diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d056619b351c98e18738960a2571be27ffdb46bb..a7f9d61d7c7eb9d4f1bf36060ac85e1b2b4c006c 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ before_script:
   #- apt-get install apt-utils -yqq > /dev/null
   - apt-get install cron -yqq > /dev/null
   - apt-get install vim -yqq > /dev/null
-  - crontab -e
+  - touch /etc/cron.d/maarch
   #- apt-get install tar -yqq > /dev/null
   #- apt-get install wkhtmltopdf -yqq > /dev/null
   #- apt-get install wget -yqq > /dev/null