diff --git a/cmd/cgr-loader/actions.go b/cmd/cgr-loader/actions.go
index e15c7a138..89fd683c7 100644
--- a/cmd/cgr-loader/actions.go
+++ b/cmd/cgr-loader/actions.go
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ func loadActionTimings() {
 		}
 		for _, t := range ts {
 			at := &timespans.ActionTiming{
+				Tag: record[2],
 				Timing: &timespans.Interval{
 					Months:    t.Months,
 					MonthDays: t.MonthDays,
diff --git a/cmd/cgr-loader/helpers.go b/cmd/cgr-loader/helpers.go
index c628c2735..ea7ede0bd 100644
--- a/cmd/cgr-loader/helpers.go
+++ b/cmd/cgr-loader/helpers.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 type Rate struct {
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ func NewTiming(timeingInfo ...string) (rt *Timing) {
 	rt.MonthDays.Parse(timeingInfo[1], ";")
 	rt.WeekDays.Parse(timeingInfo[2], ";")
 	if timeingInfo[3] == "*now" {
-		rt.StartTime = time.Now().Format("00:00:00")
+		rt.StartTime = strings.Split(time.Now().Format(time.Stamp), " ")[2]
 	} else {
 		rt.StartTime = timeingInfo[3]
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/cgr-scheduler/cgr-scheduler.go b/cmd/cgr-scheduler/cgr-scheduler.go
index 0c00de108..b4bae27eb 100644
--- a/cmd/cgr-scheduler/cgr-scheduler.go
+++ b/cmd/cgr-scheduler/cgr-scheduler.go
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ var (
 	redisserver = flag.String("redisserver", "tcp:127.0.0.1:6379", "redis server address (tcp:127.0.0.1:6379)")
 	redisdb     = flag.Int("rdb", 10, "redis database number (10)")
 	redispass   = flag.String("pass", "", "redis database password")
+	storage     timespans.StorageGetter
 	timer       *time.Timer
+	restartLoop = make(chan byte)
+	s           = scheduler{}
 )
 
 /*
@@ -63,14 +66,24 @@ func (s scheduler) loop() {
 		a0 := s.queue[0]
 		now := time.Now()
 		if a0.GetNextStartTime().Equal(now) || a0.GetNextStartTime().Before(now) {
+			log.Printf("%v - %v", a0.Tag, a0.Timing)
+			log.Print(a0.GetNextStartTime(), now)
 			go a0.Execute()
 			s.queue = append(s.queue, a0)
 			s.queue = s.queue[1:]
 			sort.Sort(s.queue)
 		} else {
 			d := a0.GetNextStartTime().Sub(now)
+			log.Printf("Timer set to wait for %v", d)
 			timer = time.NewTimer(d)
-			<-timer.C
+			select {
+			case <-timer.C:
+				// timer has expired
+				log.Printf("Time for action on %v", s.queue[0])
+			case <-restartLoop:
+				// nothing to do, just continue the loop
+			}
+
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -78,32 +91,46 @@ func (s scheduler) loop() {
 // Listens for the HUP system signal and gracefuly reloads the timers from database.
 func stopSingnalHandler() {
 	log.Print("Handling HUP signal...")
-	c := make(chan os.Signal)
-	signal.Notify(c, syscall.SIGHUP)
-	sig := <-c
+	for {
+		c := make(chan os.Signal)
+		signal.Notify(c, syscall.SIGHUP)
+		sig := <-c
 
-	log.Printf("Caught signal %v, reloading action timings.\n", sig)
-	loadActionTimings()
+		log.Printf("Caught signal %v, reloading action timings.\n", sig)
+		loadActionTimings()
+		// check the tip of the queue for new actions
+		restartLoop <- 1
+		timer.Stop()
+	}
 }
 
-func loadActionTimings() (actionTimings []*timespans.ActionTiming, err error) {
-	storage, err := timespans.NewRedisStorage(*redisserver, *redisdb)
-	defer storage.Close()
+func loadActionTimings() {
+	actionTimings, err := storage.GetAllActionTimings()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Could not open database connection: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("Cannot get action timings:", err)
 	}
-	actionTimings, err = storage.GetAllActionTimings()
-	return
+	// recreate the queue
+	s.queue = actiontimingqueue{}
+	for _, at := range actionTimings {
+		if at.IsOneTimeRun() {
+			go at.Execute()
+			continue
+		}
+		s.queue = append(s.queue, at)
+	}
+	sort.Sort(s.queue)
 }
 
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
-	actionTimings, err := loadActionTimings()
+	var err error
+	storage, err = timespans.NewRedisStorage(*redisserver, *redisdb)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Cannot get action timings:", err)
+		log.Fatalf("Could not open database connection: %v", err)
 	}
-	s := scheduler{}
-	s.queue = append(s.queue, actionTimings...)
+	defer storage.Close()
+	timespans.SetStorageGetter(storage)
+	loadActionTimings()
 	go stopSingnalHandler()
 	s.loop()
 }
diff --git a/timespans/actions.go b/timespans/actions.go
index b063d7cd2..c45b83110 100644
--- a/timespans/actions.go
+++ b/timespans/actions.go
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ type ActionTrigger struct {
 }
 
 type ActionTiming struct {
+	Tag            string // informative purpos only
 	UserBalanceIds []string
 	Timing         *Interval
 	ActionsId      string
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ func (at *ActionTiming) GetNextStartTime() (t time.Time) {
 		for _, j := range []int{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} {
 			t = time.Date(t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day()+j, t.Hour(), t.Minute(), t.Second(), t.Nanosecond(), t.Location())
 			for _, wd := range i.WeekDays {
-				if t.Weekday() == wd {
+				if t.Weekday() == wd && (t.Equal(now) || t.After(now)) {
 					return
 				}
 			}
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ func (at *ActionTiming) GetNextStartTime() (t time.Time) {
 		d = i.MonthDays[0]
 		if x < len(i.MonthDays) {
 			if i.MonthDays[x] == now.Day() {
-				if now.Before(t) {
+				if t.Equal(now) || t.After(now) {
 					h, m, s := t.Clock()
 					t = time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day(), h, m, s, 0, time.Local)
 					goto MONTHS
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ MONTHS:
 		m = i.Months[0]
 		if x < len(i.Months) {
 			if i.Months[x] == now.Month() {
-				if now.Before(t) {
+				if t.Equal(now) || t.After(now) {
 					h, m, s := t.Clock()
 					t = time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), t.Day(), h, m, s, 0, time.Local)
 					return
@@ -272,3 +273,11 @@ func (at *ActionTiming) Execute() (err error) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+func (at *ActionTiming) IsOneTimeRun() bool {
+	i := at.Timing
+	if i == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	return len(i.Months) == 0 && len(i.MonthDays) == 0 && len(i.WeekDays) == 0
+}
diff --git a/timespans/actions_test.go b/timespans/actions_test.go
index cba21957d..5cd52e915 100644
--- a/timespans/actions_test.go
+++ b/timespans/actions_test.go
@@ -162,7 +162,55 @@ func TestActionTimingHourMonthdaysMonths(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestLogFunction(t *testing.T) {
+func TestActionTimingFisrtOfTheMonth(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Now()
+	y, m, _ := now.Date()
+	nextMonth := time.Date(y, m+1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.Local)
+	at := &ActionTiming{Timing: &Interval{
+		Months:    Months{time.January, time.February, time.March, time.April, time.May, time.June, time.July, time.August, time.September, time.October, time.November, time.December},
+		MonthDays: MonthDays{1},
+		StartTime: "00:00:00",
+	}}
+	st := at.GetNextStartTime()
+	expected := nextMonth
+	if !st.Equal(expected) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v was %v", expected, st)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestActionTimingIsOneTimeRunNoInterval(t *testing.T) {
+	at := &ActionTiming{}
+	if !at.IsOneTimeRun() {
+		t.Errorf("%v should be one time run!", at)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestActionTimingIsOneTimeRunNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	at := &ActionTiming{Timing: &Interval{}}
+	if !at.IsOneTimeRun() {
+		t.Errorf("%v should be one time run!", at)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestActionTimingIsOneTimeRunStartTime(t *testing.T) {
+	at := &ActionTiming{Timing: &Interval{
+		StartTime: "00:00:00",
+	}}
+	if !at.IsOneTimeRun() {
+		t.Errorf("%v should be one time run!", at)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestActionTimingIsOneTimeRunWeekDay(t *testing.T) {
+	at := &ActionTiming{Timing: &Interval{
+		WeekDays: WeekDays{time.Monday},
+	}}
+	if at.IsOneTimeRun() {
+		t.Errorf("%v should NOT be one time run!", at)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestActionTimingLogFunction(t *testing.T) {
 	a := &Action{
 		ActionType:   "LOG",
 		BalanceId:    "test",