diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 3b2e06fc8..ffd52bd3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@ name: Build and deploy
 # a merged pull request) and on pushes of tagged commits.
 
 # Pushes to main will deploy to Staging
+# This will also deploy nightly
 
 on:
+  schedule:
+    # 3am UTC
+    - cron: '0 3 * * *'
+
   push:
     paths-ignore:
       - 'docs/**'
diff --git a/docs/developer/README.md b/docs/developer/README.md
index 5c9c72836..d58dd31ad 100644
--- a/docs/developer/README.md
+++ b/docs/developer/README.md
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ Within the `registrar/assets` folder, the `_theme` folder contains three files i
 
 You can also compile the sass at any time using `npx gulp compile`. Similarly, you can copy over other static assets (images and javascript files), using `npx gulp copyAssets`.
 
+## Nightly Builds
+
+We run a deploy to staging from `main` nightly. You can see the deploys [here](https://github.com/cisagov/getgov/actions/workflows/deploy.yaml).
+
 ## Finite State Machines
 
 In an effort to keep our domain logic centralized, we are representing the state of