diff --git a/launch.py b/launch.py
index 107b11885a7acca1f637caf831f9aa5cf99d8b8c..5b767dd6f9290d80435893418247780aefc20979 100755
--- a/launch.py
+++ b/launch.py
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ def write_crontab():
     cwd = os.getcwd()
     fpath = os.path.join(cwd, 'launch_crontab.sh')
     # TODO: parse other relevant arguments as well: --re
-    # but not the free cpu's etc, they are read from the config file
-    # nr of cpu's is set to 1, but will over written by config file
+    # when using the crontab option, cpu parameters are read from the config
+    # file if it exists
     rpl = (cwd, python, launch)
-    crontab = '*/5 * * * * cd "%s"; %s %s --crontab -n 1;\n' % rpl
+    crontab = '*/5 * * * * cd "%s"; %s %s --crontab ;\n' % rpl
     f = open(fpath, 'w')
     f.write(crontab)
     f.flush()