diff --git a/README b/README
index 10300013c..c3ca50d3e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ Important: "use_your_own" is a password and you have to use the same value here
     service pandora start
     service pandora-encoding start
     service pandora-task start
+    service pandora-cron start
 
 5) Setup Webserver
 a) nginx (recommended)
diff --git a/vm/firstboot.sh b/vm/firstboot.sh
index ba122c776..8499c800c 100755
--- a/vm/firstboot.sh
+++ b/vm/firstboot.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ $MANAGE collectstatic -l --noinput
 
 cp /srv/pandora/etc/init/* /etc/init/
 
+service pandora-cron start
 service pandora-encoding start
 service pandora-tasks start
 service pandora start