diff --git a/src/scheduler/kubernetes/scheduler.py b/src/scheduler/kubernetes/scheduler.py
index 5d568632..66107b0b 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/kubernetes/scheduler.py
+++ b/src/scheduler/kubernetes/scheduler.py
@@ -993,6 +993,20 @@ def handle_cron_jobs(self):
                     # still in future
                     continue
 
+                # Double-check the next_trigger by selecting the latest last_trigger for the cronjob
+                cursor.execute("""
+                    SELECT last_trigger
+                    FROM cronjob
+                    WHERE id = %s """, [c['id']])
+                result = cursor.fetchone()
+                if result:
+                    last_trigger = result['last_trigger']
+                    i = croniter('%s %s %s %s %s' % (c['minute'], c['hour'], c['day_month'], c['month'], c['day_week']), last_trigger)
+                    next_trigger = i.get_next(datetime)
+                    if next_trigger > datetime.now():
+                        # still in future
+                        continue
+
                 cursor.execute('''
                     UPDATE cronjob
                     SET last_trigger = now()