diff --git a/install/dist/lib/fedora.lib.php b/install/dist/lib/fedora.lib.php
index 0a096e0e077475f6ef62d056f9bdf1e041c72895..ff78351d263b665861d353021703623f2cd68357 100644
--- a/install/dist/lib/fedora.lib.php
+++ b/install/dist/lib/fedora.lib.php
@@ -770,11 +770,11 @@ class installer_dist extends installer_base {
 			exec('crontab -u getmail -l > crontab.txt');
 			$existing_cron_jobs = file('crontab.txt');
 		
-			$cron_jobs = array('*/5 * * * * '.$cf['program'].' -g '.$cf['config_dir'].' -r '.$cf['config_dir'].'/*.conf &> /dev/null');
+			$cron_jobs = array('*/5 * * * * '.$cf['program'].' -n -g '.$cf['config_dir'].' -r '.$cf['config_dir'].'/*.conf &> /dev/null');
 			
 			// remove existing ispconfig cronjobs, in case the syntax has changed
 			foreach($cron_jobs as $key => $val) {
-				if(stristr($val,$cf['program'])) unset($cron_jobs[$key]);
+				if(stristr($val,$cf['program'])) unset($existing_cron_jobs[$key]);
 			}
 			
 			foreach($cron_jobs as $cron_job) {
@@ -786,6 +786,9 @@ class installer_dist extends installer_base {
 			exec('crontab -u getmail crontab.txt &> /dev/null');
 			unlink('crontab.txt');
 		}
+		
+		exec('touch /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log');
+		exec('chmod +666 /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log');
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/install/dist/lib/opensuse.lib.php b/install/dist/lib/opensuse.lib.php
index c499653d8012ac2318c2140cdaacf1afc903d906..35c765c3ca4674b14e3d41a6ec3f78a492512b74 100644
--- a/install/dist/lib/opensuse.lib.php
+++ b/install/dist/lib/opensuse.lib.php
@@ -789,11 +789,11 @@ class installer_dist extends installer_base {
 			exec('crontab -u getmail -l > crontab.txt');
 			$existing_cron_jobs = file('crontab.txt');
 		
-			$cron_jobs = array('*/5 * * * * '.$cf['program'].' -g '.$cf['config_dir'].' -r '.$cf['config_dir'].'/*.conf &> /dev/null');
+			$cron_jobs = array('*/5 * * * * '.$cf['program'].' -n -g '.$cf['config_dir'].' -r '.$cf['config_dir'].'/*.conf &> /dev/null');
 			
 			// remove existing ispconfig cronjobs, in case the syntax has changed
 			foreach($cron_jobs as $key => $val) {
-				if(stristr($val,$cf['program'])) unset($cron_jobs[$key]);
+				if(stristr($val,$cf['program'])) unset($existing_cron_jobs[$key]);
 			}
 			
 			foreach($cron_jobs as $cron_job) {
@@ -805,6 +805,9 @@ class installer_dist extends installer_base {
 			exec('crontab -u getmail crontab.txt &> /dev/null');
 			unlink('crontab.txt');
 		}
+		
+		exec('touch /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log');
+		exec('chmod +666 /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log');
 	}
 
 }