diff --git a/ansible/roles/base/tasks/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/base/tasks/main.yaml
index 0c9b9d0..f073e85 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/base/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/base/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 - name: Drop the old prune entry from root's crontab
   ansible.builtin.shell: |
     set -o pipefail
-    crontab -l | grep -v 'docker image prune' | crontab -
+    crontab -l | { grep -v 'docker image prune' || true; } | crontab -
   args:
     executable: /bin/bash
   when: "'docker image prune' in root_crontab.stdout"