diff --git a/bin/win32/schedulerService.php b/bin/win32/schedulerService.php
index 1999a80..99119fe 100644
--- a/bin/win32/schedulerService.php
+++ b/bin/win32/schedulerService.php
@@ -7,31 +7,31 @@
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- * 
+ *
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+ *
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+ *
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- * 
+ *
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+ *
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@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ $myservicename = 'ktscheduler';
 if (!win32_start_service_ctrl_dispatcher($myservicename)) die('Could not connect to service :'.$myservicename);
 win32_set_service_status(WIN32_SERVICE_RUNNING);
 
+// Scheduler is dependent on the mysql server being up,
+// so we sleep for a minute to ensure the server is running before we start the scheduler
+sleep(120);
+
 chdir(dirname(__FILE__)); // need to be here to include dmsDefaults
 require_once('../../config/dmsDefaults.php');