diff --git a/scrapers/Dockerfile b/scrapers/Dockerfile
index 2907bb8..626418e 100644
--- a/scrapers/Dockerfile
+++ b/scrapers/Dockerfile
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
 COPY . /app
 
-# Install the required Python packages
-RUN pip install requests beautifulsoup4
+# Install cron and the required Python packages
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y cron && \
+    pip install requests beautifulsoup4
 
 # Copy and add a cron job to run the script every hour
 COPY cronjob /etc/cron.d/jobindex-cron
@@ -23,4 +24,4 @@ RUN crontab /etc/cron.d/jobindex-cron
 RUN touch /var/log/cron.log
 
 # Run the command on container startup
-CMD cron && tail -f /var/log/cron.log
\ No newline at end of file
+CMD cron && tail -f /var/log/cron.log