diff --git a/apps/sched/boot.js b/apps/sched/boot.js
index 3020f4945..98bb0ff7d 100644
--- a/apps/sched/boot.js
+++ b/apps/sched/boot.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     will then clearInterval() to get rid of this call so it can proceed
     normally.
     If active[0].js is defined, just run that code as-is and not alarm.js */
-    Bangle.SCHED = setTimeout(require("Storage").read(active[0].js)!==undefined ? active[0].js : 'load("sched.js")',t);
+    Bangle.SCHED = setTimeout(active[0].js||'load("sched.js")',t);
   } else { // check for new alarms at midnight (so day of week works)
     Bangle.SCHED = setTimeout('eval(require("Storage").read("sched.boot.js"))', 86400000 - (Date.now()%86400000));
   }