diff --git a/include/cronhooks.php b/include/cronhooks.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4eb5fbb3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/cronhooks.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+require_once("boot.php");
+
+
+function cronhooks_run($argv, $argc){
+	global $a, $db;
+
+	if(is_null($a)) {
+		$a = new App;
+	}
+  
+	if(is_null($db)) {
+	    @include(".htconfig.php");
+    	require_once("dba.php");
+	    $db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
+    	unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
+  	};
+
+	require_once('include/session.php');
+	require_once('include/datetime.php');
+
+	load_config('config');
+	load_config('system');
+
+	$a->set_baseurl(get_config('system','url'));
+
+	load_hooks();
+
+	logger('cronhooks: start');
+	
+
+	$d = datetime_convert();
+
+	call_hooks('cron', $d);
+
+	return;
+}
+
+if (array_search(__file__,get_included_files())===0){
+  cronhooks_run($argv,$argc);
+  killme();
+}
diff --git a/include/poller.php b/include/poller.php
index 86bb8ad55b..651736a99a 100644
--- a/include/poller.php
+++ b/include/poller.php
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ function poller_run($argv, $argc){
 	$d = datetime_convert();
 
 	if(! $restart)
-		call_hooks('cron', $d);
-
+		proc_run('php','include/cronhooks.php');
 
 	$contacts = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` 
 		WHERE ( `rel` = %d OR `rel` = %d ) AND `poll` != ''
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ function poller_run($argv, $argc){
 			intval($c['id'])
 		);
 
-		if(! count($res))
+		if((! $res) || (! count($res)))
 			continue;
 
 		foreach($res as $contact) {