diff --git a/cron.mk b/cron.mk
index 2b77c88..58b8720 100644
--- a/cron.mk
+++ b/cron.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
-MANDATORY-cron = 
+MANDATORY-cron = true
 
 start-cron:
-	ssh $(SSH_USER)@$(host) 'crontab -l | sed "/^#make-deploy-cron:$(DEPLOY_NAME)/,+1 d" | { cat; echo "#ck-deploy-cron:$(DEPLOY_NAME)"; cat "$(DEPLOY_NAME)/crontab"; } | crontab -'
+	@- echo "\n### starting..."
+	@- $(foreach host,$(DEPLOY_HOSTS), \
+		echo "$(host)"; \
+		ssh $(SSH_USER)@$(host) 'crontab -l | sed "/^#make-deploy-cron:$(DEPLOY_NAME)/,+1 d" | { cat; echo "#ck-deploy-cron:$(DEPLOY_NAME)"; cat "$(DEPLOY_NAME)/crontab"; } | crontab -'; \
+		)
 	
 stop-cron:
-	ssh $(SSH_USER)@$(host) 'crontab -l | sed "/^#make-deploy-cron:$(DEPLOY_NAME)/,+1 d" | crontab -'
+	@- echo "\n### stopping ..."
+	@- $(foreach host,$(DEPLOY_HOSTS), \
+		echo "$(host)"; \
+		ssh $(SSH_USER)@$(host) 'crontab -l | sed "/^#make-deploy-cron:$(DEPLOY_NAME)/,+1 d" | crontab -'; \
+		)