diff --git a/Classes/Command/TaskCommandController.php b/Classes/Command/TaskCommandController.php
index fd3fde9..0a7c9b4 100644
--- a/Classes/Command/TaskCommandController.php
+++ b/Classes/Command/TaskCommandController.php
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 use Assert\Assertion;
 use Neos\Flow\Persistence\PersistenceManagerInterface;
+use Neos\Flow\Utility\Environment;
+use Neos\Utility\Files;
+use Neos\Utility\Lock\LockManager;
 use Ttree\Scheduler\Domain\Model\Task;
 use Ttree\Scheduler\Service\TaskService;
 use Ttree\Scheduler\Task\TaskInterface;
@@ -44,17 +47,42 @@ class TaskCommandController extends CommandController
      */
     protected $persistenceManager;
 
+    /**
+     * @var Environment
+     * @Flow\Inject
+     */
+    protected $environment;
+
     /**
      * @Flow\InjectConfiguration(package="Ttree.Scheduler", path="allowParallelExecution")
      * @var boolean
      */
     protected $allowParallelExecution = true;
 
+    /**
+     * @Flow\InjectConfiguration(package="Ttree.Scheduler", path="lockStrategyClassName")
+     * @var boolean
+     */
+    protected $lockStrategyClassName = '';
+
     /**
      * @var Lock
      */
     protected $parallelExecutionLock;
 
+    /**
+     * @throws \Neos\Flow\Utility\Exception
+     * @throws \Neos\Utility\Exception\FilesException
+     */
+    public function initializeObject(): void
+    {
+        $lockManager = new LockManager($this->lockStrategyClassName, ['lockDirectory' => Files::concatenatePaths([
+            $this->environment->getPathToTemporaryDirectory(),
+            'Lock'
+        ])]);
+        Lock::setLockManager($lockManager);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Run all pending task
      *
@@ -62,7 +90,6 @@ class TaskCommandController extends CommandController
      */
     public function runCommand($dryRun = false)
     {
-
         if ($this->allowParallelExecution !== true) {
             try {
                 $this->parallelExecutionLock = new Lock('Ttree.Scheduler.ParallelExecutionLock');
diff --git a/Configuration/Settings.yaml b/Configuration/Settings.yaml
index 699fca2..b60344e 100644
--- a/Configuration/Settings.yaml
+++ b/Configuration/Settings.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Ttree:
   Scheduler:
     allowParallelExecution: true
+    lockStrategyClassName: 'Neos\Utility\Lock\FlockLockStrategy'
 Neos:
   Flow:
     object:
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 25ca401..db589b0 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     "require": {
         "neos/flow": "^7.0",
         "mtdowling/cron-expression": "^1.2",
-        "beberlei/assert": "^2.7"
+        "beberlei/assert": "^2.7",
+        "neos/utility-lock": "^5.3"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {