diff --git a/cgi.d b/cgi.d
index 0d5c2aa..6688fdc 100644
--- a/cgi.d
+++ b/cgi.d
@@ -5914,8 +5914,8 @@ final class ScheduledJobServerImplementation : ScheduledJobServer, EventIoServer
 				throw new Exception("epoll_ctl " ~ to!string(errno));
 
 			jobs[nj] = job;
+			return nj;
 		} else assert(0);
-		return nj;
 	}
 
 	protected void cancelJob(int jobId) {