diff --git a/configuration/environments_scripts/build-crontab b/configuration/environments_scripts/build-crontab
index 604ada148c7..9261bc1bc58 100755
--- a/configuration/environments_scripts/build-crontab
+++ b/configuration/environments_scripts/build-crontab
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ for dir in $(ls -d */ ); do
         cat "$crontab"  >> $HOME_DIR/crontab
         echo "" >> $HOME_DIR/crontab  # Adds a newline
     done
+    cp -r $dir/baseHomeDir/* $HOME_DIR
     sed -i "s|PATH_OF_GIT_HOME_DIR_TO_REPLACE|${GIT_PATH}|g" $HOME_DIR/crontab # Sets correct path to the git repo within the crontab.
     sed -i "s|PATH_OF_HOME_DIR_TO_REPLACE|${HOME_DIR}|g" $HOME_DIR/crontab # Sets the correct path to the home dir of the user whose crontab will be installed.
     crontab -u ${USERNAME} $HOME_DIR/crontab # Install the crontab in the given user's home dir.