diff --git a/src/khoj/interface/web/config.html b/src/khoj/interface/web/config.html
index b87267b8..882957d9 100644
--- a/src/khoj/interface/web/config.html
+++ b/src/khoj/interface/web/config.html
@@ -661,8 +661,6 @@
 
     function deleteTask(taskId) {
         const scheduledTaskList = document.getElementById("scheduled-tasks-list");
-        // url encode the task id
-        taskId = encodeURIComponent(taskId);
         fetch(`/api/task?task_id=${taskId}`, {
             method: 'DELETE',
         })
diff --git a/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py b/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py
index 913468ec..f210f974 100644
--- a/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py
+++ b/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import functools
+import hashlib
 import json
 import logging
 import math
@@ -400,6 +401,8 @@ async def websocket_endpoint(
             except ValueError as e:
                 await send_complete_llm_response(f"Unable to create reminder with crontime schedule: {crontime}")
                 continue
+            # Generate the job id from the hash of inferred_query and crontime
+            job_id = hashlib.md5(f"{inferred_query}_{crontime}".encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
             partial_scheduled_chat = functools.partial(
                 scheduled_chat, inferred_query, websocket.user.object, websocket.url
             )
@@ -411,7 +414,7 @@ async def websocket_endpoint(
                         partial_scheduled_chat,
                         f"{ProcessLock.Operation.SCHEDULED_JOB}_{user.uuid}_{inferred_query}",
                     ),
-                    id=f"job_{user.uuid}_{inferred_query}_{crontime}",
+                    id=f"job_{user.uuid}_{job_id}",
                     name=f"{inferred_query}",
                     max_instances=2,  # Allow second instance to kill any previous instance with stale lock
                     jitter=30,
@@ -663,13 +666,15 @@ async def chat(
                 status_code=500,
             )
 
+        # Generate the job id from the hash of inferred_query and crontime
+        job_id = hashlib.md5(f"{inferred_query}_{crontime}".encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
         partial_scheduled_chat = functools.partial(scheduled_chat, inferred_query, request.user.object, request.url)
         try:
             job = state.scheduler.add_job(
                 run_with_process_lock,
                 trigger=trigger,
                 args=(partial_scheduled_chat, f"{ProcessLock.Operation.SCHEDULED_JOB}_{user.uuid}_{inferred_query}"),
-                id=f"job_{user.uuid}_{inferred_query}_{crontime}",
+                id=f"job_{user.uuid}_{job_id}",
                 name=f"{inferred_query}",
                 max_instances=2,  # Allow second instance to kill any previous instance with stale lock
                 jitter=30,