diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6f98c58..3966c26 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     vim \
     shadow
 
+# syslog option '-Z' was changed to '-t', change this in /etc/conf.d/syslog so that syslog (and then cron) actually starts
+# https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/9279
+RUN sed -i 's/SYSLOGD_OPTS="-Z"/SYSLOGD_OPTS="-t"/g' /etc/conf.d/syslog
+
 # Configure to use php fpm and don't use /var/www to store everything (modules and logs)
 RUN \
     # Disable mpm_prefork
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index ee3d8d2..bbfbc4f 100644
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 # Cron requires that each entry in a crontab end in a newline character. If the last entry in a crontab is missing the newline, cron will consider the crontab (at least partially) broken and refuse to install it.
 (crontab -l; echo "") | crontab -
 
-# Start Apache and PHP-FPM
+# Start Apache, PHP-FPM and Cron
 exec /usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf &
 exec /usr/sbin/php-fpm7 -F
+exec crond
 
 # Make sure apache can read&right to logs and docroot
 RUN chown -R apache:apache /var/log/apache2 /var/www
\ No newline at end of file