diff --git a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/cron.js b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/cron.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf5e3b2e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/cron.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { authWithHeaders } from '../../middlewares/auth';
+import cron from '../middlewares/cron';
+
+let api = {};
+
+/**
+ * @api {post} /api/v3/cron Runs cron
+ * @apiName Cron
+ * @apiGroup Cron
+ *
+ * @apiSuccess {Object} data An empty Object
+ */
+api.cron = {
+  method: 'POST',
+  url: '/debug/cron',
+  middlewares: [authWithHeaders(), cron],
+  async handler (req, res) {
+    res.respond(200, {});
+  },
+};
diff --git a/website/server/libs/routes.js b/website/server/libs/routes.js
index e341b9bca4..9e76af74c1 100644
--- a/website/server/libs/routes.js
+++ b/website/server/libs/routes.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import {
   getUserLanguage,
 } from '../middlewares/language';
-import cron from '../middlewares/cron';
 
 // Wrapper function to handler `async` route handlers that return promises
 // It takes the async function, execute it and pass any error to next (args[2])
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ let noop = (req, res, next) =>  next();
 
 module.exports.readController = function readController (router, controller) {
   _.each(controller, (action) => {
-    let {method, url, middlewares = [], handler, runCron} = action;
+    let {method, url, middlewares = [], handler} = action;
 
     // If an authentication middleware is used run getUserLanguage after it, otherwise before
     // for cron instead use it only if an authentication middleware is present