diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/config.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/config.py
index 9b3d7c51..f191eae9 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/config.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/config.py
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ class ScheduleBuilder:
     def build_schedule(self):
         """build schedule dict as expected by app.conf.beat_schedule"""
         AppConfig().load_new_defaults()
+        self.config = AppConfig().config
         schedule_dict = {}
 
         for schedule_item in self.SCHEDULES: