diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/config.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/config.py
index d497c526..9b3d7c51 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/config.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/config.py
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ class ScheduleBuilder:
 
     def build_schedule(self):
         """build schedule dict as expected by app.conf.beat_schedule"""
+        AppConfig().load_new_defaults()
         schedule_dict = {}
 
         for schedule_item in self.SCHEDULES:
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py b/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
index 7fffbfd4..a2265fcd 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
@@ -312,5 +312,5 @@ def version_check():
     ReleaseVersion().check()
 
 
-# start the schedule here
+# start schedule here
 app.conf.beat_schedule = ScheduleBuilder().build_schedule()