diff --git a/pica-db-backup-rotation/Dockerfile b/pica-db-backup-rotation/Dockerfile
index ba0301f6fc0b59ee7d935b522f6b80fbf556204d..01f3c68219ceb203c5358142cdf9a6519cd2ff40 100644
--- a/pica-db-backup-rotation/Dockerfile
+++ b/pica-db-backup-rotation/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,5 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir "rotate-backups<9" "python-crontab<2.5"
 COPY start_rotation.py /start_rotation.py
 
 CMD /start_rotation.py && \
-    crond && \
-    touch /crontab.conf && \
-    crontab /crontab.conf && \
-    cat /crontab.conf
+    crond -f && \
+    crontab /crontab.conf