diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/system_setup/cron.yml b/roles/base/tasks/system_setup/cron.yml
index 829014d..591f0d0 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/system_setup/cron.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/system_setup/cron.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@
     state: present
     special_time: reboot
 
+- name: base | cron | set shell to bash
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  cron:
+    name: SHELL
+    env: true
+    job: /bin/bash
+    state: present
+
+
+
 # - name: system setup | cron | schedule automatic ansible provisioning
 #   tags: cron
 #   cron: