diff --git a/core/api/BUCK b/core/api/BUCK
index ae9155829e..484af3f4dd 100644
--- a/core/api/BUCK
+++ b/core/api/BUCK
@@ -255,6 +255,26 @@ dev_pnpm_task_binary(
   command = "dev:cron",
   srcs = [":src"],
   visibility = ["PUBLIC"],
+  env = {
+    "MONGODB_CON": "mongodb://localhost:27017/galoy",
+  
+    "HELMREVISION": "dummy",
+    "KRATOS_PG_CON": "pg://dummy",
+    "OATHKEEPER_DECISION_ENDPOINT": "http://dummy",
+    "NETWORK": "regtest",
+    "TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID": "dummy",
+    "TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN": "dummy",
+    "TWILIO_VERIFY_SERVICE_ID": "dummy",
+    "KRATOS_PUBLIC_API": "http://dummy",
+    "KRATOS_ADMIN_API": "http://dummy",
+    "KRATOS_MASTER_USER_PASSWORD": "dummy",
+    "KRATOS_CALLBACK_API_KEY": "dummy",
+    "BRIA_HOST": "dummy",
+    "BRIA_API_KEY": "dummy",
+    "REDIS_MASTER_NAME": "dummy",
+    "REDIS_PASSWORD": "dummy",
+    "REDIS_0_DNS": "dummy",
+  },
 )
 
 dev_pnpm_task_binary(