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@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ I can support you with issues best if you use **Alpine Linux**. In my experience
 5) (Recommended) Until I have a proper service implemented, I would recommend setting two cronjobs for maloja:
 
 ```
-@reboot maloja start
+@reboot sleep 15 && maloja start
 42 0 * * * maloja restart
 ```