diff --git a/cluster_cron.pl b/cluster_cron.pl
index f17d7ea..3c7d132 100755
--- a/cluster_cron.pl
+++ b/cluster_cron.pl
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ sub run {
 		# If we have an active shared cronfile, we should also have an old shared
 		# See if I am the one
 		if (is_active(get_nodes) ){
+			if(compare($cronfile, $passivesharedcronfile)) == 0) {
+				print "There has been a failover, switching to active cronfile\n";
+				copy($activesharedcronfile, $cronfile); 
+			}
 			my $tempfile = tmpnam();
 			my $compare = cron_compare($cronfile, $activesharedcronfile, $oldactivesharedcronfile );
 			# The other node has changed the file