diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-cron/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-cron/run
index e280028e..87e4fdb4 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-cron/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-cron/run
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
 # shellcheck shell=bash
 
-if builtin command -v crontab >/dev/null 2>&1 && [[ -n "$(crontab -l -u abc)" || -n "$(crontab -l -u root)" ]]; then
-    if builtin command -v busybox >/dev/null 2>&1 && [[ $(busybox) =~ [[:space:]](crond)([,]|$) ]]; then
+if builtin command -v crontab >/dev/null 2>&1 && [[ -n "$(crontab -l -u abc 2>/dev/null || true)" || -n "$(crontab -l -u root 2>/dev/null || true)" ]]; then
+    if builtin command -v busybox >/dev/null 2>&1 && [[ $(busybox || true) =~ [[:space:]](crond)([,]|$) ]]; then
         exec busybox crond -f -S -l 5
     elif [[ -f /usr/bin/apt ]] && [[ -f /usr/sbin/cron ]]; then
         exec /usr/sbin/cron -f -L 5