diff --git a/lib/Config/Initializer.php b/lib/Config/Initializer.php
index 0e541c383d..1e76ea450b 100644
--- a/lib/Config/Initializer.php
+++ b/lib/Config/Initializer.php
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ class Initializer {
   /** @var Menu */
   private $menu;
 
+  /** @var CronTrigger */
+  private $cron_trigger;
+
   const INITIALIZED = 'MAILPOET_INITIALIZED';
 
   function __construct(
@@ -64,7 +67,8 @@ class Initializer {
     Router\Router $router,
     Hooks $hooks,
     Changelog $changelog,
-    Menu $menu
+    Menu $menu,
+    CronTrigger $cron_trigger
   ) {
       $this->container = $container;
       $this->renderer_factory = $renderer_factory;
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ class Initializer {
       $this->hooks = $hooks;
       $this->changelog = $changelog;
       $this->menu = $menu;
+      $this->cron_trigger = $cron_trigger;
   }
 
   function init() {
@@ -253,8 +258,7 @@ class Initializer {
   function setupCronTrigger() {
     // setup cron trigger only outside of cli environment
     if (php_sapi_name() !== 'cli') {
-      $cron_trigger = $this->container->get(CronTrigger::class);
-      $cron_trigger->init();
+      $this->cron_trigger->init();
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php b/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php
index e625fb068f..85497febde 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ use MailPoet\Settings\SettingsController;
 if (!defined('ABSPATH')) exit;
 
 class CronTrigger {
-  public $current_method;
+  /** @var SettingsController */
+  private $settings;
+
   public static $available_methods = array(
     'mailpoet' => 'MailPoet',
     'wordpress' => 'WordPress',
@@ -16,13 +18,14 @@ class CronTrigger {
   const DEFAULT_METHOD = 'WordPress';
   const SETTING_NAME = 'cron_trigger';
 
-  function __construct(SettingsController $settingsController) {
-    $this->current_method = $settingsController->get(self::SETTING_NAME . '.method');
+  function __construct(SettingsController $settings) {
+    $this->settings = $settings;
   }
 
   function init() {
+    $current_method = $this->settings->get(self::SETTING_NAME . '.method');
     try {
-      $trigger_class = __NAMESPACE__ . '\Triggers\\' . $this->current_method;
+      $trigger_class = __NAMESPACE__ . '\Triggers\\' . $current_method;
       return (class_exists($trigger_class)) ?
         $trigger_class::run() :
         false;
diff --git a/tests/integration/Cron/CronTriggerTest.php b/tests/integration/Cron/CronTriggerTest.php
index 40d5a8438f..8cde29b469 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Cron/CronTriggerTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Cron/CronTriggerTest.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 namespace MailPoet\Test\Cron;
 
+use Codeception\Stub;
 use MailPoet\Cron\CronTrigger;
 use MailPoet\Models\Setting;
 use MailPoet\Settings\SettingsController;
@@ -32,31 +33,35 @@ class CronTriggerTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     );
   }
 
-  function testItCanConstruct() {
-    expect($this->cron_trigger->current_method)
-      ->equals(CronTrigger::DEFAULT_METHOD);
-  }
-
   function testItCanReturnAvailableMethods() {
     expect($this->cron_trigger->getAvailableMethods())
       ->equals(CronTrigger::$available_methods);
   }
 
   function testItCanInitializeCronTriggerMethod() {
-    $cron_trigger = $this->cron_trigger;
-    $cron_trigger->current_method = 'CronTriggerMockMethod';
+    $settings_mock = Stub::makeEmpty(
+      SettingsController::class,
+      ['get' => 'CronTriggerMockMethod']
+    );
+    $cron_trigger = new CronTrigger($settings_mock);
     expect($cron_trigger->init())->true();
   }
 
   function testItReturnsFalseWhenItCantInitializeCronTriggerMethod() {
-    $cron_trigger = $this->cron_trigger;
-    $cron_trigger->current_method = 'MockInvalidMethod';
+    $settings_mock = Stub::makeEmpty(
+      SettingsController::class,
+      ['get' => 'MockInvalidMethod']
+    );
+    $cron_trigger = new CronTrigger($settings_mock);
     expect($cron_trigger->init())->false();
   }
 
   function testItIgnoresExceptionsThrownFromCronTriggerMethods() {
-    $cron_trigger = $this->cron_trigger;
-    $cron_trigger->current_method = 'CronTriggerMockMethodWithException';
+    $settings_mock = Stub::makeEmpty(
+      SettingsController::class,
+      ['get' => 'CronTriggerMockMethodWithException']
+    );
+    $cron_trigger = new CronTrigger($settings_mock);
     expect($cron_trigger->init())->null();
   }