diff --git a/scripts/jobs/cron_traffic.php b/scripts/jobs/cron_traffic.php
index c3b97a98..e4c534b2 100644
--- a/scripts/jobs/cron_traffic.php
+++ b/scripts/jobs/cron_traffic.php
@@ -18,44 +18,49 @@
  */
 
 //Check Traffic-Lock
-$TrafficLock = dirname($lockfile)."/froxlor_cron_traffic.lock";
-if(file_exists($TrafficLock) &&  is_numeric($TrafficPid=file_get_contents($TrafficLock))) {
-        if(function_exists('posix_kill')) {
-                $TrafficPidStatus = @posix_kill($TrafficPid,0);
-        }
-        else {
-                system("kill -CHLD " . $TrafficPid . " 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null", $TrafficPidStatus);
-                $TrafficPidStatus = $TrafficPidStatus ? false : true;
-        }
-        if($TrafficPidStatus) {
-                fwrite($debugHandler,"Traffic Run already in progress\n");
-                return 1;
-        }
+if(function_exists('pcntl_fork')) {
+	$TrafficLock = dirname($lockfile)."/froxlor_cron_traffic.lock";
+	if(file_exists($TrafficLock) &&  is_numeric($TrafficPid=file_get_contents($TrafficLock))) {
+		if(function_exists('posix_kill')) {
+			$TrafficPidStatus = @posix_kill($TrafficPid,0);
+		}
+		else {
+			system("kill -CHLD " . $TrafficPid . " 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null", $TrafficPidStatus);
+			$TrafficPidStatus = $TrafficPidStatus ? false : true;
+		}
+		if($TrafficPidStatus) {
+			fwrite($debugHandler,"Traffic Run already in progress\n");
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+	 //Create Traffic Log and Fork
+	$TrafficPid = pcntl_fork();
+	if($TrafficPid) { //Parent
+		file_put_contents($TrafficLock,$TrafficPid);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	elseif($TrafficPid == 0) { //Child
+		posix_setsid();
+		fclose($debugHandler);
+		$debugHandler = fopen("/tmp/froxlor_traffic.log","w");
+		require ($pathtophpfiles . '/lib/userdata.inc.php'); //There is no bloody reason not to have sql values in the backend ready!
+		if(isset($sql['root_user']) && isset($sql['root_password']) && (!isset($sql_root) || !is_array($sql_root))) {
+			$sql_root = array(0 => array('caption' => 'Default', 'host' => $sql['host'], 'user' => $sql['root_user'], 'password' => $sql['root_password']));
+			unset($sql['root_user']);
+			unset($sql['root_password']);
+		}
+		$db->close();
+		unset($db);
+		$db = new db($sql['host'], $sql['user'], $sql['password'], $sql['db']); //detabase handler renewal after fork()
+	}
+	else { //Fork failed
+		return 1;
+	}
 }
- //Create Traffic Log and Fork
-$TrafficPid = pcntl_fork();
-if($TrafficPid) { //Parent
-        file_put_contents($TrafficLock,$TrafficPid);
-        return 0;
+else {
+		fwrite($debugHandler,"PHP compiled without pcntl. Not forking traffic-cron, this may take a long time!");
 }
-elseif($TrafficPid == 0) { //Child
-        posix_setsid();
-        fclose($debugHandler);
-        $debugHandler = fopen("/tmp/froxlor_traffic.log","w");
-        require ($pathtophpfiles . '/lib/userdata.inc.php'); //There is no bloody reason not to have sql values in the backend ready!
-        if(isset($sql['root_user']) && isset($sql['root_password']) && (!isset($sql_root) || !is_array($sql_root))) {
-                $sql_root = array(0 => array('caption' => 'Default', 'host' => $sql['host'], 'user' => $sql['root_user'], 'password' => $sql['root_password']));
-                unset($sql['root_user']);
-                unset($sql['root_password']);
-        }
-        $db->close();
-        unset($db);
-        $db = new db($sql['host'], $sql['user'], $sql['password'], $sql['db']); //detabase handler renewal after fork()
-}
-else { //Fork failed
-        return 1;
-}
- 
+
 openRootDB($debugHandler, $lockfile);
 require_once(makeCorrectFile(dirname(__FILE__) . '/cron_traffic.inc.functions.php'));
 
@@ -520,6 +525,8 @@ $db->query('UPDATE `' . TABLE_PANEL_SETTINGS . '` SET `value` = UNIX_TIMESTAMP()
 
 closeRootDB();
 
-die();
+if(function_exists('pcntl_fork')) {
+	die();
+}
 
 ?>