diff --git a/roles/java-deptools/files/cron b/roles/java-deptools/files/cron
index 2b697931b4..952eff1a2a 100644
--- a/roles/java-deptools/files/cron
+++ b/roles/java-deptools/files/cron
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 log=/var/log/java-deptools/backend.log
 cd /var/lib/java-deptools/repos/
-date > $log
-java-deptools-repogen f29 f28 f27 f26 &> $log
-date > $log
-echo 'Repo regeneration successful' >> $log
+date >$log
+java-deptools-repogen f29 f28 f27 f26 &>>$log
+date >>$log
+echo 'Repo regeneration successful' >>$log