diff --git a/pica-db-backup-rotation/Dockerfile b/pica-db-backup-rotation/Dockerfile
index 1c3e3e4f916e544522af649d9e3e547f110ffe02..fdf0516f57f2f11a125b3b69fe4bb32618dd28b8 100644
--- a/pica-db-backup-rotation/Dockerfile
+++ b/pica-db-backup-rotation/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir "rotate-backups<9" "python-crontab<2.5"
 
 COPY start_rotation.py /start_rotation.py
 
-RUN touch /crontab.conf
-
-CMD /start_rotation.py && cron && crontab /crontab.conf && tail -f /etc/crontab
+CMD /start_rotation.py && \
+    crond && \
+    touch /crontab.conf && \
+    crontab /crontab.conf && \
+    tail -f /etc/crontab