diff --git a/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/defaults/main.yml b/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/defaults/main.yml
index 636557ca..e012133b 100644
--- a/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/defaults/main.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ drupal:
           job: cron
           # disabled: true
           # mailto: "{{ drupal.cron_mailto | default('') }}" # Each cron can have it's own mailto and can be configured to use different e-mail addresses.
+          # file: "/etc/cron.d/{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}_job_name" # edit job_name and uncomment to create a file for cron - note, deploy user needs to be able to write to the location
   cron_mailto: ""
   # If the sites are being deployed to an ASG, setting defer to true will create the crontab entry on the deploy server rather than all of the app servers.
   defer: false
diff --git a/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/cron.yml b/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/cron.yml
index de153574..2010d8c1 100644
--- a/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/cron.yml
+++ b/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/cron.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@
   with_items: "{{ site.cron }}"
   loop_control:
     loop_var: entry
-  when:
-    - (deploy_operation == "deploy") or (deploy_operation == "revert")
+  when: deploy_operation == "deploy"
diff --git a/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/job.yml b/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/job.yml
index 23c7bd5b..74c97ad7 100644
--- a/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/job.yml
+++ b/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/job.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 - name: Define cron job command.
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     _cron_job_command: "cd {{ live_symlink_dest }}/{{ webroot }}/sites/{{ site.folder }} && {{ drupal.drush_location }} {{ entry.job }} >/dev/null"
-  when: deploy_operation == "deploy"
 
 - name: Define cron job command if deferred (ASG).
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
@@ -43,4 +42,7 @@
       {{ _cron_job_command | trim }}
     state: present
     disabled: "{{ entry.disabled | default(omit) }}"
+    cron_file: "{{ entry.file | default(omit) }}"
+    user: "{{ www_user }}"
   delegate_to: "{{ 'localhost' if drupal.defer else inventory_hostname }}"
+  become: "{{ true if entry.file is defined else false }}"