diff --git a/src/Jobs.hs b/src/Jobs.hs
index f7d1b4935..19cd9b560 100644
--- a/src/Jobs.hs
+++ b/src/Jobs.hs
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ execCrontab = do
         -- when (newCrontab /= currentCrontab) $ 
         --   mapRWST (liftIO . atomically) $
         --     liftBase . flip writeTVar newCrontab =<< asks (jobCrontab . jobContext)
-        newCrontab <- atomically . readTVar =<< asks (jobCrontab . jobContext)
+        newCrontab <- liftIO . readTVarIO =<< asks (jobCrontab . jobContext)
 
         mergeState
         newState <- State.get