diff --git a/lib/crono.rb b/lib/crono.rb
index d874ee9..81632ca 100644
--- a/lib/crono.rb
+++ b/lib/crono.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require 'crono/job'
 require 'crono/scheduler'
 require 'crono/config'
 require 'crono/performer_proxy'
+require 'crono/cronotab'
 require 'crono/orm/active_record/crono_job'
 require 'crono/railtie' if defined?(Rails)
 
diff --git a/lib/crono/cli.rb b/lib/crono/cli.rb
index aa7eb98..1c59a0f 100644
--- a/lib/crono/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/crono/cli.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ module Crono
 
       write_pid
       load_rails
+      Cronotab.process(File.expand_path(config.cronotab))
       print_banner
 
       check_jobs
@@ -71,7 +72,6 @@ module Crono
       require 'rails'
       require File.expand_path('config/environment.rb')
       ::Rails.application.eager_load!
-      require File.expand_path(config.cronotab)
     end
 
     def check_jobs
diff --git a/lib/crono/cronotab.rb b/lib/crono/cronotab.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a07b7a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/crono/cronotab.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module Crono
+  class Cronotab
+    def self.process(cronotab_path = nil)
+      cronotab_path ||= ENV['CRONOTAB'] || (defined?(Rails) &&
+                        File.join(Rails.root, Config::CRONOTAB))
+      fail 'No cronotab defined' unless cronotab_path
+      require cronotab_path
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/crono_tasks.rake b/lib/tasks/crono_tasks.rake
index 09e2738..ccc99aa 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/crono_tasks.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/crono_tasks.rake
@@ -1,18 +1,8 @@
-module Crono
-  def self.load_cronotab
-    cronotab_path = ENV['CRONOTAB'] || (defined?(Rails) &&
-                      File.join(Rails.root, Config::CRONOTAB))
-    fail 'No cronotab defined' unless cronotab_path
-    puts "Load cronotab #{cronotab_path}"
-    require cronotab_path
-  end
-end
-
 namespace :crono do
   desc 'Clean unused job stats from DB'
   task clean: :environment do
     Crono.scheduler = Crono::Scheduler.new
-    Crono.load_cronotab
+    Crono::Cronotab.process
     current_job_ids = Crono.scheduler.jobs.map(&:job_id)
     Crono::CronoJob.where.not(job_id: current_job_ids).destroy_all
   end
@@ -20,7 +10,7 @@ namespace :crono do
   desc 'Check cronotab.rb syntax'
   task check: :environment do
     Crono.scheduler = Crono::Scheduler.new
-    Crono.load_cronotab
+    Crono::Cronotab.process
     puts 'Syntax ok'
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/cronotab_spec.rb b/spec/cronotab_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1932f09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/cronotab_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Crono::Cronotab do
+  describe '#process' do
+    it 'should load cronotab file' do
+      cronotab_path = File.expand_path('../assets/good_cronotab.rb', __FILE__)
+      expect(Crono.scheduler).to receive(:add_job).with(kind_of(Crono::Job))
+      expect {
+        Crono::Cronotab.process(cronotab_path)
+      }.to_not raise_error
+    end
+
+    it 'should raise error when cronotab is invalid' do
+      cronotab_path = File.expand_path('../assets/bad_cronotab.rb', __FILE__)
+      expect {
+        Crono::Cronotab.process(cronotab_path)
+      }.to raise_error
+    end
+  end
+end