diff --git a/src/Immediate.Jobs.Shared/Internals/JobSchedulingService.cs b/src/Immediate.Jobs.Shared/Internals/JobSchedulingService.cs
index f1341296..b736d72e 100644
--- a/src/Immediate.Jobs.Shared/Internals/JobSchedulingService.cs
+++ b/src/Immediate.Jobs.Shared/Internals/JobSchedulingService.cs
@@ -152,10 +152,12 @@ ILogger<JobSchedulingService> logger
 	/// <inheritdoc />
 	protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
 	{
+		// initialization needs to be done no matter what, so that storage is initialized
+		await InitializeAsync(stoppingToken);
+
 		if (!_options.IsJobSchedulingServiceEnabled)
 			return;
 
-		await InitializeAsync(stoppingToken);
 		MarkStarted(_timeProvider.GetUtcNow());
 
 		// Workers observe _workerCancellation rather than stoppingToken: shutdown completes the channel so