diff --git a/alpine/Dockerfile_v5 b/alpine/Dockerfile_v5
index f44bc39..1ec0bd9 100644
--- a/alpine/Dockerfile_v5
+++ b/alpine/Dockerfile_v5
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 COPY ./config/php/php.ini /usr/local/etc/php/php.ini
 COPY ./config/php/php-cli.ini /usr/local/etc/php/php-cli.ini
 
+## Set up the cronjob
+RUN echo "* * * * * run-parts /etc/periodic/1min" >> /etc/crontabs/root
+COPY ./config/cron/cronjob_v5.sh /etc/periodic/1min/invoiceninja_cronjob
+
 ## Separate user
 ENV INVOICENINJA_USER=invoiceninja
 
diff --git a/config/cron/cronjob_v5.sh b/config/cron/cronjob_v5.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d14354a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/cron/cronjob_v5.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+cd /var/www/app; php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 16e9dd0..edee989 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ file_env() {
         unset "$fileVar"
 }
 
+
 # first arg is `-f` or `--some-option`
 if [ "${1#-}" != "$1" ]; then
 	set -- php-fpm "$@"
@@ -100,4 +101,7 @@ file_env 'S3_SECRET'
 php artisan config:cache
 php artisan optimize
 
+# Start the cron daemon in background
+crond -l 2 -b
+
 exec docker-php-entrypoint "$@"