diff --git a/gemini.Dockerfile b/gemini.Dockerfile
index 42db428..ba7532d 100644
--- a/gemini.Dockerfile
+++ b/gemini.Dockerfile
@@ -2,14 +2,8 @@ FROM git.joeac.net/joeac/armv7/agate:3.3.20-alpine3.23 AS agate
 
 FROM git.joeac.net/joeac/armv7/comitium:1.8.2-alpine3.23 AS comitium
 
-FROM alpine:3.23 AS final
+FROM git.joeac.net/joeac/armv7/crond:1.37.0-alpine3.23 AS final
 
-# bash is needed to run the build scripts
-# busybox-openrc provides rc-service, which runs crond
-# gcc is a dependency for agate
-# make is needed to run the Makefile
-RUN apk --no-cache add bash busybox-openrc gcc make
-RUN rc-update add crond
 COPY --from=agate /root/.cargo/bin/agate /usr/local/bin/agate
 COPY --from=comitium /usr/local/bin/comitium /usr/local/bin/comitium