diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e1a8ccd..7e94534 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ ENV \
     #################
     # BACKUP POLICY #
     #################
-    SCHEDULE_BACKUP="R 02 * * *" \
-    SCHEDULE_CLEANUP="R 04 * * *" \
+    SCHEDULE_BACKUP="R 2 * * *" \
+    SCHEDULE_CLEANUP="R 4 * * *" \
     FULL_BACKUP_FREQUENCY=3M \
     BACKUP_RETENTION_TIME=6M \
     KEEP_NUM_FULL_CHAINS=2 \
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ ENV \
     ######################
     # ADDITIONAL OPTIONS #
     ######################
-    SCHEDULE_RMFULL="R 05 * * SAT" \
-    SCHEDULE_RMINCR="R 05 * * SUN" \
+    SCHEDULE_RMFULL="R 5 * * SAT" \
+    SCHEDULE_RMINCR="R 5 * * SUN" \
     BACKUP_VOLSIZE=1024 \
     BACKUP_SOURCE="/kiwi-backup/source" \
     BACKUP_TARGET="file:///kiwi-backup/target" \
diff --git a/libexec/kiwi-backup/scheduler b/libexec/kiwi-backup/scheduler
index 52f4b42..9226a14 100755
--- a/libexec/kiwi-backup/scheduler
+++ b/libexec/kiwi-backup/scheduler
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@
 this_script="$( readlink -f "${0}" )"
 this_dir="${this_script%/*}"
 
-echo "${SCHEDULE_BACKUP}"  "$( "${this_dir}/build_command" backup )"
-echo "${SCHEDULE_CLEANUP}" "$( "${this_dir}/build_command" cleanup )"
-echo "${SCHEDULE_RMFULL}"  "$( "${this_dir}/build_command" rmfull )"
-echo "${SCHEDULE_RMINCR}"  "$( "${this_dir}/build_command" rmincr )"
+echo "${SCHEDULE_BACKUP}"  "$( "${this_dir}/build_command" backup )" \
+  | /usr/local/libexec/kiwi-cron/randomize_schedule
+
+echo "${SCHEDULE_CLEANUP}" "$( "${this_dir}/build_command" cleanup )" \
+  | /usr/local/libexec/kiwi-cron/randomize_schedule
+
+echo "${SCHEDULE_RMFULL}"  "$( "${this_dir}/build_command" rmfull )" \
+  | /usr/local/libexec/kiwi-cron/randomize_schedule
+
+echo "${SCHEDULE_RMINCR}"  "$( "${this_dir}/build_command" rmincr )" \
+  | /usr/local/libexec/kiwi-cron/randomize_schedule