diff --git a/codeflash/tracing/tracing_new_process.py b/codeflash/tracing/tracing_new_process.py
index fa3ae2f9c..e17ff14e9 100644
--- a/codeflash/tracing/tracing_new_process.py
+++ b/codeflash/tracing/tracing_new_process.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import threading
 import time
 from collections import defaultdict
+from importlib.util import find_spec
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, ClassVar
 
@@ -47,6 +48,17 @@ def __init__(self, code: FakeCode, prior: FakeFrame | None) -> None:
         self.f_locals: dict = {}
 
 
+def patch_ap_scheduler() -> None:
+    if find_spec("apscheduler"):
+        import apscheduler.schedulers.background as bg
+        import apscheduler.schedulers.blocking as bb
+        from apscheduler.schedulers import base
+
+        bg.BackgroundScheduler.start = lambda _, *_a, **_k: None
+        bb.BlockingScheduler.start = lambda _, *_a, **_k: None
+        base.BaseScheduler.add_job = lambda _, *_a, **_k: None
+
+
 # Debug this file by simply adding print statements. This file is not meant to be debugged by the debugger.
 class Tracer:
     """Use this class as a 'with' context manager to trace a function call.
@@ -820,6 +832,7 @@ def runctx(self, cmd: str, global_vars: dict[str, Any], local_vars: dict[str, An
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     args_dict = json.loads(sys.argv[-1])
     sys.argv = sys.argv[1:-1]
+    patch_ap_scheduler()
     if args_dict["module"]:
         import runpy
 
diff --git a/codeflash/version.py b/codeflash/version.py
index 3a496cb4c..bf7c8a1b5 100644
--- a/codeflash/version.py
+++ b/codeflash/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # These version placeholders will be replaced by uv-dynamic-versioning during build.
-__version__ = "0.17.0"
+__version__ = "0.16.7.post46.dev0+444ff121"