diff --git a/models/jobs b/models/jobs
index fcf0006b8..06be9fbeb 100644
--- a/models/jobs
+++ b/models/jobs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ QueuedJob
     creationTime        UTCTime
     lockInstance        InstanceId Maybe   -- instance that has started to execute this job
     lockTime            UTCTime Maybe      -- time when execution had begun
+    writeLastExec       Bool default=false -- record successful execution to CronLastExec
     deriving Eq Read Show Generic Typeable
 
 -- Jobs are deleted from @QueuedJob@ after they are executed successfully and recorded in @CronLastExec@
diff --git a/src/Jobs.hs b/src/Jobs.hs
index 63fc3f75d..82914d8d9 100644
--- a/src/Jobs.hs
+++ b/src/Jobs.hs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import qualified Data.Conduit.List as C
 
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as LT
 
-import Data.Aeson (fromJSON, toJSON)
+import Data.Aeson (fromJSON)
 import qualified Data.Aeson as Aeson
 import qualified Data.Aeson.Types as Aeson
 import Database.Persist.Sql (fromSqlKey)
@@ -215,11 +215,17 @@ execCrontab :: RWST JobContext () (HashMap JobCtl (Max UTCTime)) (HandlerT UniWo
 execCrontab = do
   mapRWST (liftHandlerT . runDB . setSerializable) $ do
     let
-      merge (Entity leId CronLastExec{..})
+      mergeLastExec (Entity leId CronLastExec{..})
         | Just job <- Aeson.parseMaybe parseJSON cronLastExecJob
         = State.modify $ HashMap.insertWith (<>) (JobCtlQueue job) (Max cronLastExecTime)
         | otherwise = lift $ delete leId
-    runConduit $ transPipe lift (selectSource [] []) .| C.mapM_ merge
+
+      mergeQueued (Entity qjId QueuedJob{..})
+        | Just job <- Aeson.parseMaybe parseJSON queuedJobContent
+        = State.modify $ HashMap.insertWith (<>) (JobCtlQueue job) (Max queuedJobCreationTime)
+        | otherwise = lift $ delete qjId
+    runConduit $ transPipe lift (selectSource [] []) .| C.mapM_ mergeLastExec
+    runConduit $ transPipe lift (selectSource [] []) .| C.mapM_ mergeQueued
 
   refT <- liftIO getCurrentTime
   settings <- getsYesod appSettings'
@@ -240,19 +246,9 @@ execCrontab = do
               -> do
                 now <- liftIO $ getCurrentTime
                 foundation <- getYesod
-                let instanceID' = foundation ^. _appInstanceID
                 State.modify $ HashMap.alter (Just . ($ Max now) . maybe id (<>)) jobCtl
                 case jobCtl of
-                  JobCtlQueue job -> do
-                    void . lift $ upsertBy
-                      (UniqueCronLastExec $ toJSON job)
-                      CronLastExec
-                        { cronLastExecJob = toJSON job
-                        , cronLastExecTime = now
-                        , cronLastExecInstance = instanceID'
-                        }
-                      [ CronLastExecTime =. now ]
-                    lift $ queueDBJob job
+                  JobCtlQueue job -> lift $ queueDBJobCron job
                   other -> runReaderT ?? foundation $ writeJobCtl other
             | otherwise
               -> mapRWST (liftIO . atomically) $
@@ -351,10 +347,25 @@ handleJobs' wNum = C.mapM_ $ \jctl -> do
       
       $logDebugS logIdent . LT.toStrict . decodeUtf8 $ Aeson.encode content
 
+      instanceID' <- getsYesod $ view instanceID
+      now <- liftIO getCurrentTime
+  
       performJob content
 
       -- `performJob` is expected to throw an exception if it detects that the job was not done
-      runDB $ delete jId
+      runDB . setSerializable $ do
+        when queuedJobWriteLastExec $
+          void $ upsertBy
+            (UniqueCronLastExec queuedJobContent)
+            CronLastExec
+              { cronLastExecJob = queuedJobContent
+              , cronLastExecTime = now
+              , cronLastExecInstance = instanceID'
+              }
+            [ CronLastExecTime =. now
+            , CronLastExecInstance =. instanceID'
+            ]
+        delete jId
     handleCmd JobCtlDetermineCrontab = do
       newCTab <- liftHandlerT . runDB $ setSerializable determineCrontab'
       -- logDebugS logIdent $ tshow newCTab
diff --git a/src/Jobs/Queue.hs b/src/Jobs/Queue.hs
index 8b71c2960..83b4fe72d 100644
--- a/src/Jobs/Queue.hs
+++ b/src/Jobs/Queue.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ module Jobs.Queue
   , queueJob, queueJob'
   , YesodJobDB
   , runDBJobs, queueDBJob, sinkDBJobs
+  , queueDBJobCron
   , module Jobs.Types
   ) where
 
@@ -78,16 +79,15 @@ writeJobCtlBlock :: (MonadThrow m, MonadIO m, MonadReader UniWorX m) => JobCtl -
 -- | Pass an instruction to the `Job`-Workers and block until it was acted upon
 writeJobCtlBlock = writeJobCtlBlock' writeJobCtl
 
-queueJobUnsafe :: Job -> YesodDB UniWorX QueuedJobId
-queueJobUnsafe job = do
-  now <- liftIO getCurrentTime
-  self <- getsYesod appInstanceID
+queueJobUnsafe :: Bool -> Job -> YesodDB UniWorX QueuedJobId
+queueJobUnsafe queuedJobWriteLastExec job = do
+  queuedJobCreationTime <- liftIO getCurrentTime
+  queuedJobCreationInstance <- getsYesod appInstanceID
   insert QueuedJob
     { queuedJobContent = toJSON job
-    , queuedJobCreationInstance = self
-    , queuedJobCreationTime = now
     , queuedJobLockInstance = Nothing
     , queuedJobLockTime = Nothing
+    , ..
     }
   -- We should not immediately notify a worker; instead wait for the transaction to finish first
   -- writeJobCtl $ JobCtlPerform jId -- FIXME: Should do fancy load balancing across instances (or something)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ queueJob :: (MonadHandler m, HandlerSite m ~ UniWorX) => Job -> m QueuedJobId
 -- ^ Queue a job for later execution
 --
 -- Makes no guarantees as to when it will be executed (`queueJob'`) and does not interact with any running database transactions (`runDBJobs`)
-queueJob = liftHandlerT . runDB . setSerializable . queueJobUnsafe
+queueJob = liftHandlerT . runDB . setSerializable . queueJobUnsafe False
 
 queueJob' :: (MonadHandler m, HandlerSite m ~ UniWorX) => Job -> m ()
 -- ^ `queueJob` followed by `writeJobCtl` `JobCtlPerform` to ensure, that it is executed asap
@@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ queueJob' job = do
 -- | Slightly modified Version of `YesodDB` for `runDBJobs`
 type YesodJobDB site = ReaderT (YesodPersistBackend site) (WriterT (Set QueuedJobId) (HandlerT site IO))
 
-queueDBJob :: Job -> YesodJobDB UniWorX ()
+queueDBJob, queueDBJobCron :: Job -> YesodJobDB UniWorX ()
 -- | Queue a job as part of a database transaction and execute it after the transaction succeeds
-queueDBJob job = mapReaderT lift (queueJobUnsafe job) >>= tell . Set.singleton
+queueDBJob job = mapReaderT lift (queueJobUnsafe False job) >>= tell . Set.singleton
+queueDBJobCron job = mapReaderT lift (queueJobUnsafe True job) >>= tell . Set.singleton
 
 sinkDBJobs :: Sink Job (YesodJobDB UniWorX) ()
 -- | Queue many jobs as part of a database transaction and execute them after the transaction passes