diff --git a/apps/scheduler/__init__.py b/apps/scheduler/__init__.py
index a9440e946b..8b13789179 100644
--- a/apps/scheduler/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/scheduler/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-from apscheduler.scheduler import Scheduler
 
-scheduler = Scheduler()
-scheduler.start()
diff --git a/apps/scheduler/api.py b/apps/scheduler/api.py
index 59162e10d0..5f79d2433b 100644
--- a/apps/scheduler/api.py
+++ b/apps/scheduler/api.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from scheduler import scheduler
+from scheduler.runtime import scheduler
 from scheduler.exceptions import AlreadyScheduled
 
 registered_jobs = {}
diff --git a/apps/scheduler/runtime.py b/apps/scheduler/runtime.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9440e946b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/scheduler/runtime.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from apscheduler.scheduler import Scheduler
+
+scheduler = Scheduler()
+scheduler.start()