diff --git a/deploy/serverpc/crontab/large_jobs.py b/deploy/serverpc/crontab/large_jobs.py
index c88e969..0d69b0c 100644
--- a/deploy/serverpc/crontab/large_jobs.py
+++ b/deploy/serverpc/crontab/large_jobs.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import time
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
+import multiprocessing
 
 from one.api import ONE
 from ibllib.pipes.local_server import task_queue
@@ -11,21 +12,28 @@
 subjects_path = Path('/mnt/s0/Data/Subjects/')
 sleep_time = 3600
 
-try:
-    one = ONE(cache_rest=None)
-    waiting_tasks = task_queue(mode='large', lab=None, alyx=one.alyx)
 
-    if len(waiting_tasks) == 0:
-        _logger.info(f'No large tasks in the queue, retrying in {int(sleep_time / 60)} min')
-        # Query again only in 60min if queue is empty
-        time.sleep(sleep_time)
-    else:
-        tdict = waiting_tasks[0]
-        _logger.info(f"Running task {tdict['name']} for session {tdict['session']}")
-        ses = one.alyx.rest('sessions', 'list', django=f"pk,{tdict['session']}")[0]
-        session_path = Path(subjects_path).joinpath(
-            Path(ses['subject'], ses['start_time'][:10], str(ses['number']).zfill(3)))
-        run_alyx_task(tdict=tdict, session_path=session_path, one=one)
-except Exception:
-    _logger.error(f'Error running large task queue \n {traceback.format_exc()}')
-    time.sleep(int(sleep_time / 2))
+def run_large():
+    try:
+        one = ONE(cache_rest=None)
+        waiting_tasks = task_queue(mode='large', lab=None, alyx=one.alyx)
+
+        if len(waiting_tasks) == 0:
+            _logger.info(f"No large tasks in the queue, retrying in {int(sleep_time / 60)} min")
+            # Query again only in 60min if queue is empty
+            time.sleep(sleep_time)
+        else:
+            tdict = waiting_tasks[0]
+            _logger.info(f"Running task {tdict['name']} for session {tdict['session']}")
+            ses = one.alyx.rest('sessions', 'list', django=f"pk,{tdict['session']}")[0]
+            session_path = Path(subjects_path).joinpath(
+                Path(ses['subject'], ses['start_time'][:10], str(ses['number']).zfill(3)))
+            run_alyx_task(tdict=tdict, session_path=session_path, one=one)
+    except BaseException:
+        _logger.error(f"Error running large task queue \n {traceback.format_exc()}")
+        time.sleep(int(sleep_time / 2))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    multiprocessing.freeze_support()
+    run_large()