diff --git a/archivebox/cli/archivebox_add.py b/archivebox/cli/archivebox_add.py
index 85ed2725..6d2ea4c7 100644
--- a/archivebox/cli/archivebox_add.py
+++ b/archivebox/cli/archivebox_add.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def add(
         label=f"{USER}@{HOSTNAME} $ {cmd_str} [{timestamp}]",
         created_by_id=created_by_id,
         status=Crawl.StatusChoices.QUEUED,
-        retry_at=None if (index_only or bg) else timezone.now(),
+        retry_at=None if index_only else timezone.now(),
         config=crawl_config,
     )