@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@
         stop == 0 if job started but did not yet complete
         if a cron job started within less than 60 seconds, acquire returns None
         if a cron job started before 60 seconds and did not stop,
         a warning is issue "Stale cron.master detected"
         """
-        if portalocker.LOCK_EX == None:
+        if portalocker.LOCK_EX is None:
             logger.warning('WEB2PY CRON: Disabled because no file locking')
             return None
         self.master = open(self.path,'rb+')
         try:
             ret = None
@@ -227,11 +227,11 @@
             logger.debug('WEB2PY CRON Call returned success:\n%s' \
                               % stdoutdata)
 
 def crondance(applications_parent, ctype='soft', startup=False):
     apppath = os.path.join(applications_parent,'applications')
-    cron_path = os.path.join(apppath,'admin','cron')
+    cron_path = os.path.join(applications_parent)
     token = Token(cron_path)
     cronmaster = token.acquire(startup=startup)
     if not cronmaster:
         return
     now_s = time.localtime()
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@
             except Exception, e:
                 logger.warning(
                     'WEB2PY CRON: Execution error for %s: %s' \
                         % (task.get('cmd'), e))
     token.release()
+
+