diff --git a/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php b/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
index d2ec9065dac1cf02e4927dee174f2eb948de54d9..0bde9292421e09ca4f6e1f715bdffb1d0fd5af20 100644
--- a/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
+++ b/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
@@ -3927,7 +3927,7 @@ class installer_base extends stdClass {
 		$install_dir = $conf['ispconfig_install_dir'];
 
 		//* Root Crontab
-		exec('crontab -u root -l > crontab.txt');
+		exec('crontab -u root -l > crontab.txt 2>/dev/null');
 		$existing_root_cron_jobs = file('crontab.txt');
 
 		// remove existing ispconfig cronjobs, in case the syntax has changed
@@ -3956,7 +3956,7 @@ class installer_base extends stdClass {
 		//* Getmail crontab
 		if(is_user('getmail')) {
 			$cf = $conf['getmail'];
-			exec('crontab -u getmail -l > crontab.txt');
+			exec('crontab -u getmail -l > crontab.txt 2>/dev/null');
 			$existing_cron_jobs = file('crontab.txt');
 
 			$cron_jobs = array(