diff --git a/appdaemon/scheduler.py b/appdaemon/scheduler.py
index 1dfd4e33d..e6e7ef22e 100644
--- a/appdaemon/scheduler.py
+++ b/appdaemon/scheduler.py
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ async def get_next_period(
         match start:
             case "immediate":
                 return now
-            case "now", _:
+            case "now" | _:
                 aware_next = await self.parse_datetime(start, aware=True, now=now)
                 # Skip forward to the next period if start is in the past
                 # This makes the result in the first