diff --git a/_variables.tf b/_variables.tf
index 28235ea..4348cb9 100644
--- a/_variables.tf
+++ b/_variables.tf
@@ -511,32 +511,24 @@ variable "alarm_ecs_running_tasks_threshold" {
   description = "Alarm when the number of ecs service running tasks is lower than a certain value. CloudWatch Container Insights must be enabled for the cluster."
 }
 
-variable "enable_schedule" {
-  default     = false
-  type        = bool
-  description = "Enables schedule to shut down and start up instances outside business hours."
-}
-
 variable "scale_in_schedules" {
   type = list(object({
     cron = string
     name = string
   }))
-  default = null
+  default     = null
+  description = "Cron expression to define when to trigger a stop of the auto-scaling group. E.g. 'cron(00 21 ? * SUN-THU *)' to start at 8am UTC time."
 }
 
-variable "schedule_cron_start" {
-  type        = string
-  default     = ""
+variable "scale_out_schedules" {
+  type = list(object({
+    cron = string
+    name = string
+  }))
+  default     = null
   description = "Cron expression to define when to trigger a start of the auto-scaling group. E.g. 'cron(00 21 ? * SUN-THU *)' to start at 8am UTC time."
 }
 
-variable "schedule_cron_stop" {
-  type        = string
-  default     = ""
-  description = "Cron expression to define when to trigger a stop of the auto-scaling group. E.g. 'cron(00 09 ? * MON-FRI *)' to start at 8am UTC time"
-}
-
 variable "command" {
   type        = list(string)
   default     = null
diff --git a/appautoscaling.tf b/appautoscaling.tf
index 9a0bab4..6c564c0 100644
--- a/appautoscaling.tf
+++ b/appautoscaling.tf
@@ -91,6 +91,20 @@ resource "aws_appautoscaling_scheduled_action" "scale_in_schedules" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "aws_appautoscaling_scheduled_action" "scale_out_schedules" {
+  for_each           = { for schedule in var.scale_out_schedules : schedule.name => schedule }
+  name               = "${var.name}-${each.key}-scale-out"
+  service_namespace  = aws_appautoscaling_target.ecs[0].service_namespace
+  resource_id        = aws_appautoscaling_target.ecs[0].resource_id
+  scalable_dimension = aws_appautoscaling_target.ecs[0].scalable_dimension
+  schedule           = each.value.cron
+  timezone           = var.schedule_timezone
+  scalable_target_action {
+    min_capacity = var.autoscaling_min
+    max_capacity = var.autoscaling_max
+  }
+}
+
 #resource "aws_appautoscaling_scheduled_action" "scale_service_in" {
 #  count              = var.enable_schedule ? 1 : 0
 #  name               = "${var.name}-scale-in"