diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
index ea5f2956..7643bfc9 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ function backup_local_gnusocial {
     fi
 
     # don't backup more data than we need to
-    gnusocial-expire
+    /etc/cron.daily/gnusocial-expire
 
     source_directory=/var/www/${GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/backup
     if [ ! -d $source_directory ]; then
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ function backup_remote_gnusocial {
     fi
 
     # don't backup more data than we need to
-    gnusocial-expire
+    /etc/cron.daily/gnusocial-expire
 
     source_directory=/var/www/${GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/backup
     if [ ! -d $source_directory ]; then
diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
index 09ba451a..2be6586d 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ function backup_local_postactiv {
     fi
 
     # don't backup more data than we need to
-    postactiv-expire
+    /etc/cron.daily/postactiv-expire
 
     source_directory=/var/www/${POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/backup
     if [ ! -d $source_directory ]; then
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ function backup_remote_postactiv {
     fi
 
     # don't backup more data than we need to
-    postactiv-expire
+    /etc/cron.daily/postactiv-expire
 
     source_directory=/var/www/${POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/backup
     if [ ! -d $source_directory ]; then