diff --git a/packages/agenda/src/Agenda.ts b/packages/agenda/src/Agenda.ts
index c288635ab2c7..ac5f0c0ce4c8 100644
--- a/packages/agenda/src/Agenda.ts
+++ b/packages/agenda/src/Agenda.ts
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ export class Agenda extends EventEmitter {
 
 	private async _createScheduledJob(when: string | Date, name: string, data: IJob['data']): Promise<Job> {
 		const job = this.create(name, data);
-		job.schedule(when).save();
+		await job.schedule(when).save();
 		return job;
 	}