diff --git a/lib/Config/Populator.php b/lib/Config/Populator.php
index 1670114aa1..9d7231337c 100644
--- a/lib/Config/Populator.php
+++ b/lib/Config/Populator.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Populator {
     if(!Setting::getValue(CronTrigger::SETTING_NAME)) {
       // disable task scheduler (cron) be default
       Setting::setValue(CronTrigger::SETTING_NAME, array(
-        'method' => 'WordPress'
+        'method' => CronTrigger::DEFAULT_METHOD
       ));
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php b/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php
index 6c4079d312..9d5f88aec8 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/CronTrigger.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class CronTrigger {
     'mailpoet' => 'MailPoet',
     'wordpress' => 'WordPress'
   );
+  const DEFAULT_METHOD = 'WordPress';
   const SETTING_NAME = 'cron_trigger';
 
   function __construct() {
diff --git a/lib/Models/Setting.php b/lib/Models/Setting.php
index 8f823f486f..bf19a03e2d 100644
--- a/lib/Models/Setting.php
+++ b/lib/Models/Setting.php
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 namespace MailPoet\Models;
 
+use MailPoet\Cron\CronTrigger;
+
 if(!defined('ABSPATH')) exit;
 
 class Setting extends Model {
@@ -38,8 +40,8 @@ class Setting extends Model {
           'interval' => self::DEFAULT_SENDING_FREQUENCY_INTERVAL
         )
       ),
-      'task_scheduler' => array(
-        'method' => 'WordPress'
+      CronTrigger::SETTING_NAME => array(
+        'method' => CronTrigger::DEFAULT_METHOD
       ),
       'signup_confirmation' => array(
         'enabled' => true,