diff --git a/clamav-unofficial-sigs.cron b/clamav-unofficial-sigs.cron
index 9c06446..0b68f62 100644
--- a/clamav-unofficial-sigs.cron
+++ b/clamav-unofficial-sigs.cron
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # 60 - 600 seconds.  To Adjust the cron values, edit your configs and run
 # bash clamav-unofficial-sigs.sh --install-cron to generate a new file.
 MAILTO=root
-14 * * * * root [ -x /usr/sbin/clamav-unofficial-sigs.sh ] && sleep $[ 0x`hostid` % 55 ]m && /usr/sbin/clamav-unofficial-sigs.sh
+# % character must be escaped in crontab
+14 * * * * root sleep $(( 0x0`hostid` \% 3000 )) && /usr/sbin/clamav-unofficial-sigs.sh
 
 # https://eXtremeSHOK.com ######################################################
-
diff --git a/clamav-unofficial-sigs.spec b/clamav-unofficial-sigs.spec
index b26285b..e25acd0 100644
--- a/clamav-unofficial-sigs.spec
+++ b/clamav-unofficial-sigs.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 %endif
 Name:           clamav-unofficial-sigs
 Version:        7.0.1
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Scripts to download unofficial clamav signatures 
 Group:          Applications/System
 License:        BSD
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_mandir}/man*/%{name}*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 19 2020 Ján ONDREJ (SAL) <ondrejj(at)salstar.sk> - 7.0.1-4
+- Backslash percent character in cron script
+
 * Thu Feb 13 2020 Ján ONDREJ (SAL) <ondrejj(at)salstar.sk> - 7.0.1-3
 - Make cron script as config(noreplace) (bz#1786860)
 - Implement random delay before running update script from cron