diff --git a/example/config.toml b/example/config.toml
index cbf20bd..78ad414 100644
--- a/example/config.toml
+++ b/example/config.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@ sleep = 1
 # * unset or comment to run once
 # update = 60
 
+# Run specified commands or scripts before and after each queue iteration
+# * `exec` is required
+# * `stdout_contains` is optional
+# * will panic if `stdout_contains` is defined and does not match expected stdout
+# [before]
+    # exec = ""
+    # stdout_contains = [""]
+
+# [after]
+    # exec = ""
+    # stdout_contains = [""]
+
 # Channels queue config
 
 [channel.test]
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 654cf57..a5c3620 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ use channel::Channel;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, path::PathBuf};
 
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct Command {
+    pub exec: String,
+    pub stdout_contains: Option<Vec<String>>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub channel: HashMap<String, Channel>,
@@ -15,4 +21,10 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// Iterator delay in seconds (prevents server abuse)
     /// * None to run asap
     pub sleep: Option<u64>,
+    /// Run specified commands or scripts before each queue iteration
+    /// * will panic if `stdout_contains` is defined and does not match expected stdout
+    pub before: Option<Command>,
+    /// Run specified commands or scripts after each queue iteration
+    /// * will panic if `stdout_contains` is defined and does not match expected stdout
+    pub after: Option<Command>,
 }
diff --git a/src/config/channel/item.rs b/src/config/channel/item.rs
index 617e4cc..09ee25e 100644
--- a/src/config/channel/item.rs
+++ b/src/config/channel/item.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
-#[derive(Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct Item {
     pub exec: String,
     pub stdout_contains: Option<Vec<String>>,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 60108ae..2902da1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ async fn main() {
     let rp = RustyPipe::new();
 
     loop {
+        if let Some(ref before) = config.before {
+            debug!("exec {} before starting queue...", before.exec);
+            cmd(before)
+        }
         info!("begin {} channels update...", config.channel.len());
         for (c, channel) in &config.channel {
             debug!("get `{c}` ({})...", channel.id);
@@ -132,7 +136,7 @@ async fn main() {
                                             }
                                         } else {
                                             warn!(
-                                                "unexpected exec `{cmd}` for channel `{c}`: `{:?}`",
+                                                "unexpected exec result `{cmd}` for channel `{c}`: `{:?}`",
                                                 response
                                             )
                                         }
@@ -157,6 +161,10 @@ async fn main() {
                 Err(e) => warn!("can't scrape channel `{c}`: `{e}`"),
             }
         }
+        if let Some(ref after) = config.after {
+            debug!("exec {} after queue...", after.exec);
+            cmd(after)
+        }
         match update {
             Some(duration) => {
                 info!(
@@ -172,3 +180,26 @@ async fn main() {
         }
     }
 }
+
+fn cmd(command: &config::Command) {
+    match Command::new("sh").arg("-c").arg(&command.exec).output() {
+        Ok(response) => {
+            if response.status.success() {
+                if command.stdout_contains.as_ref().is_none_or(|v| {
+                    v.iter()
+                        .all(|s| String::from_utf8_lossy(&response.stdout).contains(s))
+                }) {
+                    info!("exec `{}` successful: `{:?}`", command.exec, response)
+                } else {
+                    panic!(
+                        "unexpected exec result `{}`: `{:?}`",
+                        command.exec, response
+                    )
+                }
+            } else {
+                panic!("exec `{}` failed: `{:?}`", command.exec, response)
+            }
+        }
+        Err(e) => panic!("can't execute `{}`: `{e}`", command.exec),
+    }
+}