diff --git a/docker/init_cert.sh b/docker/init_cert.sh
index a8398b5..976bdf7 100644
--- a/docker/init_cert.sh
+++ b/docker/init_cert.sh
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ fi
 # this also updates the nginx config file with new SSL entries
 certbot -n --nginx --agree-tos --email ${LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL} -d ${LETSENCRYPT_DOMAIN} --https-port ${NGINX_SSL_PORT}
 # Add cron job file
-cat <<EOF >/etc/crontabs/certbot
+cat <<EOF >/etc/crontabs/root
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
 
-0 */12 * * * root certbot -q renew --nginx --https-port ${NGINX_SSL_PORT}
+0 */12 * * * certbot -q renew --nginx --https-port ${NGINX_SSL_PORT}
 EOF
 # start cron daemon
 supervisorctl start cron
diff --git a/docker/supervisord.conf b/docker/supervisord.conf
index ced5d27..d66489a 100644
--- a/docker/supervisord.conf
+++ b/docker/supervisord.conf
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ logfile_maxbytes=0
 loglevel=warn
 
 [program:cron]
-command=crond -f
+command=crond -f -d 8
 user=root
 priority=101
 numprocs=1