diff --git a/crontab/crontab b/crontab/crontab
index 906a7b7..7b8a8c9 100644
--- a/crontab/crontab
+++ b/crontab/crontab
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
-@hourly export $(cat /var/www/docker.env) && /bin/sh /var/www/eramba/app/upgrade/bin/cake cron job hourly >> /var/log/cron.log 2>&1
-@daily export $(cat /var/www/docker.env) && /bin/sh /var/www/eramba/app/upgrade/bin/cake cron job daily >> /var/log/cron.log 2>&1
-@yearly export $(cat /var/www/docker.env) && /bin/sh /var/www/eramba/app/upgrade/bin/cake cron job yearly >> /var/log/cron.log 2>&1
-* * * * * export $(cat /var/www/docker.env) && /bin/sh /var/www/eramba/app/upgrade/bin/cake queue run -v >> /var/log/cron.log 2>&1
+# Example of job definition:
+# .---------------- minute (0 - 59)
+# |  .------------- hour (0 - 23)
+# |  |  .---------- day of month (1 - 31)
+# |  |  |  .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ...
+# |  |  |  |  .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat
+# |  |  |  |  |
+# *  *  *  *  * user-name command to be executed
+
+@hourly su -s /bin/bash -c "/var/www/eramba/app/upgrade/bin/cake cron job hourly" www-data >/proc/1/fd/1 2>/proc/1/fd/2
+@daily su -s /bin/bash -c "/var/www/eramba/app/upgrade/bin/cake cron job daily" www-data >/proc/1/fd/1 2>/proc/1/fd/2
+@yearly su -s /bin/bash -c "/var/www/eramba/app/upgrade/bin/cake cron job yearly" www-data >/proc/1/fd/1 2>/proc/1/fd/2
+* * * * * su -s /bin/bash -c "/var/www/eramba/app/upgrade/bin/cake queue run -v" www-data >/proc/1/fd/1 2>/proc/1/fd/2
+
 # remember to end this file with an empty new line
diff --git a/docker-compose.simple-install.yml b/docker-compose.simple-install.yml
index c863135..300b091 100644
--- a/docker-compose.simple-install.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.simple-install.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ services:
       - ./apache/ssl/mycert.key:/etc/ssl/private/mycert.key
       - ./apache/security.conf:/etc/apache2/conf-available/security.conf
       - ./apache/vhost-ssl.conf:/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
-      - ./crontab/crontab:/etc/cron.d/eramba-crontab
+      - ./docker-entrypoint.sh:/docker-entrypoint.sh
     environment:
       DB_HOST: ${DB_HOST}
       DB_DATABASE: ${DB_DATABASE}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ services:
   cron:
     container_name: cron
     image: ghcr.io/eramba/eramba:latest
-    command: ["cron", "-f"]
+    command: ["cron", "-f", "-L", "2"]
     entrypoint: ["/docker-cron-entrypoint.sh"]
     restart: always
     volumes:
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ services:
       - logs:/var/www/eramba/app/upgrade/logs
       - ./docker-cron-entrypoint.sh:/docker-cron-entrypoint.sh
       - ./crontab/crontab:/etc/cron.d/eramba-crontab
-      - .env:/var/www/docker.env
     environment:
       DB_HOST: ${DB_HOST}
       DB_DATABASE: ${DB_DATABASE}
diff --git a/docker-cron-entrypoint.sh b/docker-cron-entrypoint.sh
index 43f9fb4..14cdc29 100755
--- a/docker-cron-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-cron-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-su -s /bin/bash -c "crontab -u www-data /etc/cron.d/eramba-crontab" www-data
+env >> /etc/environment
 
-exec docker-php-entrypoint "$@"
+crontab -u www-data -r
+crontab -u root /etc/cron.d/eramba-crontab
+
+# Run Post Install CMD to generate app_local.php file with unique SALT and other defaults.
+su -s /bin/bash -c "php /var/www/eramba/composer.phar run-script post-install-cmd --working-dir=/var/www/eramba --no-interaction" www-data
+
+su -s /bin/bash -c "php /var/www/eramba/app/upgrade/bin/cake.php queue worker end all" www-data
+
+# execute CMD
+echo "$@"
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 54823a4..cabc3de
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ su -s /bin/bash -c "php composer.phar run-script post-install-cmd --no-interacti
 # syncing dir structure into /data folder from /data_template
 su -s /bin/bash -c "rsync -rv app/upgrade/data_template/ app/upgrade/data/" www-data
 
+# syncing dir structure into /logs folder from /logs_template
+su -s /bin/bash -c "rsync -rv app/upgrade/logs_template/ app/upgrade/logs/" www-data
+
 # when deploying a code or DB migration change and you want the "old workers" based on the old code
 # to not process any new incoming jobs after deployment.
-su -s /bin/bash -c "php app/upgrade/bin/cake.php queue worker end all -q" www-data
+#su -s /bin/bash -c "php app/upgrade/bin/cake.php queue worker end all -q" www-data
 
 # Lets activate maintenance mode
 #su -s /bin/bash -c "php app/upgrade/bin/cake.php setup.maintenance_mode activate" www-data