diff --git a/ConfigurationScheduler.java b/ConfigurationScheduler_patched.java
index 55cd74a..b5d39d8 100644
--- a/ConfigurationScheduler.java
+++ b/ConfigurationScheduler_patched.java
@@ -111,11 +111,12 @@ public class ConfigurationScheduler extends AbstractLifeCycle {
     /**
      * Creates and executes an action that first based on a cron expression.
      * @param cronExpression the cron expression describing the schedule.
+     * @param startDate the date to start the scheduling from
      * @param command The Runnable to run,
      * @return a ScheduledFuture representing the next time the command will run.
      */
-    public CronScheduledFuture<?> scheduleWithCron(final CronExpression cronExpression, final Runnable command) {
-        final Date fireDate = cronExpression.getNextValidTimeAfter(new Date());
+    public CronScheduledFuture<?> scheduleWithCron(final CronExpression cronExpression, final Date startDate, final Runnable command) {
+        final Date fireDate = cronExpression.getNextValidTimeAfter(startDate);
         final CronRunnable runnable = new CronRunnable(command, cronExpression);
         final ScheduledFuture<?> future = schedule(runnable, nextFireInterval(fireDate), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
         final CronScheduledFuture<?> cronScheduledFuture = new CronScheduledFuture<>(future, fireDate);