diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7fe168c..a4713c2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     xdg-user-dirs=0.17-2 \
     procps=2:3.3.17-5 \
     wget=1.21-1+deb11u1 \
-    cron \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
@@ -14,6 +13,17 @@ RUN wget -q https://github.com/gorcon/rcon-cli/releases/download/v0.10.3/rcon-0.
     mv rcon-0.10.3-amd64_linux/rcon /usr/bin/rcon-cli && \
     rmdir /tmp/dumps
 
+# Latest releases available at https://github.com/aptible/supercronic/releases
+ENV SUPERCRONIC_URL=https://github.com/aptible/supercronic/releases/download/v0.2.29/supercronic-linux-amd64 \
+    SUPERCRONIC=supercronic-linux-amd64 \
+    SUPERCRONIC_SHA1SUM=cd48d45c4b10f3f0bfdd3a57d054cd05ac96812b
+
+RUN curl -fsSLO "$SUPERCRONIC_URL" \
+ && echo "${SUPERCRONIC_SHA1SUM}  ${SUPERCRONIC}" | sha1sum -c - \
+ && chmod +x "$SUPERCRONIC" \
+ && mv "$SUPERCRONIC" "/usr/local/bin/${SUPERCRONIC}" \
+ && ln -s "/usr/local/bin/${SUPERCRONIC}" /usr/local/bin/supercronic
+
 ENV PORT= \
     PUID=1000 \
     PGID=1000 \
diff --git a/scripts/init.sh b/scripts/init.sh
index 3c9a3f1..24c3fac 100644
--- a/scripts/init.sh
+++ b/scripts/init.sh
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ term_handler() {
     tail --pid=$killpid -f 2>/dev/null
 }
 
-if [ "${BACKUP_ENABLED}" = true ]; then
-    service cron start
-fi
-
 trap 'term_handler' SIGTERM
 
 su steam -c ./start.sh &
diff --git a/scripts/start.sh b/scripts/start.sh
index c6176b8..c07b50f 100644
--- a/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/scripts/start.sh
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ if [ "${BACKUP_ENABLED}" = true ]; then
     echo "BACKUP_ENABLED=${BACKUP_ENABLED}"
     
     # Assuming BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION is set and is valid
-    echo "$BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION bash /usr/local/bin/backup  >/dev/null 2>&1" > "/home/steam/server/crontab"
-    crontab "/home/steam/server/crontab"
+    echo "$BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION bash /usr/local/bin/backup" > "/home/steam/server/crontab"
+    supercronic "/home/steam/server/crontab" &
 fi
 
 # Configure RCON settings