diff --git a/themes/slashcode/tasks/refresh_authors_cache.pl b/themes/slashcode/tasks/refresh_authors_cache.pl
index 9cccf5ee4..fcc2e31cd 100644
--- a/themes/slashcode/tasks/refresh_authors_cache.pl
+++ b/themes/slashcode/tasks/refresh_authors_cache.pl
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 # your audience and admins.
 $task{$me}{timespec} = '7 8 * * *';
 $task{$me}{timespec_panic_2} = ''; # if major panic, dailyStuff can wait
+$task{$me}{on_startup} = 1;
 $task{$me}{code} = sub {
 	my($virtual_user, $constants, $slashdb, $user) = @_;