diff --git a/src/Propellor/Property/Cron.hs b/src/Propellor/Property/Cron.hs
index 627599e..d55c3db 100644
--- a/src/Propellor/Property/Cron.hs
+++ b/src/Propellor/Property/Cron.hs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ job desc times user cddir command = combineProperties ("cronned " ++ desc)
 		, "SHELL=/bin/sh"
 		, "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
 		, ""
-		, times ++ "\t" ++ user ++ "\t" ++ shellEscape scriptfile
+		, times ++ "\t" ++ user ++ "\tchronic " ++ shellEscape scriptfile
 		]
 	-- Use a separate script because it makes the cron job name 
 	-- prettier in emails, and also allows running the job manually.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ job desc times user cddir command = combineProperties ("cronned " ++ desc)
 		[ "#!/bin/sh"
 		, "# Generated by propellor"
 		, "set -e"
-		, "chronic flock -n " ++ shellEscape cronjobfile
+		, "flock -n " ++ shellEscape cronjobfile
 			++ " sh -c " ++ shellEscape cmdline
 		]
 	, scriptfile `File.mode` combineModes (readModes ++ executeModes)