diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/web/action/admin/SchedulerAction.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/web/action/admin/SchedulerAction.java
index c81b7c234..25a9bb510 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/web/action/admin/SchedulerAction.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/web/action/admin/SchedulerAction.java
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ public class SchedulerAction
         {
             try
             {
-                taskScheduler.queueRepositoryTask( task );
                 addActionMessage( "Your request to have repository [" + repoid + "] be indexed has been queued." );
+                taskScheduler.queueRepositoryTask( task );                
             }
             catch ( TaskQueueException e )
             {