diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/91-run.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/91-run.sh
index c81c64000..56a814f55 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/91-run.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/91-run.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ cp "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/model/labels.txt "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/model/labels.bak
 echo "... adapting labels according to birdnet.conf file to $DATABASE_LANG"
 /."$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/install_language_label_nm.sh -l "$DATABASE_LANG"
 
+bashio::log.info "... starting cron"
+/etc/init.d/cron start
+
 # Starting dbus
 echo "... starting dbus"
 service dbus start