diff --git a/roles/cron/cron_drupal7/defaults/main.yml b/roles/cron/cron_drupal7/defaults/main.yml
index 75229033..2ea86907 100644
--- a/roles/cron/cron_drupal7/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cron/cron_drupal7/defaults/main.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ drupal:
   # If defer is set to true, the Ansible target must be declared with defer_target. If using a group, include the index. For example, _ce_www_dev[0]
   defer_target: ""
   drush_location: "{{ drush_bin }}" # you might specify another location, e.g. "{{ deploy_path }}/vendor/bin/drush"
-  cron_error_filter: "> /tmp/cron_output.txt 2>&1; rc=$?; if [ \"$rc\" -ne 0 ] || grep -iE \"error|fail|fatal|critical|exception\" /tmp/cron_output.txt | grep -v -E \"(\\\\\\\"rc\\\\\\\": -13|MODULE FAILURE)\" | grep -q .; then"
-  cron_error_email: "{% if item.cron_error_mailto is defined and item.cron_error_mailto|length > 0 %}mail -s \"Cron Error - $(hostname)\" {{ item.cron_error_mailto }} < /tmp/cron_output.txt;{% endif %} fi"
+  cron_error_filter: "> /tmp/cron_output.txt 2>&1; rc=$?; if [ \"$rc\" -ne 0 ] || grep -iE \"error|fail|fatal|critical|exception\" /tmp/cron_output.txt | grep -v -E '(\"rc\": -13|MODULE FAILURE)' | grep -q .; then"
+  cron_error_email: "{% if entry.cron_error_mailto is defined and entry.cron_error_mailto|length > 0 %}mail -s \"Cron Error - $(hostname)\" {{ entry.cron_error_mailto }} < /tmp/cron_output.txt;{% else %}:;{% endif %} fi"
   python_interpreter: "-e 'ansible_python_interpreter=/home/controller/ce-python/bin/python'"
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diff --git a/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/defaults/main.yml b/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/defaults/main.yml
index 5cc5f77f..2ab056d9 100644
--- a/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/defaults/main.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ drupal:
   # If defer is set to true, the Ansible target must be declared with defer_target. If using a group, include the index. For example, _ce_www_dev[0]
   defer_target: ""
   drush_location: "{{ drush_bin }}" # you might specify another location, e.g. "{{ deploy_path }}/vendor/bin/drush"
-  cron_error_filter: "> /tmp/cron_output.txt 2>&1; rc=$?; if [ \"$rc\" -ne 0 ] || grep -iE \"error|fail|fatal|critical|exception\" /tmp/cron_output.txt | grep -v -E \"(\\\\\\\"rc\\\\\\\": -13|MODULE FAILURE)\" | grep -q .; then"
-  cron_error_email: "{% if item.cron_error_mailto is defined and item.cron_error_mailto|length > 0 %}mail -s \"Cron Error - $(hostname)\" {{ item.cron_error_mailto }} < /tmp/cron_output.txt;{% endif %} fi"
+  cron_error_filter: "> /tmp/cron_output.txt 2>&1; rc=$?; if [ \"$rc\" -ne 0 ] || grep -iE \"error|fail|fatal|critical|exception\" /tmp/cron_output.txt | grep -v -E '(\"rc\": -13|MODULE FAILURE)' | grep -q .; then"
+  cron_error_email: "{% if entry.cron_error_mailto is defined and entry.cron_error_mailto|length > 0 %}mail -s \"Cron Error - $(hostname)\" {{ entry.cron_error_mailto }} < /tmp/cron_output.txt;{% else %}:;{% endif %} fi"
   python_interpreter: "-e 'ansible_python_interpreter=/home/controller/ce-python/bin/python'"