diff --git a/src/core/services/cron.ts b/src/core/services/cron.ts
index a5b82dfa3..eca0b1447 100644
--- a/src/core/services/cron.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/cron.ts
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ import { CoreApp } from '@services/app';
 import { CoreConfig } from '@services/config';
 import { CoreUtils } from '@services/utils/utils';
 import { CoreConstants } from '@/core/constants';
-import { SQLiteDB } from '@classes/sqlitedb';
 import { CoreError } from '@classes/errors/error';
 
 import { makeSingleton } from '@singletons';
 import { CoreLogger } from '@singletons/logger';
 import { APP_SCHEMA, CRON_TABLE_NAME, CronDBEntry } from '@services/database/cron';
+import { asyncInstance } from '../utils/async-instance';
+import { CoreDatabaseTable } from '@classes/database/database-table';
+import { CoreDatabaseCachingStrategy, CoreDatabaseTableProxy } from '@classes/database/database-table-proxy';
 
 /*
  * Service to handle cron processes. The registered processes will be executed every certain time.
@@ -39,13 +41,9 @@ export class CoreCronDelegateService {
     protected logger: CoreLogger;
     protected handlers: { [s: string]: CoreCronHandler } = {};
     protected queuePromise: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
-
-    // Variables for DB.
-    protected appDB: Promise<SQLiteDB>;
-    protected resolveAppDB!: (appDB: SQLiteDB) => void;
+    protected table = asyncInstance<CoreDatabaseTable<CronDBEntry>>();
 
     constructor() {
-        this.appDB = new Promise(resolve => this.resolveAppDB = resolve);
         this.logger = CoreLogger.getInstance('CoreCronDelegate');
     }
 
@@ -59,7 +57,15 @@ export class CoreCronDelegateService {
             // Ignore errors.
         }
 
-        this.resolveAppDB(CoreApp.getDB());
+        const table = new CoreDatabaseTableProxy<CronDBEntry>(
+            { cachingStrategy: CoreDatabaseCachingStrategy.Eager },
+            CoreApp.getDB(),
+            CRON_TABLE_NAME,
+        );
+
+        await table.initialize();
+
+        this.table.setInstance(table);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -238,11 +244,10 @@ export class CoreCronDelegateService {
      * @return Promise resolved with the handler's last execution time.
      */
     protected async getHandlerLastExecutionTime(name: string): Promise<number> {
-        const db = await this.appDB;
         const id = this.getHandlerLastExecutionId(name);
 
         try {
-            const entry = await db.getRecord<CronDBEntry>(CRON_TABLE_NAME, { id });
+            const entry = await this.table.getOneByPrimaryKey({ id });
 
             const time = Number(entry.value);
 
@@ -397,14 +402,13 @@ export class CoreCronDelegateService {
      * @return Promise resolved when the execution time is saved.
      */
     protected async setHandlerLastExecutionTime(name: string, time: number): Promise<void> {
-        const db = await this.appDB;
         const id = this.getHandlerLastExecutionId(name);
         const entry = {
             id,
             value: time,
         };
 
-        await db.insertRecord(CRON_TABLE_NAME, entry);
+        await this.table.insert(entry);
     }
 
     /**