diff --git a/master.cfg b/master.cfg
index 8b6ad1f..516d2c0 100644
--- a/master.cfg
+++ b/master.cfg
@@ -1000,10 +1000,10 @@ def load_config (c):
     c['schedulers'] = []
     for s in config['schedulers']:
         # Ugh :-/.  There should be no special case here...
-        if s['type'] != 'Nightly':
+        if s['type'] != 'Nightly' and s['type'] != 'Try_Jobdir':
             s['treeStableTimer'] = None
             s['fileIsImportant'] = DefaultGDBfileIsImportant
-        else:
+        elif s['type'] == 'Nightly':
             try:
                 s['dayOfWeek'] = int (s['dayOfWeek'])
             except: