diff --git a/salt/soc/init.sls b/salt/soc/init.sls
index 2a7346d88..e7137f17e 100644
--- a/salt/soc/init.sls
+++ b/salt/soc/init.sls
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ socusersroles:
 
 salt-relay:
   cron.present:
-  - name: 'pgrep -f "/opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/soc/files/bin/salt-relay.sh" &> /dev/null || /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/soc/files/bin/salt-relay.sh >> /opt/so/log/soc/salt-relay.log 2>&1 &'
+  - name: 'ps -ef | grep salt-relay.sh | grep -v grep &> /dev/null || /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/soc/files/bin/salt-relay.sh >> /opt/so/log/soc/salt-relay.log 2>&1 &'
 
 so-soc:
   docker_container.running:
diff --git a/salt/strelka/init.sls b/salt/strelka/init.sls
index 860fe6f02..8e9448c95 100644
--- a/salt/strelka/init.sls
+++ b/salt/strelka/init.sls
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ filecheck_restart:
 
 filecheck_run:
   cron.present:
-    - name: 'pgrep -f "python3 /opt/so/conf/strelka/filecheck" &> /dev/null >> /opt/so/log/strelka/filecheck_stdout.log 2>&1 &'
+    - name: 'ps -ef | grep filecheck | grep -v grep &> /dev/null >> /opt/so/log/strelka/filecheck_stdout.log 2>&1 &'
     - user: {{ filecheck_runas }}
 
 filcheck_history_clean: