diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1640a0a..d1b3b41 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ RUN chown executor:executor /data
 RUN echo "*	*	*	*	*	/usr/local/bin/cron-command" >> /etc/crontabs/root
 RUN	apk del shadow
 ADD dockerbin/* checker/* src/* /usr/local/bin/
+ADD executor-conf /etc/init.d
+RUN rc-update add executor-conf default 
 # remove tty autospawn from inittab
 RUN sed 's/^tty.*$//g' -i /etc/inittab
+# disable motd
+RUN echo > /etc/motd
+
 
 
 CMD [ "/sbin/init" ]
diff --git a/dockerbin/launch-cron b/dockerbin/launch-cron
deleted file mode 100755
index 04a8ebc..0000000
--- a/dockerbin/launch-cron
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -euo pipefail
-IFS=$'\n\t'
-
-# make parallel citation shut up
-mkdir -p ~executor/.parallel
-touch ~executor/.parallel/will-cite
-
-# repair ownership
-find /data \! -user executor -exec chown executor:executor {} \;
-
-# run cron
-crond -f
-
diff --git a/executor-conf b/executor-conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67221c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/executor-conf
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+
+description="Sets executor initial evironment"
+
+start() {
+	# make parallel citation shut up
+	mkdir -p ~executor/.parallel
+	touch ~executor/.parallel/will-cite
+	# repair ownership
+	find /data \! -user executor -exec chown executor:executor {} \;
+	# pidfile
+	touch /var/run/checker.pid
+	chown executor:executor /var/run/checker.pid
+}
+