diff --git a/app/Jobs/DatabaseBackupJob.php b/app/Jobs/DatabaseBackupJob.php
index 207191cbd..bd31ab0c3 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/DatabaseBackupJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/DatabaseBackupJob.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class DatabaseBackupJob implements ShouldBeEncrypted, ShouldQueue
 
     public function __construct(public ScheduledDatabaseBackup $backup)
     {
-        $this->onQueue('high');
+        $this->onQueue(crons_queue());
         $this->timeout = $backup->timeout ?? 3600;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Jobs/ScheduledJobManager.php b/app/Jobs/ScheduledJobManager.php
index a601186bf..bd8ee2819 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/ScheduledJobManager.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/ScheduledJobManager.php
@@ -37,18 +37,7 @@ class ScheduledJobManager implements ShouldQueue
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
-        $this->onQueue($this->determineQueue());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * On cloud this job runs on a dedicated `crons` queue so it can be drained by an isolated
-     * Horizon worker pool; self-hosted keeps it on the shared `high` queue. Routing is decided
-     * by `isCloud()` (config-based), so the dispatching process needs no special env — only
-     * the worker must be configured to drain `crons` via `HORIZON_QUEUES`.
-     */
-    private function determineQueue(): string
-    {
-        return isCloud() ? 'crons' : 'high';
+        $this->onQueue(crons_queue());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Jobs/ScheduledTaskJob.php b/app/Jobs/ScheduledTaskJob.php
index 49b9b9702..67ef1ebe3 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/ScheduledTaskJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/ScheduledTaskJob.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class ScheduledTaskJob implements ShouldBeEncrypted, ShouldQueue
 
     public function __construct($task)
     {
-        $this->onQueue('high');
+        $this->onQueue(crons_queue());
 
         $this->task = $task;
         if ($service = $task->service()->first()) {
diff --git a/bootstrap/helpers/shared.php b/bootstrap/helpers/shared.php
index 582e6750d..4bb989de4 100644
--- a/bootstrap/helpers/shared.php
+++ b/bootstrap/helpers/shared.php
@@ -608,6 +608,23 @@ function deployment_queue(): string
     return isCloud() ? 'deployments' : 'high';
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolve the queue used for scheduled jobs — the scheduler dispatcher, scheduled tasks and
+ * scheduled database backups, whether triggered automatically or manually.
+ *
+ * On cloud these jobs run on a dedicated `crons` queue so they can be drained by an isolated
+ * Horizon worker pool; self-hosted keeps them on the shared `high` queue. Routing is decided
+ * by `isCloud()` (config-based), so the dispatching process needs no special env — only the
+ * worker must be configured to drain `crons`.
+ *
+ * IMPORTANT: on cloud a worker MUST include `crons` in its `HORIZON_QUEUES`, otherwise these
+ * jobs are never processed.
+ */
+function crons_queue(): string
+{
+    return isCloud() ? 'crons' : 'high';
+}
+
 function translate_cron_expression($expression_to_validate): string
 {
     if (isset(VALID_CRON_STRINGS[$expression_to_validate])) {
diff --git a/tests/Feature/QueueRoutingTest.php b/tests/Feature/QueueRoutingTest.php
index 1552c6bb3..1bb837be8 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/QueueRoutingTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/QueueRoutingTest.php
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 use App\Actions\Database\StartDatabase;
 use App\Actions\Database\StartDatabaseProxy;
 use App\Actions\Service\StartService;
+use App\Jobs\DatabaseBackupJob;
 use App\Jobs\ScheduledJobManager;
+use App\Models\ScheduledDatabaseBackup;
 
 describe('deployment_queue helper', function () {
     test('uses the high queue on self-hosted', function () {
@@ -19,6 +21,20 @@ describe('deployment_queue helper', function () {
     });
 });
 
+describe('crons_queue helper', function () {
+    test('uses the high queue on self-hosted', function () {
+        config(['constants.coolify.self_hosted' => true]);
+
+        expect(crons_queue())->toBe('high');
+    });
+
+    test('uses the crons queue on cloud', function () {
+        config(['constants.coolify.self_hosted' => false]);
+
+        expect(crons_queue())->toBe('crons');
+    });
+});
+
 describe('start action job routing', function () {
     test('routes to the deployments queue on cloud', function (string $actionClass) {
         config(['constants.coolify.self_hosted' => false]);
@@ -41,16 +57,18 @@ describe('start action job routing', function () {
     ]);
 });
 
-describe('scheduled job manager queue routing', function () {
-    test('uses the crons queue on cloud', function () {
+describe('scheduled job routing', function () {
+    test('scheduled jobs use the crons queue on cloud', function () {
         config(['constants.coolify.self_hosted' => false]);
 
         expect((new ScheduledJobManager)->queue)->toBe('crons');
+        expect((new DatabaseBackupJob(new ScheduledDatabaseBackup))->queue)->toBe('crons');
     });
 
-    test('uses the high queue on self-hosted', function () {
+    test('scheduled jobs use the high queue on self-hosted', function () {
         config(['constants.coolify.self_hosted' => true]);
 
         expect((new ScheduledJobManager)->queue)->toBe('high');
+        expect((new DatabaseBackupJob(new ScheduledDatabaseBackup))->queue)->toBe('high');
     });
 });