diff -r -U4 vixie-cron-4.1/cron.c vixie-cron-4.1+reloadfirst/cron.c
--- vixie-cron-4.1/cron.c	2004-08-27 19:09:33.000000000 +0100
+++ vixie-cron-4.1+reloadfirst/cron.c	2009-11-08 14:53:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -155,8 +155,10 @@
 			set_time(FALSE);
 		} while (clockTime == timeRunning);
 		timeRunning = clockTime;
 
+		load_database(&database);
+
 		/*
 		 * Calculate how the current time differs from our virtual
 		 * clock.  Classify the change into one of 4 cases.
 		 */
@@ -260,9 +262,8 @@
 		if (got_sigchld) {
 			got_sigchld = 0;
 			sigchld_reaper();
 		}
-		load_database(&database);
 	}
 }
 
 static void