diff --git a/scrapers/cron.go b/scrapers/cron.go
index 7023fbbbb..bdc139bc2 100644
--- a/scrapers/cron.go
+++ b/scrapers/cron.go
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ func SyncScrapeJob(sc api.ScrapeContext) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func scheduleScraperJob(sc api.ScrapeContext) error {
+func newScraperJob(sc api.ScrapeContext) *job.Job {
 	schedule, _ := lo.Coalesce(sc.ScrapeConfig().Spec.Schedule, DefaultSchedule)
-	j := &job.Job{
+	return &job.Job{
 		Name:         "Scraper",
 		Context:      sc.DutyContext().WithObject(sc.ScrapeConfig().ObjectMeta).WithAnyValue("scraper", sc.ScrapeConfig()),
 		Schedule:     schedule,
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ func scheduleScraperJob(sc api.ScrapeContext) error {
 			return nil
 		},
 	}
+}
+
+func scheduleScraperJob(sc api.ScrapeContext) error {
+	j := newScraperJob(sc)
 
 	scrapeJobs.Store(sc.ScrapeConfig().GetPersistedID().String(), j)
 	if err := j.AddToScheduler(scrapeJobScheduler); err != nil {
diff --git a/scrapers/run_now.go b/scrapers/run_now.go
index 38ba03ba3..11c7ca94a 100644
--- a/scrapers/run_now.go
+++ b/scrapers/run_now.go
@@ -28,16 +28,14 @@ func RunNowHandler(c echo.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	ctx := api.DefaultContext.WithScrapeConfig(&configScraper)
-	results, err := RunScraper(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return echo.NewHTTPError(http.StatusInternalServerError, "failed to run scraper", err)
-	}
-
+	j := newScraperJob(ctx)
+	j.Run()
 	res := v1.RunNowResponse{
-		Total:  len(results),
-		Errors: results.Errors(),
+		Total:   j.LastJob.SuccessCount + j.LastJob.ErrorCount,
+		Errors:  j.LastJob.Errors,
+		Failed:  len(j.LastJob.Errors),
+		Success: j.LastJob.SuccessCount,
 	}
-	res.Failed = len(res.Errors)
-	res.Success = res.Total - res.Failed
+
 	return c.JSON(http.StatusOK, res)
 }