diff --git a/src/Pilgaard.BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobService.cs b/src/Pilgaard.BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobService.cs
index 2e6ba70..9f1805e 100644
--- a/src/Pilgaard.BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobService.cs
+++ b/src/Pilgaard.BackgroundJobs/BackgroundJobService.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Diagnostics.Metrics;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 
 namespace Pilgaard.BackgroundJobs;
 
@@ -28,9 +29,10 @@ internal sealed class BackgroundJobService : IBackgroundJobService
     private readonly IServiceScopeFactory _scopeFactory;
     private readonly ILogger<BackgroundJobService> _logger;
     private readonly IBackgroundJobScheduler _backgroundJobScheduler;
+    private readonly BackgroundJobServiceOptions _backgroundJobServiceOptions;
 
     private event Func<object, EventArgs, BackgroundJobRegistration, CancellationToken, Task>? RecurringJobTimerTriggered;
-    private static readonly List<IDisposable> _recurringJobTimers = new();
+    private static readonly List<IDisposable> _recurringJobTimers = [];
 
     private static readonly Meter _meter = new(
         name: typeof(BackgroundJobService).Assembly.GetName().Name!,
@@ -49,14 +51,17 @@ internal sealed class BackgroundJobService : IBackgroundJobService
     /// <param name="scopeFactory">The factory used when constructing background jobs.</param>
     /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
     /// <param name="backgroundJobScheduler">The background job scheduler used to retrieve jobs when they should be run.</param>
+    /// <param name="backgroundJobServiceOptions">The options holding all <see cref="BackgroundJobRegistration"/>s, used to determine whether the <see cref="BackgroundJobService"/> should begin polling for occurrences or not.</param>
     public BackgroundJobService(
         IServiceScopeFactory scopeFactory,
         ILogger<BackgroundJobService> logger,
-        IBackgroundJobScheduler backgroundJobScheduler)
+        IBackgroundJobScheduler backgroundJobScheduler,
+        IOptions<BackgroundJobServiceOptions> backgroundJobServiceOptions)
     {
         _scopeFactory = scopeFactory ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(scopeFactory));
         _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
         _backgroundJobScheduler = backgroundJobScheduler ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(backgroundJobScheduler));
+        _backgroundJobServiceOptions = backgroundJobServiceOptions.Value;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -65,19 +70,27 @@ public BackgroundJobService(
     /// <param name="cancellationToken">A <see cref="CancellationToken"/>
     /// which can be used to cancel the background jobs.</param>
     /// <returns>
-    /// A <see cref="Task"/> which will complete when all background jobs have been run, and there are no more occurrences of any of them.
+    /// A <see cref="Task"/> which will complete when all background jobs have been run, and there are no more occurrences of them.
     /// </returns>
     public async Task RunJobsAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         ScheduleRecurringJobs(cancellationToken);
 
+        if (_backgroundJobServiceOptions
+                .Registrations
+                .Count(registration => registration.IsRecurringJob is false) is 0)
+        {
+            _logger.LogInformation("No {OneTimeJob} or {CronJob} have been registered.",
+                nameof(IOneTimeJob), nameof(ICronJob));
+            return;
+        }
+
         while (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
         {
             _logger.LogDebug("Scheduling background jobs.");
 
             var backgroundJobsToRun = _backgroundJobScheduler
                 .GetBackgroundJobsAsync(cancellationToken)
-                .WithCancellation(cancellationToken)
                 .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             await foreach (var registration in backgroundJobsToRun)
diff --git a/tests/Pilgaard.BackgroundJobs.Tests/BackgroundJobSchedulerTests.cs b/tests/Pilgaard.BackgroundJobs.Tests/BackgroundJobSchedulerTests.cs
index a9aa27c..f59975e 100644
--- a/tests/Pilgaard.BackgroundJobs.Tests/BackgroundJobSchedulerTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Pilgaard.BackgroundJobs.Tests/BackgroundJobSchedulerTests.cs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public async Task return_background_jobs_when_they_should_be_run()
 
         try
         {
-            await foreach (var backgroundJob in backgroundJobs.WithCancellation(cts.Token))
+            await foreach (var backgroundJob in backgroundJobs)
             {
                 var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
                 now.Second.Should().Be(startTime.AddSeconds(index++).Second);
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public async Task be_able_to_return_all_types_of_background_job()
             _testOutput.WriteLine($"[{backgroundJobType}]: {occurrence}");
         }
 
-        distinctBackgroundJobs.Count.Should().Be(3);
+        distinctBackgroundJobs.Should().HaveCount(3);
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public async Task throw_an_argument_exception_when_background_jobs_have_the_same
         await using var serviceProvider = _services.BuildServiceProvider();
 
         // Act && Assert
-        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IBackgroundJobScheduler>());
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IBackgroundJobScheduler>);
     }
 
     [Fact]
diff --git a/tests/Pilgaard.BackgroundJobs.Tests/BackgroundJobServiceTests.cs b/tests/Pilgaard.BackgroundJobs.Tests/BackgroundJobServiceTests.cs
index d06c6e2..5e9c04b 100644
--- a/tests/Pilgaard.BackgroundJobs.Tests/BackgroundJobServiceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Pilgaard.BackgroundJobs.Tests/BackgroundJobServiceTests.cs
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 using Cronos;
 using FluentAssertions;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
-using Xunit.Abstractions;
 
 namespace Pilgaard.BackgroundJobs.Tests;
 public class backgroundjobservice_should
 {
-    private readonly ITestOutputHelper _testOutput;
     private readonly IServiceCollection _services;
 
-    public backgroundjobservice_should(ITestOutputHelper testOutput)
+    public backgroundjobservice_should()
     {
-        _testOutput = testOutput;
         _services = new ServiceCollection().AddLogging();
     }
 
@@ -53,4 +50,24 @@ public async Task run_background_jobs()
         output3.Should().NotBeNull();
         output4.Should().NotBeNull();
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task return_early_when_only_recurring_jobs_are_registered()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        _services.AddBackgroundJobs()
+            .AddJob("FastRecurringJob", () => { }, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1))
+            .AddJob("FastRecurringJobWithInitialDelay", () => { }, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), TimeSpan.Zero);
+
+        await using var serviceProvider = _services.BuildServiceProvider();
+
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15));
+
+        var sut = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IBackgroundJobService>();
+
+        // Act
+        await sut.RunJobsAsync(cts.Token);
+
+        // The assertion is that RunJobsAsync does not keep running, because it returns early
+    }
 }