diff --git a/src/scheduler.js b/src/scheduler.js
index 85a284629..96ca4c49a 100644
--- a/src/scheduler.js
+++ b/src/scheduler.js
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ async function sync() {
             if (_.isEqual(appState.schedulerConfig, schedulerConfig) && appState.containerId === app.containerId) continue; // nothing changed
         }
 
-        debug(`sync: adding jobs of ${app.id} (${app.fqdn})`);
+        debug(`sync: clearing jobs of ${app.id} (${app.fqdn})`);
 
         const [error] = await safe(stopJobs(app.id, appState));
         if (error) debug(`sync: error stopping jobs of ${app.id} : ${error.message}`);
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ async function sync() {
             continue;
         }
 
+        if (gSuspendedAppIds.has(app.d)) continue; // do not create jobs of suspended apps
+
         const cronJobs = await createJobs(app, schedulerConfig); //  if docker is down, the next sync() will recreate everything for this app
         gState[app.id] = {  containerId: app.containerId, schedulerConfig, cronJobs };
     }