diff --git a/puppet/kandra/manifests/app_frontend_monitoring.pp b/puppet/kandra/manifests/app_frontend_monitoring.pp
index ce3d56e77e..e4b0463685 100644
--- a/puppet/kandra/manifests/app_frontend_monitoring.pp
+++ b/puppet/kandra/manifests/app_frontend_monitoring.pp
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ class kandra::app_frontend_monitoring {
   }
   zulip::cron { 'check-rabbitmq-queue':
     minute  => '*',
+    user    => 'root',
     command => '/home/zulip/deployments/current/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-queue',
   }
   zulip::cron { 'check-rabbitmq-consumers':
     minute  => '*',
+    user    => 'root',
     command => '/home/zulip/deployments/current/scripts/nagios/check-rabbitmq-consumers',
   }
 }