diff --git a/context/Dockerfile b/context/Dockerfile
index 32ca6acb9b66d6b4bfca2cc931b5d2d93be25798..73d71ce0450716aa2e0c01bdb2e1c55dccadbf16 100644
--- a/context/Dockerfile
+++ b/context/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ RUN echo "deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main" >> /etc/apt/sourc
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \
-        python3 python3-pip \
+        cron \
+        python3 \
+        python3-pip \
     && pip3 install setuptools \
     && pip3 install s3cmd \
     && s3cmd --version \
@@ -20,5 +22,4 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 COPY s3-purge.sh /usr/local/bin/s3-purge
 COPY crontab /etc/cron.d/s3-purge
 
-RUN touch /var/log/s3-purge
-CMD ["tail", "-F", "/var/log/s3-purge"]
+CMD ["cron", "-f"]
diff --git a/context/crontab b/context/crontab
index 21b4156151646725af09a98e382099c30f28699c..06a984db890854f600b6ad6d568162bc5fd208bc 100644
--- a/context/crontab
+++ b/context/crontab
@@ -1 +1 @@
-20 1 * * * root s3-purge >> /var/log/s3-purge 2>/dev/null
+20 1 * * * root s3-purge >> /var/log/s3-purge 2>/var/log/s3-purge-err