diff --git a/tasks/gitlab.yml b/tasks/gitlab.yml
index 0657249e3eda6012662b86996cdfba8a41413e5d..203fc082dea15371d68e15a4254549d6f94d1947 100644
--- a/tasks/gitlab.yml
+++ b/tasks/gitlab.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@
   - name: add ldap group sync cronjob
     cron:
       name: gitlab ldap group membership sync
-      job: "/usr/local/bin/gitlab-ldap-groupsync.py > /dev/null &2>/dev/null"
+      job: "/usr/local/bin/gitlab-ldap-groupsync.py > /dev/null 2>&1"
       minute: "12,27,42,57"