diff --git a/Dockers/iptv-epg/Dockerfile b/Dockers/iptv-epg/Dockerfile
index ec8f3dd..0db6b8c 100644
--- a/Dockers/iptv-epg/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockers/iptv-epg/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM node:20-alpine
 
 # Install required packages
-RUN apk add --no-cache git curl unzip coreutils
+RUN apk add --no-cache git curl unzip coreutils dcron
 
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Clone the latest EPG repository code
 RUN git clone --depth 1 -b master https://github.com/iptv-org/epg.git . && \
     npm install && \
-    npm install pm2 serve -g
+    npm install serve -g
 
 # Create guides directory
 RUN mkdir -p /app/guides
diff --git a/Dockers/iptv-epg/entrypoint.sh b/Dockers/iptv-epg/entrypoint.sh
index e9ed89a..596a86e 100644
--- a/Dockers/iptv-epg/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/Dockers/iptv-epg/entrypoint.sh
@@ -69,8 +69,22 @@ fi
 
 if [ -n "$CRON_SCHEDULE" ] && [ -n "$SITES" ]; then
     echo "Setting up cron job with schedule: $CRON_SCHEDULE"
-    pm2 start --name epg-grabber /app/entrypoint.sh --no-autorestart --cron-restart="$CRON_SCHEDULE" -- grab
-    pm2 logs epg-grabber &
+    # Cron runs with a minimal env — bake grab-related vars into a wrapper script.
+    {
+        echo '#!/bin/sh'
+        echo 'cd /app'
+        for var in SITES OUTPUT MAX_CONNECTIONS DAYS TIMEOUT DELAY LANG PROXY GZIP JSON CURL; do
+            eval "val=\$$var"
+            if [ -n "$val" ]; then
+                printf "export %s='%s'\n" "$var" "$(printf '%s' "$val" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g")"
+            fi
+        done
+        echo 'exec /app/entrypoint.sh grab'
+    } >/app/run-grab.sh
+    chmod +x /app/run-grab.sh
+    echo "$CRON_SCHEDULE /app/run-grab.sh >> /proc/1/fd/1 2>&1" >/etc/crontabs/root
+    chmod 600 /etc/crontabs/root
+    crond -b -l 2
 fi
 
 echo "Starting server on port 3000 to serve EPG files from /app/guides"