diff --git a/crontab b/crontab
deleted file mode 100644
index 1856f14..0000000
--- a/crontab
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab
-# Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab'
-# command to install the new version when you edit this file
-# and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields,
-# that none of the other crontabs do.
-
-SHELL=/bin/sh
-PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
-
-# m | h | day of month | month | day of week | user | command
-5     2         *          *          *        root   docker -H tcp://127.0.0.1:2375 exec dockerreverseproxystack_reverse-proxy_1 certbot renew > /proc/1/fd/2 2>&1
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8ee3430..0ce3993 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@ services:
       - /mnt/volumes/reverse-proxy_conf_enabled/data:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled:Z
       - /mnt/volumes/reverse-proxy_letsencrypt/data:/etc/letsencrypt:Z
  
-  cron:
-    image: cron:$VERSION_CRON
-    #build: "https://git.scimetis.net/yohan/docker-cron.git"
-    restart: always
-    network_mode: "host"
-    volumes:
-      - ./crontab:/etc/crontab:Z
- 
 networks:
 
   reverse-proxy:
diff --git a/start_or_update.sh b/start_or_update.sh
index 4114c8b..4c8b604 100755
--- a/start_or_update.sh
+++ b/start_or_update.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 for NETWORK in reverse-proxy
 do
-    sudo docker network inspect ${NETWORK} && continue
+    sudo docker network inspect ${NETWORK} &> /dev/null && continue
     sudo docker network create ${NETWORK}
-    sudo docker network inspect ${NETWORK} || \
+    sudo docker network inspect ${NETWORK} &> /dev/null || \
     { echo "ERROR: could not create network ${NETWORK}, exiting."; exit 1; }
 done
 
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ do
     fi
 done
 
-sudo chown root. crontab
-sudo chmod 644 crontab
-
 export OS_REGION_NAME=GRA
 test -f ~/duplicity_password.sh || { echo "ERROR: ~/duplicity_password.sh not found, exiting."; exit 1; }
 source ~/duplicity_password.sh
@@ -34,7 +31,7 @@ sudo docker image inspect duplicity:latest &> /dev/null || { echo "ERROR: duplic
 
 rm -rf ~/build
 mkdir -p ~/build
-for name in docker-cron docker-reverse-proxy
+for name in docker-reverse-proxy
 do
     sudo -E docker run --rm -e SWIFT_USERNAME=$OS_USERNAME \
                             -e SWIFT_PASSWORD=$OS_PASSWORD \
@@ -49,13 +46,11 @@ do
 done
 
 # --force-recreate is used to recreate container when crontab file has changed
-unset VERSION_PROXY VERSION_CRON
+unset VERSION_PROXY
 DIRECTORY=$(pwd)
 cd ~/build/docker-reverse-proxy; export VERSION_PROXY=$(git show-ref --head| head -1 | cut -f 1|cut -c -10); cd $DIRECTORY
-cd ~/build/docker-cron; export VERSION_CRON=$(git show-ref --head| head -1 | cut -f 1|cut -c -10); cd $DIRECTORY
 
 sudo docker build -t reverse-proxy:$VERSION_PROXY ~/build/docker-reverse-proxy
-sudo docker build -t cron:$VERSION_CRON ~/build/docker-cron
 
 sudo -E bash -c 'docker-compose up -d --force-recreate'