diff --git a/docker/frontend/authmap-preprod.cron b/docker/frontend/authmap-preprod.cron
deleted file mode 100644
index b76717e13..000000000
--- a/docker/frontend/authmap-preprod.cron
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*/15 * * * * sleep $((RANDOM % 601)); /data/srv/current/config/frontend/mkauthmap  -c /data/srv/current/config/frontend/mkauth.conf -o /data/srv/state/frontend/etc/authmap.json --cert /etc/robots/robotcert.pem --key /etc/robots/robotkey.pem --ca-cert /etc/ssl/certs/CERN-bundle.pem ; [ $? -ne 0 ] && /bin/bash /data/alerts.sh
-
diff --git a/docker/frontend/authmap-preprod.sh b/docker/frontend/authmap-preprod.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26e8fe4fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/frontend/authmap-preprod.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Print a message to indicate the script is running
+echo "authmap-preprod.sh is running"
+
+'sleep $((RANDOM % 601))' && '/data/srv/current/config/frontend/mkauthmap  -c /data/srv/current/config/frontend/mkauth.conf -o /data/srv/state/frontend/etc/authmap.json --cert /etc/robots/robotcert.pem --key /etc/robots/robotkey.pem --ca-cert /etc/ssl/certs/CERN-bundle.pem' && '[ $? -ne 0 ] && /bin/bash /data/alerts.sh'
diff --git a/docker/frontend/authmap-prod.cron b/docker/frontend/authmap-prod.cron
deleted file mode 100644
index b76717e13..000000000
--- a/docker/frontend/authmap-prod.cron
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*/15 * * * * sleep $((RANDOM % 601)); /data/srv/current/config/frontend/mkauthmap  -c /data/srv/current/config/frontend/mkauth.conf -o /data/srv/state/frontend/etc/authmap.json --cert /etc/robots/robotcert.pem --key /etc/robots/robotkey.pem --ca-cert /etc/ssl/certs/CERN-bundle.pem ; [ $? -ne 0 ] && /bin/bash /data/alerts.sh
-
diff --git a/docker/frontend/authmap-prod.sh b/docker/frontend/authmap-prod.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c21ecb54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/frontend/authmap-prod.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Print a message to indicate the script is running
+
+'sleep $((RANDOM % 601))' && '/data/srv/current/config/frontend/mkauthmap  -c /data/srv/current/config/frontend/mkauth.conf -o /data/srv/state/frontend/etc/authmap.json --cert /etc/robots/robotcert.pem --key /etc/robots/robotkey.pem --ca-cert /etc/ssl/certs/CERN-bundle.pem' && '[ $? -ne 0 ] && /bin/bash /data/alerts.sh'
diff --git a/docker/frontend/authmap-test.cron b/docker/frontend/authmap-test.cron
deleted file mode 100644
index 2575d1f78..000000000
--- a/docker/frontend/authmap-test.cron
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*/30 * * * * sleep $((RANDOM % 901)); /data/srv/current/config/frontend/mkauthmap  -c /data/srv/current/config/frontend/mkauth.conf -o /data/srv/state/frontend/etc/authmap.json --cert /etc/robots/robotcert.pem --key /etc/robots/robotkey.pem --ca-cert /etc/ssl/certs/CERN-bundle.pem ; [ $? -ne 0 ] && /bin/bash /data/alerts.sh
-
diff --git a/docker/frontend/authmap-test.sh b/docker/frontend/authmap-test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10773d9c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/frontend/authmap-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Print a message to indicate the script is running
+'sleep $((RANDOM % 901))' && '/data/srv/current/config/frontend/mkauthmap  -c /data/srv/current/config/frontend/mkauth.conf -o /data/srv/state/frontend/etc/authmap.json --cert /etc/robots/robotcert.pem --key /etc/robots/robotkey.pem --ca-cert /etc/ssl/certs/CERN-bundle.pem' && '[ $? -ne 0 ] && /bin/bash /data/alerts.sh'
diff --git a/docker/frontend/copy_cron.sh b/docker/frontend/copy_cron.sh
index d630855cb..9d301bd87 100755
--- a/docker/frontend/copy_cron.sh
+++ b/docker/frontend/copy_cron.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 if [ "$ENVIRONMENT" = "k8s-prod" ]; then
   # Copy the production cron file
   echo "Copying authmap-prod.cron"
-  cp /tmp/authmap-prod.cron /tmp/authmap.cron
+  echo "*/15 * * * * /tmp/authmap-prod" > /tmp/authmap.cron
 elif [ "$ENVIRONMENT" = "k8s-preprod" ]; then
   # Copy the development cron file
   echo "Copying authmap-preprod.cron"
-  cp /tmp/authmap-preprod.cron /tmp/authmap.cron
+  echo "*/15 * * * * /tmp/authmap-prod" > /tmp/authmap.cron
 elif [[ "$ENVIRONMENT" == k8s-test* ]]; then
   # Copy the test cron file
   echo "Copying authmap-test.cron"
-  cp /tmp/authmap-test.cron /tmp/authmap.cron
+  echo "*/15 * * * * /tmp/authmap-test.sh" > /tmp/authmap.cron
   
 else
   echo "Unsupported environment: $ENVIRONMENT"