diff --git a/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/Dockerfile
index fa9056f..f3f3556 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,30 @@
 FROM alpine:latest
 MAINTAINER Richard Morgan
 
+USER root
+
+ENV DOCKER_VERSION=17.09.0-ce
+ENV DOCKER_MACHINE_VERSION=v0.13.0
+
+COPY ./periodic /etc/periodic
+COPY ./crontab /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
+RUN chmod +x -R /etc/periodic/
+
+RUN apk add --update \
+      gpgme \
+      curl \
+      py-pip && \
+    pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    curl -L -o /tmp/docker-${DOCKER_VERSION}.tgz https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/x86_64/docker-${DOCKER_VERSION}.tgz && tar -xz -C /tmp -f /tmp/docker-${DOCKER_VERSION}.tgz && mv /tmp/docker/docker /usr/local/bin && \
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker && \
+    pip install docker-compose docker-cloud && \
+    curl -L https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/${DOCKER_MACHINE_VERSION}/docker-machine-`uname -s`-`uname -m` >/usr/local/bin/docker-machine && \
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-machine && \
+    # Cleanup
+    rm -rf /var/cache/apk/* && rm -rf /tmp/* && rm -rf /var/log/*
 
-COPY ./periodic /etc/periodic/15min
 
 # Run the command on container startup
 #CMD cron && tail -f /var/log/cron.log
 #CMD tail -f /var/log/cron.log
-CMD crond -l 2 -f
+ENTRYPOINT crond -d 2 -f
diff --git a/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/crontab b/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/crontab
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfeb931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/crontab
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance
+# min   hour    day     month   weekday command
+*       *       *       *       *       run-parts /etc/periodic/1min
+*/15    *       *       *       *       run-parts /etc/periodic/15min
+0       *       *       *       *       run-parts /etc/periodic/hourly
+0       2       *       *       *       run-parts /etc/periodic/daily
+0       3       *       *       6       run-parts /etc/periodic/weekly
+0       5       1       *       *       run-parts /etc/periodic/monthly
diff --git a/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/docker-compose.yml b/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/docker-compose.yml
index 3ac7880..c0508b9 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 # docker-compose build && docker push dkregistry.xai-corp.net:5000/cron:latest
 # DOCKER_HOST=dkhost:2376 docker stack deploy -c docker-compose.yml services
 
+# DOCKER_HOST=dkhost:2376 docker-compose up -d
+# DOCKER_HOST=dkhost:2376 docker-compose exec -it cron_cron_1 /bin/sh
+
+
 version: '3'
 services:
 
@@ -13,6 +17,9 @@ services:
       context: ""
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
 
+    volumes:
+    - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+
     deploy:
       mode: replicated
 
@@ -26,12 +33,6 @@ services:
           cpus: '0.5'
           memory: 256M
 
-      logging:
-        driver: syslog
-        options:
-          syslog-address: "tcp+tls://logs6.papertrailapp.com:38577"
-          tag: "{{.Name}}/{{.ID}}"
-
 #networks:
 #  default:
 #    external:
diff --git a/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/periodic/1min/abcapi-import.sh b/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/periodic/1min/abcapi-import.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f01a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/periodic/1min/abcapi-import.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# dkregistry.xai-corp.net:5000/xaicorp/abc-api/api:dev
+
+#docker run -d --name abcapi_scheduler \
+#    -v /opt/shared/abcapi/storage/app:/opt/project/storage/app \
+#    -e  "APP_ENV: prod" \
+#    -e  "APP_DEBUG: 'false'" \
+#    -e  "APP_KEY: c578846e0a7fe6996d8cb259d375aaa0" \
+#    -e  "APP_TIMEZONE: UTC" \
+#    -e  "DB_CONNECTION: pgsqld"b \
+#    -e  "DB_HOST: services_postgres" \
+#    -e  "DB_PORT: 5432" \
+#    -e  "DB_DATABASE: abcapi_api" \
+#    -e  "DB_USERNAME: abcapi" \
+#    -e  "DB_PASSWORD: 'JAIobu3i18bC#2n2$$'" \
+#    -e  "CACHE_DRIVER: redis" \
+#    -e  "QUEUE_DRIVER: sync" \
+#    dkregistry.xai-corp.net:5000/xaicorp/abc-api/api:latest \
+#    php artisan schedule:run
diff --git a/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/periodic/1min/hellominute b/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/periodic/1min/hellominute
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25ea98a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/services/services/cron/periodic/1min/hellominute
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "Hello minute" >> /var/log/cron.log 2>&1