diff --git a/misc/cronjobs/update_patrons_category.pl b/misc/cronjobs/update_patrons_category.pl
index b1e9cc479a..aafbf86aa5 100755
--- a/misc/cronjobs/update_patrons_category.pl
+++ b/misc/cronjobs/update_patrons_category.pl
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 use Modern::Perl;
 
 use C4::Context;
+use C4::Log qw(cronlogaction);
 use Getopt::Long qw( GetOptions );
 use Pod::Usage qw( pod2usage );
 use Koha::Logger;
@@ -201,6 +202,8 @@ if ( not $fromcat && $tocat ) {    #make sure we've specified the info we need.
 
 $verbose and print "Will update patrons from $fromcat to $tocat with conditions below (if any)\n";
 
+cronlogaction();
+
 my %params;
 
 if ( $reg_bef || $reg_aft ) {