diff --git a/roles/rclone/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rclone/tasks/main.yml
index 84e0870..76ad885 100644
--- a/roles/rclone/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rclone/tasks/main.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
     owner: root
     group: "{{ ansible_wheel }}"
 
+- name: redirect cron job mail
+  cron:
+    name: MAILTO
+    env: true
+    user: "{{ local_user }}"
+    value: root
+  when:
+    - local_user is defined
+    - local_user != "root"
+
 - name: add rclone sync cron job
   cron:
     name: rclone-sync