diff --git a/front/php/server/db.php b/front/php/server/db.php
index 89d4d906..a543c592 100755
--- a/front/php/server/db.php
+++ b/front/php/server/db.php
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ if (!is_dir($dbFolderPath)) {
     @mkdir($dbFolderPath, 0775, true);
 }
 
+$dbFolderPath = rtrim($dbFolderPath, '/') . '/';
+
 $DBFILE = rtrim($dbFolderPath, '/') . '/app.db';
 if (!file_exists($DBFILE) && file_exists($legacyDbPath)) {
     $DBFILE = $legacyDbPath;
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ if (!is_dir($logFolderPath)) {
     @mkdir($logFolderPath, 0775, true);
 }
 
+$logFolderPath = rtrim($logFolderPath, '/') . '/';
+
 $DBFILE_LOCKED_FILE = rtrim($logFolderPath, '/') . '/db_is_locked.log';
 
 
diff --git a/install/production-filesystem/services/scripts/cron_script.sh b/install/production-filesystem/services/scripts/cron_script.sh
index 347f1a20..2a0b4f42 100755
--- a/install/production-filesystem/services/scripts/cron_script.sh
+++ b/install/production-filesystem/services/scripts/cron_script.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-export INSTALL_DIR=/app
 
+# If cron_restart_backend exists in the file LOG_EXECUTION_QUEUE, then
+# call the restart backend script and remove the line from the file
+# and remove the entry
 
-
-# Check if there are any entries with cron_restart_backend
 if grep -q "cron_restart_backend" "${LOG_EXECUTION_QUEUE}"; then
-  killall python3
-  sleep 2
   /services/start-backend.sh &
-
-  # Remove all lines containing cron_restart_backend from the log file
-  # Atomic replacement with temp file
-  grep -v "cron_restart_backend" "${LOG_EXECUTION_QUEUE}" > "${LOG_EXECUTION_QUEUE}.tmp" && \
-    mv "${LOG_EXECUTION_QUEUE}.tmp" "${LOG_EXECUTION_QUEUE}"
+  sed -i '/cron_restart_backend/d' "${LOG_EXECUTION_QUEUE}"
 fi
diff --git a/install/production-filesystem/services/start-crond.sh b/install/production-filesystem/services/start-crond.sh
index c6e9ea70..548c5d6a 100755
--- a/install/production-filesystem/services/start-crond.sh
+++ b/install/production-filesystem/services/start-crond.sh
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ done
 trap cleanup EXIT
 trap forward_signal INT TERM
 
-echo "Starting /usr/sbin/crond -c \"${SYSTEM_SERVICES_CROND}\" -f -L \"${LOG_CROND}\" >>\"${LOG_CROND}\" 2>&1 &"
+echo "Starting /usr/sbin/crond -c \"${SYSTEM_SERVICES_CROND}\" -f -l 1 -L \"${LOG_CROND}\" >>\"${LOG_CROND}\" 2>&1 &"
 
-/usr/sbin/crond -c "${SYSTEM_SERVICES_CROND}" -f -L "${LOG_CROND}" >>"${LOG_CROND}" 2>&1 &
+/usr/sbin/crond -c "${SYSTEM_SERVICES_CROND}" -f -l 1 -L "${LOG_CROND}" >>"${LOG_CROND}" 2>&1 &
 crond_pid=$!
 
 wait "${crond_pid}"; status=$?