diff --git a/Modules/CIPPCore/Public/Add-CIPPScheduledTask.ps1 b/Modules/CIPPCore/Public/Add-CIPPScheduledTask.ps1
index 4b08eda522bb..30aa79cffaa2 100644
--- a/Modules/CIPPCore/Public/Add-CIPPScheduledTask.ps1
+++ b/Modules/CIPPCore/Public/Add-CIPPScheduledTask.ps1
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ function Add-CIPPScheduledTask {
         $task.Recurrence.value
     }
 
+    if ([int64]$task.ScheduledTime -eq 0 -or [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($task.ScheduledTime)) {
+        $task.ScheduledTime = [int64](([datetime]::UtcNow) - (Get-Date '1/1/1970')).TotalSeconds
+    }
+
     $entity = @{
         PartitionKey         = [string]'ScheduledTask'
         TaskState            = [string]'Planned'
diff --git a/Modules/CIPPCore/Public/Entrypoints/Activity Triggers/Push-ExecScheduledCommand.ps1 b/Modules/CIPPCore/Public/Entrypoints/Activity Triggers/Push-ExecScheduledCommand.ps1
index da0cae51d4f9..65ce3ff5d36a 100644
--- a/Modules/CIPPCore/Public/Entrypoints/Activity Triggers/Push-ExecScheduledCommand.ps1	
+++ b/Modules/CIPPCore/Public/Entrypoints/Activity Triggers/Push-ExecScheduledCommand.ps1	
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ function Push-ExecScheduledCommand {
             '(\d+)d$' { [int64]$matches[1] * 86400 }
             default { throw "Unsupported recurrence format: $($task.Recurrence)" }
         }
+
+        if ($secondsToAdd -gt 0) {
+            $unixtimeNow = [int64](([datetime]::UtcNow) - (Get-Date '1/1/1970')).TotalSeconds
+            if ([int64]$task.ScheduledTime -lt ($unixtimeNow - $secondsToAdd)) {
+                $task.ScheduledTime = $unixtimeNow
+            }
+        }
+
         $nextRunUnixTime = [int64]$task.ScheduledTime + [int64]$secondsToAdd
         Write-Host "The job is recurring. It was scheduled for $($task.ScheduledTime). The next runtime should be $nextRunUnixTime"
         Update-AzDataTableEntity @Table -Entity @{