diff --git a/charts/ix-chart/2009.0.1/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/ix-chart/2009.0.1/templates/_helpers.tpl
index cc466748a1..3d22e96fac 100644
--- a/charts/ix-chart/2009.0.1/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/ix-chart/2009.0.1/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -61,3 +61,11 @@ Create the name of the service account to use
 {{- default "default" .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
+
+
+{{/*
+Convert cron schema object to cron format
+*/}}
+{{- define "cronExpression" }}
+{{- printf "%s %s %s %s %s " .minute .hour .dom .month .dow }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ix-chart/2009.0.1/templates/_workload.tpl b/charts/ix-chart/2009.0.1/templates/_workload.tpl
index 5e420ad542..e28eb5a9f5 100644
--- a/charts/ix-chart/2009.0.1/templates/_workload.tpl
+++ b/charts/ix-chart/2009.0.1/templates/_workload.tpl
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ template:
 CronJob Spec
 */}}
 {{- define "cronJobSpec" }}
-schedule: {{ .Values.cronSchedule | quote }}
+schedule: {{ include "cronExpression" .Values.cronSchedule | quote }}
 jobTemplate:
   spec:
     {{ include "jobSpec" . | nindent 4 }}
diff --git a/charts/ix-chart/2009.0.1/templates/workload.yaml b/charts/ix-chart/2009.0.1/templates/workload.yaml
index 05e23802cc..98df32b18a 100644
--- a/charts/ix-chart/2009.0.1/templates/workload.yaml
+++ b/charts/ix-chart/2009.0.1/templates/workload.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ spec:
     {{ include "deploymentSpec" . | nindent 2 }}
   {{- else if eq (include "workloadIsCronJob" .) "true" }}
     {{ include "cronJobSpec" . | nindent 2 }}
-  {{- else }}}
+  {{- else }}
     {{ include "jobSpec" . | nindent 2 }}
   {{- end }}