diff --git a/playbooks/tasks/web/nextcloud.yml b/playbooks/tasks/web/nextcloud.yml
index f116134..35fb730 100644
--- a/playbooks/tasks/web/nextcloud.yml
+++ b/playbooks/tasks/web/nextcloud.yml
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@
       - /data/nextcloud/themes:/var/www/html/themes
       - /srv/desu.ltd/nc:/var/www/html/data
   tags: [ docker, nextcloud ]
+- name: assure nextcloud cronjob
+  cron: user=root name=nextcloud minute=*/5 job="docker exec --user www-data -it nextcloud php -f /var/www/html/cron.php"
+  tags: [ docker, nextcloud, cron ]