diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontab-config/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontab-config/run
index 3b51d5a..45a4e88 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontab-config/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontab-config/run
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 # shellcheck shell=bash
 
 for cron_user in abc root; do
-    if [[ -f "/etc/crontabs/${cron_user}" ]]; then
-        lsiown "${cron_user}":"${cron_user}" "/etc/crontabs/${cron_user}"
-        crontab -u "${cron_user}" "/etc/crontabs/${cron_user}"
+    if [[ -z ${LSIO_READ_ONLY_FS} ]] && [[ -z ${LSIO_NON_ROOT_USER} ]]; then
+        if [[ -f "/etc/crontabs/${cron_user}" ]]; then
+            lsiown "${cron_user}":"${cron_user}" "/etc/crontabs/${cron_user}"
+            crontab -u "${cron_user}" "/etc/crontabs/${cron_user}"
+        fi
     fi
 
     if [[ -f "/defaults/crontabs/${cron_user}" ]]; then