diff --git a/app/models/scheduler.rb b/app/models/scheduler.rb
index 844fe5f84170..0c5db3386833 100644
--- a/app/models/scheduler.rb
+++ b/app/models/scheduler.rb
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ def self.threads
     Thread.abort_on_exception = true
 
     # reconnect in case db connection is lost
-    # See issue #1080
     begin
       ActiveRecord::Base.connection.reconnect!
-    rescue PG::UnableToSend => e # rubocop:disable Lint/HandleExceptions
     rescue => e
       logger.error "Can't reconnect to database #{e.inspect}"
     end
diff --git a/script/scheduler.rb b/script/scheduler.rb
index 5be7db8c356a..fdd2e8523bb7 100755
--- a/script/scheduler.rb
+++ b/script/scheduler.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 
 def before_fork
 
+  # clear all connections before for, reconnect later ActiveRecord::Base.connection.reconnect!
+  # issue #1405 - Scheduler not running because of Bad file descriptor in PGConsumeInput()
+  # https://github.com/zammad/zammad/issues/1405
+  # see also https://bitbucket.org/ged/ruby-pg/issues/260/frequent-crashes-with-multithreading
+  ActiveRecord::Base.clear_all_connections!
+
   # remember open file handles
   @files_to_reopen = []
   ObjectSpace.each_object(File) do |file|