diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 16e2a6cfc..6c78d3cd5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ services:
       PGUSER: postgres
       PGPASSWORD: postgrespassword
       PGDATABASE: postgres
+      CRON_DATABASE: postgres
       PORT: 9180
       AWS_REGION: eu-central-1
       AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
diff --git a/runner/src/provisioner/provisioner.ts b/runner/src/provisioner/provisioner.ts
index 97d927b43..83d60ea4f 100644
--- a/runner/src/provisioner/provisioner.ts
+++ b/runner/src/provisioner/provisioner.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import HasuraClient from '../hasura-client';
 import PgClientClass from '../pg-client';
 
 const DEFAULT_PASSWORD_LENGTH = 16;
-const CRON_DATABASE = 'cron';
 
 const adminDefaultPgClientGlobal = new PgClientClass({
   user: process.env.PGUSER,
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ const adminDefaultPgClientGlobal = new PgClientClass({
 const adminCronPgClientGlobal = new PgClientClass({
   user: process.env.PGUSER,
   password: process.env.PGPASSWORD,
-  database: CRON_DATABASE,
+  database: process.env.CRON_DATABASE,
   host: process.env.PGHOST,
   port: Number(process.env.PGPORT),
 });