diff --git a/roles/batcave/files/sync-rhn b/roles/batcave/files/sync-rhn
index 5ecececcde..140b3982e8 100644
--- a/roles/batcave/files/sync-rhn
+++ b/roles/batcave/files/sync-rhn
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 30 2 * * * root /mnt/fedora/app/fi-repo/rhel/rhel6/rhel6-sync > /dev/null
 30 3 * * * root /mnt/fedora/app/fi-repo/rhel/rhel7/rhel7-sync > /dev/null
+30 4 * * * root /mnt/fedora/app/fi-repo/rhel/rhel8/rhel8-sync > /dev/null
diff --git a/roles/grobisplitter/files/rhel8-split.cron b/roles/grobisplitter/files/rhel8-split.cron
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f53e34c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/grobisplitter/files/rhel8-split.cron
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+00 07  * * * root /usr/local/bin/rhel8-split.sh
diff --git a/roles/grobisplitter/files/rhel8-split.sh b/roles/grobisplitter/files/rhel8-split.sh
index 184944c5f9..3366ed0490 100755
--- a/roles/grobisplitter/files/rhel8-split.sh
+++ b/roles/grobisplitter/files/rhel8-split.sh
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ for ARCH in ${ARCHES}; do
     fi
 
     # Begin splitting the various packages into their subtrees
-    ${BINDIR}/splitter.py --action hardlink --target RHEL-8-001 --create-repos ${ARCHDIR}/rhel-8-for-${ARCH}-baseos-rpms/ --only-defaults
+    ${BINDIR}/splitter.py --action hardlink --target RHEL-8-001 --create-repos ${ARCHDIR}/rhel-8-for-${ARCH}-baseos-rpms/ --only-defaults &> /dev/null
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 	echo "splitter ${ARCH} baseos failed"
 	exit
     fi
-    ${BINDIR}/splitter.py --action hardlink --target RHEL-8-002 --create-repos ${ARCHDIR}/rhel-8-for-${ARCH}-appstream-rpms/ --only-defaults
+    ${BINDIR}/splitter.py --action hardlink --target RHEL-8-002 --create-repos ${ARCHDIR}/rhel-8-for-${ARCH}-appstream-rpms/ --only-defaults &> /dev/null
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 	echo "splitter ${ARCH} appstream failed"
 	exit
     fi
-    ${BINDIR}/splitter.py --action hardlink --target RHEL-8-003 --create-repos ${ARCHDIR}/codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-${ARCH}-rpms/
+    ${BINDIR}/splitter.py --action hardlink --target RHEL-8-003 --create-repos ${ARCHDIR}/codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-${ARCH}-rpms/ &> /dev/null
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 	echo "splitter ${ARCH} codeready failed"
 	exit
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ for ARCH in ${ARCHES}; do
 
     # Build out the repos we have and merge them together with
     # mergerepo -k
-    echo "Merge all the repos"
+    echo "Merging all the repos"
     repos=""
     for i in $( ls -1 ); do
 	repos+="-r $i "
     done
-    mergerepo_c -v -k ${repos}
+    mergerepo_c -k ${repos}
     popd
 
     # Cleanup the trash 
diff --git a/roles/grobisplitter/tasks/main.yml b/roles/grobisplitter/tasks/main.yml
index 8c3ec98513..a96cf9c634 100644
--- a/roles/grobisplitter/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/grobisplitter/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@
   tags:
     - grobi
 
-## Cron job goes here.
+- name: daily cron job to split and merge repos
+  copy: src={{item}} dest=/etc/cron.d/ mode=0644
+  with_items:
+    - rhel8-split.cron