diff --git a/api/cron/scheduler.go b/api/cron/scheduler.go
index 9f65b6d5a..42abee371 100644
--- a/api/cron/scheduler.go
+++ b/api/cron/scheduler.go
@@ -45,11 +45,7 @@ func (scheduler *JobScheduler) ScheduleEndpointSyncJob(endpointFilePath string,
 // ScheduleSnapshotJob schedules a cron job to create endpoint snapshots
 func (scheduler *JobScheduler) ScheduleSnapshotJob(interval string) error {
 	job := newEndpointSnapshotJob(scheduler.endpointService, scheduler.snapshotter)
-
-	err := job.Snapshot()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	go job.Snapshot()
 
 	return scheduler.cron.AddJob("@every "+interval, job)
 }