diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e28d12e..8ebb1af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ How to configure config.json
 {
   "log": "/tmp/gitlab-ldap-sync.log",                 // Where to store the log file. If not set, will log to stdout
   "log_level": "INFO",                                // The log level
+  "cron": false,                                      // Should the script run as cronjob suppressing any output to stdout
   "gitlab": {
     "api": "https://gitlab.example.com",              // Url of your GitLab 
     "ssl_verify": true,                               // Verify SSL certificate when using HTTPs (true, false, path to own CA bundle)
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 5614e75..8b9f40d 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "log": "/tmp/gitlab-ldap-sync.log",
   "log_level": "INFO",
+  "cron": false,
   "gitlab": {
     "api": "",
     "ssl_verify": true,
diff --git a/gitlab-ldap-sync.py b/gitlab-ldap-sync.py
index a50e45d..aaf707a 100755
--- a/gitlab-ldap-sync.py
+++ b/gitlab-ldap-sync.py
@@ -8,16 +8,26 @@
 import ldap.asyncsearch
 import logging
 
+CRON = False
+
+def logstdout(s):
+    if not CRON:
+        print(s)
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    print('Initializing gitlab-ldap-sync.')
     config = None
     with open('config.json') as f:
         config = json.load(f)
+    if config is None:
+        logstdout('Initializing gitlab-ldap-sync failed.')
     if config is not None:
-        print('Done.')
-        print('Updating logger configuration')
+        logstdout('Initializing gitlab-ldap-sync successfull.')
+        if config['cron']:
+            CRON = True
+        logstdout('Updating logger configuration')
         if not config['gitlab']['group_visibility']:
             config['gitlab']['group_visibility'] = 'private'
+
         log_option = {
             'format': '[%(asctime)s] [%(levelname)s] %(message)s'
         }
@@ -26,7 +36,11 @@
         if config['log_level']:
             log_option['level'] = getattr(logging, str(config['log_level']).upper())
         logging.basicConfig(**log_option)
-        print('Done.')
+        if config['cron'] and config['log']:
+            console = logging.StreamHandler()
+            console.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+            logging.getLogger('').addHandler(console)
+        logstdout('Done.')
         logging.info('Connecting to GitLab')
         if config['gitlab']['api']:
             gl = None