diff --git a/src/usr/doc/THANKS b/src/usr/doc/THANKS
index 92cb517..34b9625 100644
--- a/src/usr/doc/THANKS
+++ b/src/usr/doc/THANKS
@@ -96,3 +96,4 @@ We moved to github, so revision number no longer used
     orbea
     GregT
     Yaroslav Shmelev
+    smallid
diff --git a/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg b/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
index 886baf4..f323ed6 100755
--- a/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
+++ b/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ EOF
     load_repositories || exit 1
 
     # Check for ncurses
-    [[ -x /usr/bin/tput ]] && HAS_NCURSES=1
+    [[ -n $interactive ]] && [[ -x /usr/bin/tput ]] && HAS_NCURSES=1
 }
 
 yesno_to_setunset() {
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ check_for_updates() {
 
         for CURPKG in $PKGS; do
             # Bail out if the user pressed ESC
-            progressbar_interrupted && touch $PROGRESSBAR_INTERRUPTED && break
+            [[ -n $interactive ]] && progressbar_interrupted && touch $PROGRESSBAR_INTERRUPTED && break
 
             # split CURPKG into its components
             split_pkg_name $CURPKG
@@ -4613,6 +4613,13 @@ if [[ $(id -u) != 0 ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# Check if we are interactive.
+if [ -t 0 ]; then
+    interactive=1
+else
+    non_interactive=1
+fi
+
 # Set up ARCH - borrowed from SBo SlackBuild template
 # Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
 if [[ -z "$ARCH" ]]; then
diff --git a/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt b/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
index 65f27b5..53834d6 100644
--- a/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
+++ b/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SBOPKG NEWS
 
-sbopkg-dev (2018-09-01 23:00:08 UTC)
+sbopkg-dev (2019-03-15 14:24:30 UTC)
     FEATURES
 	* sqg: Parallelize building of single and all packages by option -j.
 	  Patch by Marcel Saegebarth.
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ sbopkg-dev (2018-09-01 23:00:08 UTC)
           Initial patch by Orbea (#49).
         * sbopkg: Add logrotate support.
           Feature Request by wronguser (#50).
+        * sbokg: Add better non-interactive/cron run support
+          Initial patch by smallid (#56).
 
     MODIFICATIONS
 	* bash-completion: Complete -i and -b when git repo is used