diff --git a/app/server/modules/backups/__tests__/backups.service.test.ts b/app/server/modules/backups/__tests__/backups.service.test.ts
index 4381a0cd..75933fc1 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/backups/__tests__/backups.service.test.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/backups/__tests__/backups.service.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { createTestVolume } from "~/test/helpers/volume";
 import { createTestBackupSchedule } from "~/test/helpers/backup";
 import { createTestRepository } from "~/test/helpers/repository";
 import { generateBackupOutput } from "~/test/helpers/restic";
+import { faker } from "@faker-js/faker";
 import * as spawnModule from "~/server/utils/spawn";
 
 const resticBackupMock = mock(() => Promise.resolve({ exitCode: 0, stdout: "", stderr: "" }));
@@ -150,3 +151,26 @@ describe("execute backup", () => {
 		expect(updatedSchedule.lastBackupStatus).toBe("error");
 	});
 });
+
+describe("getSchedulesToExecute", () => {
+	test("should return schedules with NULL lastBackupStatus", async () => {
+		// arrange
+		const volume = await createTestVolume();
+		const repository = await createTestRepository();
+
+		const schedule = await createTestBackupSchedule({
+			volumeId: volume.id,
+			repositoryId: repository.id,
+			enabled: true,
+			cronExpression: "* * * * *",
+			lastBackupStatus: null,
+			nextBackupAt: faker.date.past().getTime(),
+		});
+
+		// act
+		const schedulesToExecute = await backupsService.getSchedulesToExecute();
+
+		// assert
+		expect(schedulesToExecute).toContain(schedule.id);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts b/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
index a9672758..1ff51247 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { and, asc, eq, ne } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { and, asc, eq, isNull, ne, or } from "drizzle-orm";
 import cron from "node-cron";
 import { CronExpressionParser } from "cron-parser";
 import { NotFoundError, BadRequestError, ConflictError } from "http-errors-enhanced";
@@ -393,7 +393,10 @@ const executeBackup = async (scheduleId: number, manual = false) => {
 const getSchedulesToExecute = async () => {
 	const now = Date.now();
 	const schedules = await db.query.backupSchedulesTable.findMany({
-		where: and(eq(backupSchedulesTable.enabled, true), ne(backupSchedulesTable.lastBackupStatus, "in_progress")),
+		where: and(
+			eq(backupSchedulesTable.enabled, true),
+			or(ne(backupSchedulesTable.lastBackupStatus, "in_progress"), isNull(backupSchedulesTable.lastBackupStatus)),
+		),
 	});
 
 	const schedulesToRun: number[] = [];