diff --git a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
index 3913de4de..a6f7734c3 100644
--- a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
+++ b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Exceptions;
 
+use CloudLogger;
 use Config;
 use Throwable;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
@@ -77,6 +78,14 @@ public function render($request, Throwable $e): mixed
             ];
         }
 
+        if (env('GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOGGING_ENABLED')) {
+            CloudLogger::write([
+                'action_type' => 'EXCEPTION',
+                'action_message' => $response['message'],
+                'details' => $response['details'],
+            ]);
+        }
+
         return response()->json($response, $statusCode);
     }
 }
diff --git a/docker/start.sh b/docker/start.sh
index a33cd6f21..c36681e2a 100755
--- a/docker/start.sh
+++ b/docker/start.sh
@@ -23,20 +23,21 @@ fi
 # Start the Octane server in the background
 $base_command &
 
-# Separate the command from the cron timings, so as to first check for
-# duplicates, thus being immune to multiple insertions
-cronCommand="/usr/local/bin/php /var/www/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1"
-cronJob="* * * * * $cronCommand"
+# for the dev, preprod and prod environment the scheduler was moved based on google scheduler.
+if [ "$APP_ENV" = 'local' ]; then
+    # Separate the command from the cron timings, so as to first check for
+    # duplicates, thus being immune to multiple insertions
+    cronCommand="/usr/local/bin/php /var/www/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1"
+    cronJob="* * * * * $cronCommand"
 
-# To add the above to local crontab
-( crontab -l | grep -v -F "$cronCommand" ; echo "$cronJob" ) | crontab -
+    # To add the above to local crontab
+    ( crontab -l | grep -v -F "$cronCommand" ; echo "$cronJob" ) | crontab -
 
-## To remove the above from local crontab
-# ( crontab -l | grep -v -F "$cronCommand" ) | crontab -
+    ## To remove the above from local crontab
+    # ( crontab -l | grep -v -F "$cronCommand" ) | crontab -
 
-# To activate cron service
-service cron start
+    # To activate cron service
+    service cron start
+fi
 
 php artisan horizon
-
-