diff --git a/frappe/core/doctype/system_settings/system_settings.json b/frappe/core/doctype/system_settings/system_settings.json
index 35a03e070e..999e5802c8 100644
--- a/frappe/core/doctype/system_settings/system_settings.json
+++ b/frappe/core/doctype/system_settings/system_settings.json
@@ -78,11 +78,20 @@
    "in_list_view": 0, 
    "label": "Enable Scheduled Jobs", 
    "permlevel": 0
+  }, 
+  {
+   "fieldname": "scheduler_last_event", 
+   "fieldtype": "Data", 
+   "hidden": 1, 
+   "label": "Scheduler Last Event", 
+   "permlevel": 0, 
+   "precision": "", 
+   "report_hide": 1
   }
  ], 
  "icon": "icon-cog", 
  "issingle": 1, 
- "modified": "2015-02-05 05:11:47.880614", 
+ "modified": "2015-05-03 10:35:04.415621", 
  "modified_by": "Administrator", 
  "module": "Core", 
  "name": "System Settings", 
diff --git a/frappe/patches.txt b/frappe/patches.txt
index a0fc68f60d..f66518afe2 100644
--- a/frappe/patches.txt
+++ b/frappe/patches.txt
@@ -73,4 +73,5 @@ frappe.patches.v5_0.fix_email_alert
 frappe.patches.v5_0.fix_null_date_datetime
 frappe.patches.v5_0.force_sync_website
 execute:frappe.delete_doc("DocType", "Tag")
-execute:frappe.db.sql("delete from `tabProperty Setter` where `property` in ('idx', '_idx')")
\ No newline at end of file
+execute:frappe.db.sql("delete from `tabProperty Setter` where `property` in ('idx', '_idx')")
+frappe.patches.v5_0.move_scheduler_last_event_to_system_settings
diff --git a/frappe/patches/v5_0/move_scheduler_last_event_to_system_settings.py b/frappe/patches/v5_0/move_scheduler_last_event_to_system_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..749067612b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frappe/patches/v5_0/move_scheduler_last_event_to_system_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import frappe
+
+def execute():
+	frappe.reload_doctype('System Settings')
+	last = frappe.db.get_global('scheduler_last_event')
+	frappe.db.set_value('System Settings', 'System Settings', 'scheduler_last_event', last)
+
diff --git a/frappe/utils/scheduler.py b/frappe/utils/scheduler.py
index 37b2e8a5e4..0af5b97859 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/scheduler.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/scheduler.py
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ def enqueue_events(site):
 		return
 
 	nowtime = frappe.utils.now_datetime()
-	last = frappe.db.get_global('scheduler_last_event')
+	last = frappe.db.get_value('System Settings', 'System Settings', 'scheduler_last_event')
 
 	# set scheduler last event
 	frappe.db.begin()
-	frappe.db.set_global('scheduler_last_event', nowtime.strftime(DATETIME_FORMAT))
+	frappe.db.set_value('System Settings', 'System Settings', 'scheduler_last_event', nowtime.strftime(DATETIME_FORMAT))
 	frappe.db.commit()
 
 	out = []