diff --git a/dockerfiles/start.sh b/dockerfiles/start.sh
index f2093676..ed0be16f 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/start.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/start.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 chmod -R o+w /home/pi/pialert/db
 /etc/init.d/lighttpd start
-cron && tail -f /var/log/syslog
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+service cron start && tail -f /dev/null
\ No newline at end of file