diff --git a/.changeset/ninety-otters-report.md b/.changeset/ninety-otters-report.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b70822042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/ninety-otters-report.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-lighthouse-backend': major
+---
+
+Updated Ligthouse schedule configuration to fix crashes when using custom confinguration
diff --git a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/README.md b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/README.md
index 28845d3c73..cde9135c23 100644
--- a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/README.md
+++ b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/README.md
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ import { PluginEnvironment } from '../types';
 import { CatalogClient } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 
 export default async function createPlugin(env: PluginEnvironment) {
-  const { logger, scheduler, config } = env;
+  const { logger, scheduler, config, tokenManager } = env;
 
   const catalogClient = new CatalogClient({
     discoveryApi: env.discovery,
   });
 
-  await createScheduler({ logger, scheduler, config, catalogClient });
+  await createScheduler({ logger, scheduler, config, catalogClient tokenManager });
 }
 ```
 
@@ -80,5 +80,8 @@ You can define how often and when the scheduler should run the audits:
 ```yaml
 lighthouse:
   schedule:
-    days: 1
+    frequency:
+      hours: 12 # Default: days 1
+    timeout:
+      minutes: 30 # Default: null
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/config.ts b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/config.ts
index bea1c35661..91b4fb1a52 100644
--- a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/config.ts
+++ b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/config.ts
@@ -14,52 +14,48 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { HumanDuration as HumanDuration } from '@backstage/types';
 
 export interface LighthouseAuditScheduleConfig {
-  schedule: HumanDuration;
+  frequency: HumanDuration;
   timeout: HumanDuration;
   auditDetail: HumanDuration;
 }
 
 /** @public */
 export type LighthouseAuditSchedule = {
-  getSchedule: () => HumanDuration;
+  getFrequency: () => HumanDuration;
   getTimeout: () => HumanDuration;
 };
 
 /** @public */
 export class LighthouseAuditScheduleImpl implements LighthouseAuditSchedule {
-  static fromConfig(config: Config) {
-    const lighthouse = config.getOptionalConfig('lighthouse');
+  static fromConfig(config: Config): LighthouseAuditScheduleImpl {
+    // const lighthouse = config.getOptionalConfig('lighthouse');
+    const lighthouse = config.has('lighthouse.schedule')
+      ? readTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig(
+          config.getConfig('lighthouse.schedule'),
+        )
+      : {
+          frequency: { days: 1 },
+          timeout: {},
+        };
 
-    let schedule: HumanDuration = { days: 1 };
-    let timeout: HumanDuration = {};
+    const frequency = lighthouse.frequency as HumanDuration;
+    const timeout = lighthouse.timeout as HumanDuration;
 
-    if (lighthouse) {
-      const scheduleConfig = lighthouse.getOptionalConfig('schedule');
-      const timeoutConfig = lighthouse.getOptionalConfig('timeout');
-
-      if (scheduleConfig) {
-        schedule = scheduleConfig as HumanDuration;
-      }
-
-      if (timeoutConfig) {
-        timeout = timeoutConfig as HumanDuration;
-      }
-    }
-
-    return new LighthouseAuditScheduleImpl(schedule, timeout);
+    return new LighthouseAuditScheduleImpl(frequency, timeout);
   }
 
   constructor(
-    private schedule: HumanDuration,
+    private frequency: HumanDuration,
     private timeout: HumanDuration,
   ) {}
 
-  getSchedule(): HumanDuration {
-    return this.schedule;
+  getFrequency(): HumanDuration {
+    return this.frequency;
   }
 
   getTimeout(): HumanDuration {
diff --git a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/service/createScheduler.ts b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/service/createScheduler.ts
index 498e459a09..33df1226b7 100644
--- a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/service/createScheduler.ts
+++ b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/service/createScheduler.ts
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ export async function createScheduler(
 
   logger.info(
     `Running with Scheduler Config ${JSON.stringify(
-      lighthouseAuditConfig.getSchedule(),
+      lighthouseAuditConfig.getFrequency(),
     )} and timeout ${JSON.stringify(lighthouseAuditConfig.getTimeout())}`,
   );
 
   if (scheduler) {
     await scheduler.scheduleTask({
       id: 'lighthouse_audit',
-      frequency: lighthouseAuditConfig.getSchedule(),
+      frequency: lighthouseAuditConfig.getFrequency(),
       timeout: lighthouseAuditConfig.getTimeout(),
       initialDelay: { minutes: 15 },
       fn: async () => {