diff --git a/workflow/engine/bin/cron.php b/workflow/engine/bin/cron.php
index 2c456ed14..8b158cd50 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/bin/cron.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/bin/cron.php
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 
 use ProcessMaker\Core\System;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Kernel;
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../gulliver/system/class.g.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../bootstrap/autoload.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../bootstrap/app.php';
 
-require_once(__DIR__ . '/../../../bootstrap/autoload.php');
 try {
     //Set variables
     $cronName = pathinfo($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'], PATHINFO_FILENAME);
@@ -86,6 +90,8 @@ try {
     $e_all = (defined('E_STRICT'))?                $e_all & ~E_STRICT     : $e_all;
     $e_all = ($arraySystemConfiguration['debug'])? $e_all                 : $e_all & ~E_NOTICE;
 
+    app()->useStoragePath(realpath(PATH_DATA));
+    app()->make(Kernel::class)->bootstrap();
     //Do not change any of these settings directly, use env.ini instead
     ini_set('display_errors',  $arraySystemConfiguration['debug']);
     ini_set('error_reporting', $e_all);
diff --git a/workflow/engine/bin/cron_single.php b/workflow/engine/bin/cron_single.php
index 6b6525bd2..29cccc25b 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/bin/cron_single.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/bin/cron_single.php
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 <?php
-require_once(__DIR__ . '/../../../bootstrap/autoload.php');
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Kernel;
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../gulliver/system/class.g.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../bootstrap/autoload.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../bootstrap/app.php';
 
 use ProcessMaker\Core\System;
 use ProcessMaker\Plugins\PluginRegistry;
@@ -75,6 +80,8 @@ try {
     $e_all = (defined('E_STRICT'))?                $e_all & ~E_STRICT     : $e_all;
     $e_all = ($arraySystemConfiguration['debug'])? $e_all                 : $e_all & ~E_NOTICE;
 
+    app()->useStoragePath(realpath(PATH_DATA));
+    app()->make(Kernel::class)->bootstrap();
     //Do not change any of these settings directly, use env.ini instead
     ini_set('display_errors',  $arraySystemConfiguration['debug']);
     ini_set('error_reporting', $e_all);