diff --git a/molecule/ome-demoserver/molecule.yml b/molecule/ome-demoserver/molecule.yml
index 6569df3c..ec612b45 100644
--- a/molecule/ome-demoserver/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/ome-demoserver/molecule.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ platforms:
 provisioner:
   name: ansible
   playbooks:
+    prepare: ../prepare.yml
     converge: ../../omero/ome-demoserver.yml
   options:
     v: true
diff --git a/molecule/prepare.yml b/molecule/prepare.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97571d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/prepare.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+- name: Converge
+  hosts: all
+
+  # If testing in Docker cron won't be installed
+  pre_tasks:
+    - name: Install cron
+      become: true
+      ansible.builtin.dnf:
+        update_cache: true
+        name: cronie
+        state: present