diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/injection/BaseWorker.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/injection/BaseWorker.kt
index 347594866..1a06b7ab9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/injection/BaseWorker.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/injection/BaseWorker.kt
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 package org.tasks.injection
 
 import android.content.Context
-import androidx.work.CoroutineWorker
+import androidx.work.Worker
 import androidx.work.WorkerParameters
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.tasks.analytics.Firebase
 import timber.log.Timber
 
 abstract class BaseWorker(
         internal val context: Context,
         workerParams: WorkerParameters,
-        internal val firebase: Firebase) : CoroutineWorker(context, workerParams) {
+        internal val firebase: Firebase
+) : Worker(context, workerParams) {
 
-    override suspend fun doWork(): Result {
+    override fun doWork(): Result {
         Timber.d("%s.doWork()", javaClass.simpleName)
         return try {
-            run()
+            runBlocking {
+                run()
+            }
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             firebase.reportException(e)
             Result.failure()
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/jobs/RepeatingWorker.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/jobs/RepeatingWorker.kt
index 9586a4df8..0f049d397 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/jobs/RepeatingWorker.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/jobs/RepeatingWorker.kt
@@ -2,17 +2,21 @@ package org.tasks.jobs
 
 import android.content.Context
 import androidx.work.WorkerParameters
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.tasks.analytics.Firebase
 import org.tasks.injection.BaseWorker
 
 abstract class RepeatingWorker internal constructor(
         context: Context,
         workerParams: WorkerParameters,
-        firebase: Firebase) : BaseWorker(context, workerParams, firebase) {
+        firebase: Firebase
+) : BaseWorker(context, workerParams, firebase) {
 
-    override suspend fun doWork(): Result {
+    override fun doWork(): Result {
         val result = super.doWork()
-        scheduleNext()
+        runBlocking {
+            scheduleNext()
+        }
         return result
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/jobs/WorkManagerImpl.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/jobs/WorkManagerImpl.kt
index 5c3f8e3cc..22b55b92d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/jobs/WorkManagerImpl.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/jobs/WorkManagerImpl.kt
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class WorkManagerImpl constructor(
                     .build()
 
     @SuppressLint("EnqueueWork")
-    private suspend fun enqueueUnique(key: String, c: Class<out CoroutineWorker?>, time: Long) {
+    private suspend fun enqueueUnique(key: String, c: Class<out Worker?>, time: Long) {
         val delay = time - DateUtilities.now()
         val builder = OneTimeWorkRequest.Builder(c)
         if (delay > 0) {