diff --git a/cron/status.cron.php b/cron/status.cron.php
index 5145b4b3..2ba3ecc0 100644
--- a/cron/status.cron.php
+++ b/cron/status.cron.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ $time = time();
 if(psm_get_conf('cron_running') == 1 && ($time - psm_get_conf('cron_running_time') < PSM_CRON_TIMEOUT)) {
    die('Cron is already running. Exiting.');
 }
-if(!PSM_DEBUG) {
+if(!defined('PSM_DEBUG') || !PSM_DEBUG) {
 	psm_update_conf('cron_running', 1);
 }
 psm_update_conf('cron_running_time', $time);