diff --git a/src/QueuedJobProgressService.php b/src/QueuedJobProgressService.php
index e177664..711d542 100644
--- a/src/QueuedJobProgressService.php
+++ b/src/QueuedJobProgressService.php
@@ -7,13 +7,17 @@
 class QueuedJobProgressService extends QueuedJobService
 {
     /**
-     * Make public
+     * Make public and immediately write the results to the table.
      *
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     public function copyJobToDescriptor($job, $jobDescriptor)
     {
-        return parent::copyJobToDescriptor($job, $jobDescriptor);
+        $result = parent::copyJobToDescriptor($job, $jobDescriptor);
+
+        $jobDescriptor->write();
+
+        return $result;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -25,4 +29,4 @@ public function copyDescriptorToJob($jobDescriptor, $job)
 
         $job->jobDescriptorId = $jobDescriptor->ID;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}