diff --git a/roles/blockerbugs/files/blockerbugs.cron b/roles/blockerbugs/files/blockerbugs.cron
index 071f6f050b..4313af1a58 100644
--- a/roles/blockerbugs/files/blockerbugs.cron
+++ b/roles/blockerbugs/files/blockerbugs.cron
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 MAILTO="sysadmin-qa-members@fedoraproject.org"
-*/30 * * * * blockerbugs blockerbugs sync > /dev/null
+*/30 * * * * blockerbugs chronic blockerbugs sync > /dev/null
diff --git a/roles/blockerbugs/tasks/main.yml b/roles/blockerbugs/tasks/main.yml
index 5611f6169d..0f386371f2 100644
--- a/roles/blockerbugs/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/blockerbugs/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
   - python-bugzilla
   - blockerbugs
   - python-bunch
+  # this is for chronic which helps get rid of excess cron emails
+  - moreutils
   tags:
   - packages
   - blockerbugs