diff --git a/backend/cmd/scheduler/main.go b/backend/cmd/scheduler/main.go
index fcaa456..c4cf94d 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/scheduler/main.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/scheduler/main.go
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ func main() {
 	datasetScheduler := crontab.NewDatasetScheduler(datasetService, log.Default())
 	schedulerContext, stopScheduler := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer stopScheduler()
-	go datasetScheduler.Run(schedulerContext)
+	datasetScheduler.Run(schedulerContext)
 }