diff --git a/roles/cron/cron_drupal7/defaults/main.yml b/roles/cron/cron_drupal7/defaults/main.yml
index 636557ca..e066b6e7 100644
--- a/roles/cron/cron_drupal7/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cron/cron_drupal7/defaults/main.yml
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ drupal:
   # If defer is set to true, the Ansible target must be declared with defer_target. If using a group, include the index. For example, _ce_www_dev[0]
   defer_target: ""
   drush_location: "{{ drush_bin }}" # you might specify another location, e.g. "{{ deploy_path }}/vendor/bin/drush"
+  cron_error_filter: "> /tmp/cron_output.txt 2>&1; rc=$?; if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then mail -s \"Cron Error - $(hostname)\" sysadm@codeenigma.com < /tmp/cron_output.txt; elif grep -iE \"(error|fail|fatal|critical|exception)\" /tmp/cron_output.txt | grep -v -E '(\"rc\": -13|MODULE FAILURE)' | grep -q .; then mail -s \"Cron Error - $(hostname)\" sysadm@codeenigma.com < /tmp/cron_output.txt; fi"
+  cron_error_email: "{% if entry.cron_error_mailto is defined %}; if [ $rc -ne 0 ] || grep -iE \"(error|fail|fatal|critical|exception)\" /tmp/cron_output.txt | grep -v -E '(\"rc\": -13|MODULE FAILURE)' | grep -q .; then echo 'Command failed' | mail -s 'Cron Error - {{ inventory_hostname }}' {{ entry.cron_error_mailto }}; fi{% endif %}"
+  python_interpreter: "-e 'ansible_python_interpreter=/home/controller/ce-python/bin/python'"
diff --git a/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/defaults/main.yml b/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/defaults/main.yml
index c49ed529..e74a6ca2 100644
--- a/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/defaults/main.yml
@@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ drupal:
           # month:
           job: cron
           # disabled: true
-          # mailto: "{{ drupal.cron_mailto | default('') }}" # Each cron can have it's own mailto and can be configured to use different e-mail addresses.
-          # file: "/etc/cron.d/{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}_job_name" # edit job_name and uncomment to create a file for cron - note, deploy user needs to be able to write to the location
-          # file_user: "{{ deploy_user }}" # if you drop a file you must also supply an owner, usually the deploy user - make sure the deploy user has perms!
+          # mailto: "{{ drupal.cron_mailto | default('') }}"
+          # file: "/etc/cron.d/{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}_job_name"
+          # file_user: "{{ deploy_user }}"
+
   cron_mailto: ""
   # If the sites are being deployed to an ASG, setting defer to true will create the crontab entry on the deploy server rather than all of the app servers.
   defer: false
   # If defer is set to true, the Ansible target must be declared with defer_target. If using a group, include the index. For example, _ce_www_dev[0]
   defer_target: ""
   drush_location: "{{ drush_bin }}" # you might specify another location, e.g. "{{ deploy_path }}/vendor/bin/drush"
+  cron_error_filter: "> /tmp/cron_output.txt 2>&1; rc=$?; if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then mail -s \"Cron Error - $(hostname)\" sysadm@codeenigma.com < /tmp/cron_output.txt; elif grep -iE \"(error|fail|fatal|critical|exception)\" /tmp/cron_output.txt | grep -v -E '(\"rc\": -13|MODULE FAILURE)' | grep -q .; then mail -s \"Cron Error - $(hostname)\" sysadm@codeenigma.com < /tmp/cron_output.txt; fi"
+  cron_error_email: "{% if entry.cron_error_mailto is defined %}; if [ $rc -ne 0 ] || grep -iE \"(error|fail|fatal|critical|exception)\" /tmp/cron_output.txt | grep -v -E '(\"rc\": -13|MODULE FAILURE)' | grep -q .; then echo 'Command failed' | mail -s 'Cron Error - {{ inventory_hostname }}' {{ entry.cron_error_mailto }}; fi{% endif %}"
+  python_interpreter: "-e 'ansible_python_interpreter=/home/controller/ce-python/bin/python'"
diff --git a/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/job.yml b/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/job.yml
index 9c039fdc..386065c7 100644
--- a/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/job.yml
+++ b/roles/cron/cron_drupal8/tasks/job.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 - name: Define cron job command if deferred (ASG).
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    _cron_job_command: "cd {{ _ce_deploy_base_dir }} && {{ _ce_deploy_ansible_location }} {{ drupal.defer_target }} -m shell -a \"{{ _cron_job_command }}\" > /dev/null"
+    _cron_job_command: "cd {{ _ce_deploy_base_dir }} && {{ _ce_deploy_ansible_location }} {{ drupal.defer_target }} {{ drupal.python_interpreter }} -m shell -a '{{ _cron_job_command }} {{ drupal.cron_error_filter }} {{ drupal.cron_error_email | default('') }}'"
   when:
     - drupal.defer is defined
     - drupal.defer