diff --git a/scheduler.sh b/scheduler.sh
index 1104e356bdd302fee275f8e97d22bbf2bffd3a74..08ee523c558433393a6b9785191642add172f64e 100755
--- a/scheduler.sh
+++ b/scheduler.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 # 2016-11-10  ah,ds  v1.0
 # ================================================================================
 
+echo "ERROR: $0 was DISABLED."
+echo "start $( dirname \"$0\" )/backup.sh by cron when you wish to start the backup."
+exit 1
+
 . `dirname $0`/jobhelper.sh