diff --git a/app/apps/server/bridges/scheduler.ts b/app/apps/server/bridges/scheduler.ts
index 698931a25be2..721c3a8c8aa0 100644
--- a/app/apps/server/bridges/scheduler.ts
+++ b/app/apps/server/bridges/scheduler.ts
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ export class AppSchedulerBridge extends SchedulerBridge {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private async startScheduler(): Promise<void> {
+	public async startScheduler(): Promise<void> {
 		if (!this.isConnected) {
 			await this.scheduler.start();
 			this.isConnected = true;
diff --git a/app/apps/server/orchestrator.js b/app/apps/server/orchestrator.js
index a68d24197f56..81eaad8110d8 100644
--- a/app/apps/server/orchestrator.js
+++ b/app/apps/server/orchestrator.js
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ export class AppServerOrchestrator {
 
 		return this._manager.load()
 			.then((affs) => console.log(`Loaded the Apps Framework and loaded a total of ${ affs.length } Apps!`))
-			.catch((err) => console.warn('Failed to load the Apps Framework and Apps!', err));
+			.catch((err) => console.warn('Failed to load the Apps Framework and Apps!', err))
+			.then(() => this.getBridges().getSchedulerBridge().startScheduler());
 	}
 
 	async unload() {