diff --git a/bin/daemon.php b/bin/daemon.php
index 8ba86b3de0..185e0671a0 100755
--- a/bin/daemon.php
+++ b/bin/daemon.php
@@ -126,16 +126,25 @@ file_put_contents($pidfile, $pid);
 
 $wait_interval = intval(Config::get('system', 'cron_interval', 5)) * 60;
 
+$do_cron = true;
+
 // Now running as a daemon.
 while (true) {
-	logger('Call the worker', LOGGER_DEBUG);
-	Worker::spawnWorker();
+	Worker::spawnWorker($do_cron);
 
-	logger("Sleep for $wait_interval seconds - or when a worker needs to be called", LOGGER_DEBUG);
+	logger("Sleeping", LOGGER_DEBUG);
 	$i = 0;
 	do {
 		sleep(1);
 	} while (($i++ < $wait_interval) && !Worker::IPCJobsExists());
+
+	if ($i >= $wait_interval) {
+		$do_cron = true;
+		logger("Woke up after $wait_interval seconds.", LOGGER_DEBUG);
+	} else {
+		$do_cron = false;
+		logger("Worker jobs are calling to be forked.", LOGGER_DEBUG);
+	}
 }
 
 function shutdown() {
diff --git a/src/Core/Worker.php b/src/Core/Worker.php
index 5ca815a7ae..4539dcc843 100644
--- a/src/Core/Worker.php
+++ b/src/Core/Worker.php
@@ -1015,9 +1015,14 @@ class Worker
 	 * @brief Spawns a new worker
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public static function spawnWorker()
+	public static function spawnWorker($do_cron = false)
 	{
-		$args = ["bin/worker.php", "no_cron"];
+		$args = ["bin/worker.php"];
+
+		if (!$do_cron) {
+			$args[] = "no_cron";
+		}
+
 		get_app()->proc_run($args);
 	}