diff --git a/samples/Foundatio.HostingSample/Program.cs b/samples/Foundatio.HostingSample/Program.cs
index 725fddb2..258d0b7d 100644
--- a/samples/Foundatio.HostingSample/Program.cs
+++ b/samples/Foundatio.HostingSample/Program.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Foundatio.Caching;
 using Foundatio.Extensions.Hosting.Jobs;
 using Foundatio.Extensions.Hosting.Startup;
 using Foundatio.Jobs;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ public static IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(string[] args)
             {
                 // will shutdown the host if no jobs are running
                 s.AddJobLifetimeService();
+                s.AddSingleton<ICacheClient>(_ => new InMemoryCacheClient());
 
                 // inserts a startup action that does not complete until the critical health checks are healthy
                 // gets inserted as 1st startup action so that any other startup actions dont run until the critical resources are available
diff --git a/src/Foundatio.Extensions.Hosting/Jobs/ScheduledJobManager.cs b/src/Foundatio.Extensions.Hosting/Jobs/ScheduledJobManager.cs
index 0cb90f7b..589c1697 100644
--- a/src/Foundatio.Extensions.Hosting/Jobs/ScheduledJobManager.cs
+++ b/src/Foundatio.Extensions.Hosting/Jobs/ScheduledJobManager.cs
@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ public ScheduledJobManager(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, ILoggerFactory logg
         _serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
         _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
         var cacheClient = serviceProvider.GetService<ICacheClient>();
+        bool hasCacheClient = cacheClient != null;
+        _cacheClient = cacheClient ?? new InMemoryCacheClient(o => o.LoggerFactory(loggerFactory));
         _jobs.AddRange(serviceProvider.GetServices<ScheduledJobRegistration>().Select(j => new ScheduledJobRunner(j.Options, serviceProvider, _cacheClient, loggerFactory)));
         _jobsArray = _jobs.ToArray();
-        if (_jobs.Any(j => j.Options.IsDistributed && cacheClient == null))
+        if (_jobs.Any(j => j.Options.IsDistributed && !hasCacheClient))
             throw new ArgumentException("A distributed cache client is required to run distributed jobs.");
-        _cacheClient = cacheClient ?? new InMemoryCacheClient(o => o.LoggerFactory(loggerFactory));
     }
 
     public void AddOrUpdate<TJob>(string cronSchedule, Action<ScheduledJobOptionsBuilder> configure = null) where TJob : class, IJob