diff --git a/root/defaults/nextcloud b/root/defaults/nextcloud
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bc040fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/defaults/nextcloud
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*/15  *  *  *  * s6-setuidgid abc php -f /config/www/nextcloud/cron.php
diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-config b/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-config
index 8507762e..64821298 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-config
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-config
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 # permissions
 chown abc:abc /config /data
 chown -R abc:abc  /var/lib/nginx
+
+# set cronjob
+crontab /defaults/nextcloud
diff --git a/root/etc/services.d/cron/run b/root/etc/services.d/cron/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1b27f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/services.d/cron/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
+
+/usr/sbin/crond -f -S -l 0 -c /etc/crontabs