diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 725f0d1..2ef8ea2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ The environment variables are analogous to the script's command line arguments.
 | API_KEY            | no | The Immich API Key to use. Either `API_KEY` or `API_KEY_FILE` must be specified. The `API_KEY` variable takes precedence for ease of manual execution, but it is recommended to use `API_KEY_FILE`. 
 | API_KEY_FILE       | no | An absolute path (from the root of the container) to a file containing the Immich API Key. The file might be mounted into the container using a volume (e.g. `-v /path/to/api_key.secret:/immich_api_key.secret:ro`). The file must contain only the value. |
 | CRON_EXPRESSION    | yes | A [crontab-style expression](https://crontab.guru/) (e.g. `0 * * * *`) to perform album creation on a schedule (e.g. every hour). |
+| RUN_IMMEDIATELY    | no | Set to `true` to run the script right away, after running once the script will automatically run again based on the CRON_EXPRESSION |
 | ALBUM_LEVELS       | no | Number of sub-folders or range of sub-folder levels below the root path used for album name creation. Positive numbers start from top of the folder structure, negative numbers from the bottom. Cannot be `0`. If a range should be set, the start level and end level must be separated by a comma. <br>Refer to [How it works](#how-it-works) for a detailed explanation and examples. |
 | ALBUM_SEPARATOR    | no | Separator string to use for compound album names created from nested folders. Only effective if `-a` is set to a value `> 1`(default: "` `") |
 | CHUNK_SIZE         | no | Maximum number of assets to add to an album with a single API call (default: `2000`)  |
diff --git a/docker/setup_cron.sh b/docker/setup_cron.sh
index 114b673..0efe50f 100644
--- a/docker/setup_cron.sh
+++ b/docker/setup_cron.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
-
+if [ ! -z "$RUN_IMMEDIATELY" ]; then
+    if [ "$RUN_IMMEDIATELY" = "true" ] || [ "$RUN_IMMEDIATELY" = "1" ]; then
+        UNATTENDED=1 /script/immich_auto_album.sh > /proc/1/fd/1 2>/proc/1/fd/2 || true
+    fi
+fi
 if [ ! -z "$CRON_EXPRESSION" ]; then
     CRONTAB="$CRON_EXPRESSION UNATTENDED=1 /script/immich_auto_album.sh > /proc/1/fd/1 2>/proc/1/fd/2"
     # Reset crontab