.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+(ns metabase.task.send-anonymous-stats
+  "Contains a Metabase task which periodically sends anonymous usage information to the Metabase team."
+  (:require [clojure.tools.logging :as log]
+            (clojurewerkz.quartzite [jobs :as jobs]
+                                    [triggers :as triggers])
+            [clojurewerkz.quartzite.schedule.cron :as cron]
+            (metabase [config :as config]
+                      [public-settings :as public-settings]
+                      [task :as task]
+                      [util.stats :as stats])))
+
+(def ^:private ^:const job-key     "metabase.task.anonymous-stats.job")
+(def ^:private ^:const trigger-key "metabase.task.anonymous-stats.trigger")
+
+(defonce ^:private job     (atom nil))
+(defonce ^:private trigger (atom nil))
+
+;; if we can collect usage data, do so and send it home
+(jobs/defjob SendAnonymousUsageStats
+  [ctx]
+  (when (public-settings/anon-tracking-enabled)
+    (log/debug "Sending anonymous usage stats.")
+    (try
+      ;; TODO: add in additional request params if anonymous tracking is enabled
+      (stats/phone-home-stats!)
+      (catch Throwable e
+        (log/error "Error sending anonymous usage stats: " e)))))
+
+(defn task-init
+  "Job initialization"
+  []
+  ;; build our job
+  (reset! job (jobs/build
+               (jobs/of-type SendAnonymousUsageStats)
+               (jobs/with-identity (jobs/key job-key))))
+  ;; build our trigger
+  (reset! trigger (triggers/build
+                   (triggers/with-identity (triggers/key trigger-key))
+                   (triggers/start-now)
+                   (triggers/with-schedule
+                     ;; run twice a day
+                     (cron/cron-schedule "0 15 7 * * ? *"))))
+  ;; submit ourselves to the scheduler
+  (task/schedule-task! @job @trigger))
diff --git a/src/metabase/util/stats.clj b/src/metabase/util/stats.clj
index a24b1427ebd5cd65b2158847a089aa686521fb10..d5dc1626a8d482f6a5003d4b06dfc50c3c0fbc79 100644
--- a/src/metabase/util/stats.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/util/stats.clj
@@ -301,25 +301,23 @@
 (defn get-anonymous-usage-stats 
   "generate a map of the usage stats for this instance"
   []
-  (when [setting/get :anon-tracking-enabled]
-    ;do stuff
-    (merge (get-settings)
+  (merge (get-settings)
            {:uuid anonymous-id :timestamp (new java.util.Date)}
             {:stats {
-              :user (get-user-metrics)
-              :question (get-question-metrics)
-              :dashboard (get-dashboard-metrics)
-              :database (get-database-metrics)
-              :table (get-table-metrics)
-              :field (get-field-metrics)
-              :pulse (get-pulse-metrics)
-              :segment (get-segment-metrics)
-              :metric (get-metric-metrics)
-              :group (get-group-metrics)
-              :label (get-label-metrics)
-              :execution (get-execution-metrics)}})))
-
-(defn- send-stats 
+             :user (get-user-metrics)
+             :question (get-question-metrics)
+             :dashboard (get-dashboard-metrics)
+             :database (get-database-metrics)
+             :table (get-table-metrics)
+             :field (get-field-metrics)
+             :pulse (get-pulse-metrics)
+             :segment (get-segment-metrics)
+             :metric (get-metric-metrics)
+             :group (get-group-metrics)
+             :label (get-label-metrics)
+             :execution (get-execution-metrics)}}))
+
+(defn- send-stats! 
   "send stats to Metabase tracking server"
   [stats]
    (try 
@@ -327,8 +325,8 @@
       (catch Throwable e
        (log/error "Sending usage stats FAILED: " (.getMessage e)))))
 
-(defn phone-home-stats 
-  "doc-string"
+(defn phone-home-stats! 
+  "Collect usage stats and phone them home"
   []
   (when (anon-tracking-enabled?)
-      (send-stats (get-anonymous-usage-stats))))
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+      (send-stats! (get-anonymous-usage-stats))))
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