diff --git a/bin/barman_cron b/bin/barman_cron
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0a83286e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/barman_cron
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Identify the process id of the cron supervisor process
+cron_pid=$(pgrep -f '/usr/sbin/cron')
+if [ -z "$cron_pid" ]; then
+    # Send the error message to main process's stderr
+    echo "Failed to resolve cron process id" >> /proc/1/fd/2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+barman_output=$(barman cron 2>&1)
+barman_exit_code=$?
+
+# Log the result of barman cron
+if [ $barman_exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Barman cron failed with exit code $barman_exit_code: $barman_output" >> /proc/$cron_pid/fd/2
+  exit 1
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/start/main.go b/cmd/start/main.go
index 382ebbae..abe8a8c3 100644
--- a/cmd/start/main.go
+++ b/cmd/start/main.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 
 		svisor := supervisor.New("flybarman", 1*time.Minute)
+		svisor.AddProcess("cron", "/usr/sbin/cron -f", supervisor.WithRestart(0, 5*time.Second))
 		svisor.AddProcess("barman", fmt.Sprintf("tail -f %s", node.LogFile))
 		svisor.AddProcess("admin", "/usr/local/bin/start_admin_server",
 			supervisor.WithRestart(0, 5*time.Second),
diff --git a/internal/flybarman/node.go b/internal/flybarman/node.go
index cb47f0e5..455d9cd5 100644
--- a/internal/flybarman/node.go
+++ b/internal/flybarman/node.go
@@ -139,15 +139,12 @@ wal_retention_policy = main
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write file %s: %s", n.RootPasswordConfigPath, err)
 	}
 
-	if _, err := os.Stat(n.BarmanCronFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		barmanCronFileContent := `* * * * * /usr/bin/barman cron
+	barmanCronFileContent := `* * * * * /usr/local/bin/barman_cron
 `
-		if err := os.WriteFile(n.BarmanCronFile, []byte(barmanCronFileContent), 0644); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed write %s: %s", n.BarmanCronFile, err)
-		}
-
-		log.Println(n.BarmanCronFile + " created successfully.")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(n.BarmanCronFile, []byte(barmanCronFileContent), 0644); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed write %s: %s", n.BarmanCronFile, err)
 	}
+	log.Println(n.BarmanCronFile + " created successfully.")
 
 	if _, err := os.Stat(n.LogFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		file, err := os.Create(n.LogFile)
@@ -167,17 +164,6 @@ wal_retention_policy = main
 
 		log.Println("Crontab updated")
 
-		serviceCmd := exec.Command("/usr/sbin/service", "--version")
-		if err := serviceCmd.Run(); err != nil {
-			log.Println("service command not found, skipping initializing cron service")
-		} else {
-			serviceCronStartCommand := exec.Command("service", "cron", "start")
-			if _, err := serviceCronStartCommand.Output(); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed starting cron service: %s", err)
-			}
-			log.Println("Started cron service")
-		}
-
 		switchWalCommand := exec.Command("barman", "switch-wal", "--archive", "--force", "pg")
 		if _, err := switchWalCommand.Output(); err != nil {
 			log.Println(fmt.Errorf("failed switching WAL: %s", err))