diff --git a/root/etc/crontabs/abc b/root/etc/crontabs/abc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9847bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/crontabs/abc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# min   hour    day     month   weekday command
+*/5     *       *       *       *       /usr/bin/php /app/www/public/cron.php 2>&1
diff --git a/root/etc/crontabs/root b/root/etc/crontabs/root
deleted file mode 100644
index 804eb03..0000000
--- a/root/etc/crontabs/root
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance
-# min   hour    day     month   weekday command
-*/15    *       *       *       *       run-parts /etc/periodic/15min
-0       *       *       *       *       run-parts /etc/periodic/hourly
-0       2       *       *       *       run-parts /etc/periodic/daily
-0       3       *       *       6       run-parts /etc/periodic/weekly
-0       5       1       *       *       run-parts /etc/periodic/monthly
-# nextcloud cron
-*/5     *       *       *       *       s6-setuidgid abc php -f /app/www/public/cron.php
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-config-end/dependencies.d/init-crontabs-config b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-config-end/dependencies.d/init-crontabs-config
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/dependencies.d/init-nextcloud-config b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-config-end/dependencies.d/init-nextcloud-config
similarity index 100%
rename from root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/dependencies.d/init-nextcloud-config
rename to root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-config-end/dependencies.d/init-nextcloud-config
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/run
deleted file mode 100755
index 45f3844..0000000
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
-# shellcheck shell=bash
-
-# make folders
-mkdir -p \
-    /config/crontabs
-
-## root
-# if crontabs do not exist in config
-if [[ ! -f /config/crontabs/root ]]; then
-    # copy crontab from system
-    if crontab -l -u root; then
-        crontab -l -u root >/config/crontabs/root
-    fi
-
-    # if crontabs still do not exist in config (were not copied from system)
-    # copy crontab from included defaults (using -n, do not overwrite an existing file)
-    cp -n /etc/crontabs/root /config/crontabs/
-fi
-sed -i "s|s6-setuidgid abc php[0-9]* -f /config/www/nextcloud/cron.php|s6-setuidgid abc php -f /app/www/public/cron.php|" /config/crontabs/root
-# set permissions and import user crontabs
-lsiown root:root /config/crontabs/root
-crontab -u root /config/crontabs/root
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/type b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/type
deleted file mode 100644
index bdd22a1..0000000
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/type
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-oneshot
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/up b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/up
deleted file mode 100644
index 006d814..0000000
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/up
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/run
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-nextcloud-config/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-nextcloud-config/run
index 23558f1..aaae05b 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-nextcloud-config/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-nextcloud-config/run
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ if [ -f /config/www/nextcloud/version.php ]; then
         ! -path "/config/www/nextcloud/config" \
         ! -path "/config/www/nextcloud/themes" \
         -delete
-    sed -i "s|/config/www/nextcloud/cron.php|/app/www/public/cron.php|g" /config/crontabs/root
     touch /config/www/nextcloud/config/needs_migration
 fi
 
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/user/contents.d/init-crontabs-config b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/user/contents.d/init-crontabs-config
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index e69de29..0000000