diff --git a/cronjob-dehydrated b/cronjob-dehydrated
index ec31e99..7afa21c 100755
--- a/cronjob-dehydrated
+++ b/cronjob-dehydrated
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
-# Delay the run for 15 hours (from midnight) and then run at a random time within 3 hours after that.
-sleep $(( 54000 + (RANDOM % 10800) ))
-
-/usr/sbin/dehydrated -c >/dev/null
+# Run this job in the background.
+( # Delay the run for 15 hours (from midnight) and then run at a random time within 3 hours after that.
+  sleep $(( 54000 + (RANDOM % 10800) ))
+  /opt/sbin/dehydrated -c >/dev/null ) &