diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontab-config/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontab-config/run
index f3a2cba..3b51d5a 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontab-config/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontab-config/run
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 # shellcheck shell=bash
 
 for cron_user in abc root; do
+    if [[ -f "/etc/crontabs/${cron_user}" ]]; then
+        lsiown "${cron_user}":"${cron_user}" "/etc/crontabs/${cron_user}"
+        crontab -u "${cron_user}" "/etc/crontabs/${cron_user}"
+    fi
+
     if [[ -f "/defaults/crontabs/${cron_user}" ]]; then
         # make folders
         mkdir -p \