diff --git a/nextcloud/main.yaml b/nextcloud/main.yaml
index 13bfbfa..412ba5f 100644
--- a/nextcloud/main.yaml
+++ b/nextcloud/main.yaml
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ data:
         'redis' => array(
           'host' => getenv('REDIS_HOST'),
           'password' => getenv('REDIS_HOST_PASSWORD_FILE') ? trim(file_get_contents(getenv('REDIS_HOST_PASSWORD_FILE'))) : (string) getenv('REDIS_HOST_PASSWORD'),
-          'dbindex' => 1,
         ),
       );
 
@@ -453,8 +452,9 @@ spec:
         - /bin/sh
         - -c
         - |
-          echo "*/1 * * * * php -f /var/www/html/cron.php" > /etc/crontabs/www-data
-          exec busybox crond -f -L /dev/stdout
+          mkdir -p /etc/crontabs
+          echo "*/1 * * * * su -s /bin/sh -c 'php -f /var/www/html/cron.php' \#33" > /etc/crontabs/root
+          exec busybox crond -c /etc/crontabs -f -L /dev/stdout
         env:
         - name: POSTGRES_HOST
           valueFrom:
diff --git a/nextcloud/src/values.yaml b/nextcloud/src/values.yaml
index d386a69..3b4c1b2 100644
--- a/nextcloud/src/values.yaml
+++ b/nextcloud/src/values.yaml
@@ -642,8 +642,9 @@ cronjob:
       - /bin/sh
       - -c
       - |
-        echo "*/1 * * * * php -f /var/www/html/cron.php" > /etc/crontabs/www-data
-        exec busybox crond -f -L /dev/stdout
+        mkdir -p /etc/crontabs
+        echo "*/1 * * * * su -s /bin/sh -c 'php -f /var/www/html/cron.php' \#33" > /etc/crontabs/root
+        exec busybox crond -c /etc/crontabs -f -L /dev/stdout
 
   # Uses a Kubernetes CronJob to execute the Nextcloud cron tasks
   # Note: can run as non-root user. Should run as same user as the Nextcloud pod.