diff --git a/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/nmservice/deployment/containerorchestrators/kubernetes/HelmRepoUpdateScheduleConfig.java b/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/nmservice/deployment/containerorchestrators/kubernetes/HelmRepoUpdateScheduleConfig.java
index 2ec076d268ab0633c0616fb818af2b62eaabc141..de2177e7424bfa49a7741d2a8ef859797092ff07 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/nmservice/deployment/containerorchestrators/kubernetes/HelmRepoUpdateScheduleConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/nmservice/deployment/containerorchestrators/kubernetes/HelmRepoUpdateScheduleConfig.java
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package net.geant.nmaas.nmservice.deployment.containerorchestrators.kubernetes;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import lombok.extern.log4j.Log4j2;
+import net.geant.nmaas.nmservice.deployment.containerorchestrators.kubernetes.components.helm.HelmKServiceManager;
 import net.geant.nmaas.scheduling.ScheduleManager;
+import net.geant.nmaas.utils.ssh.CommandExecutionException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
@@ -20,6 +22,9 @@ public class HelmRepoUpdateScheduleConfig {
     public InitializingBean insertDefaultHelmRepoUpdateJob() {
         return new InitializingBean() {
 
+            @Autowired
+            private HelmKServiceManager helmKServiceManager;
+
             @Autowired
             private HelmRepoUpdateJob helmRepoUpdateJob;
 
@@ -39,7 +44,13 @@ public class HelmRepoUpdateScheduleConfig {
                     if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(helmRepoUpdateAsyncCron)) {
                         log.warn("Asynchronous Helm repo update cron expression not provided.");
                     } else {
-                        this.scheduleManager.createJob(helmRepoUpdateJob, HELM_REPO_UPDATE_JOB_NAME, helmRepoUpdateAsyncCron);
+                        scheduleManager.createJob(helmRepoUpdateJob, HELM_REPO_UPDATE_JOB_NAME, helmRepoUpdateAsyncCron);
+                        // execute helm repo update right away
+                        try {
+                            helmKServiceManager.updateHelmRepo();
+                        } catch (CommandExecutionException e) {
+                            log.warn("Wasn't able to execute Helm repo update on startup", e);
+                        }
                     }
                 } else {
                     log.warn("Asynchronous Helm repo update is disabled.");