diff --git a/authentik/events/api/tasks.py b/authentik/events/api/tasks.py
index ca8926b15..99a97aa8d 100644
--- a/authentik/events/api/tasks.py
+++ b/authentik/events/api/tasks.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Tasks API"""
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from importlib import import_module
 
 from django.contrib import messages
@@ -6,13 +7,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from drf_spectacular.types import OpenApiTypes
 from drf_spectacular.utils import OpenApiResponse, extend_schema
 from rest_framework.decorators import action
-from rest_framework.fields import (
-    CharField,
-    ChoiceField,
-    DateTimeField,
-    ListField,
-    SerializerMethodField,
-)
+from rest_framework.fields import CharField, ChoiceField, ListField, SerializerMethodField
 from rest_framework.request import Request
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.serializers import ModelSerializer
@@ -32,8 +27,8 @@ class SystemTaskSerializer(ModelSerializer):
     full_name = SerializerMethodField()
     uid = CharField(required=False)
     description = CharField()
-    start_timestamp = DateTimeField()
-    finish_timestamp = DateTimeField()
+    start_timestamp = SerializerMethodField()
+    finish_timestamp = SerializerMethodField()
     duration = SerializerMethodField()
 
     status = ChoiceField(choices=[(x.value, x.name) for x in TaskStatus])
@@ -45,9 +40,15 @@ class SystemTaskSerializer(ModelSerializer):
             return f"{instance.name}:{instance.uid}"
         return instance.name
 
-    def get_duration(self, instance: SystemTask) -> int:
+    def get_start_timestamp(self, instance: SystemTask) -> datetime:
+        return datetime.fromtimestamp(instance.start_timestamp, tz=timezone.utc)
+
+    def get_finish_timestamp(self, instance: SystemTask) -> datetime:
+        return datetime.fromtimestamp(instance.finish_timestamp, tz=timezone.utc)
+
+    def get_duration(self, instance: SystemTask) -> float:
         """Get the duration a task took to run"""
-        return max(instance.finish_timestamp.timestamp() - instance.start_timestamp.timestamp(), 0)
+        return max(instance.finish_timestamp - instance.start_timestamp, 0)
 
     class Meta:
         model = SystemTask
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class SystemTaskViewSet(ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
     ordering = ["name", "uid", "status"]
     search_fields = ["name", "description", "uid", "status"]
 
-    @permission_required(None, ["authentik_events.rerun_task"])
+    @permission_required(None, ["authentik_events.run_task"])
     @extend_schema(
         request=OpenApiTypes.NONE,
         responses={
@@ -84,21 +85,21 @@ class SystemTaskViewSet(ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
         },
     )
     @action(detail=True, methods=["post"])
-    def retry(self, request: Request, pk=None) -> Response:
-        """Retry task"""
-        task = self.get_object()
+    def run(self, request: Request, pk=None) -> Response:
+        """Run task"""
+        task: SystemTask = self.get_object()
         try:
             task_module = import_module(task.task_call_module)
             task_func = getattr(task_module, task.task_call_func)
-            LOGGER.debug("Running task", task=task_func)
+            LOGGER.info("Running task", task=task_func)
             task_func.delay(*task.task_call_args, **task.task_call_kwargs)
             messages.success(
                 self.request,
-                _("Successfully re-scheduled Task %(name)s!" % {"name": task.task_name}),
+                _("Successfully started task %(name)s." % {"name": task.name}),
             )
             return Response(status=204)
-        except (ImportError, AttributeError):  # pragma: no cover
-            LOGGER.warning("Failed to run task, remove state", task=task)
+        except (ImportError, AttributeError) as exc:  # pragma: no cover
+            LOGGER.warning("Failed to run task, remove state", task=task.name, exc=exc)
             # if we get an import error, the module path has probably changed
             task.delete()
             return Response(status=500)
diff --git a/authentik/events/middleware.py b/authentik/events/middleware.py
index 9843402ab..d088fcfec 100644
--- a/authentik/events/middleware.py
+++ b/authentik/events/middleware.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from authentik.core.models import (
     UserSourceConnection,
 )
 from authentik.enterprise.providers.rac.models import ConnectionToken
-from authentik.events.models import Event, EventAction, Notification
+from authentik.events.models import Event, EventAction, Notification, SystemTask
 from authentik.events.utils import model_to_dict
 from authentik.flows.models import FlowToken, Stage
 from authentik.lib.sentry import before_send
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ IGNORED_MODELS = (
     SCIMGroup,
     Reputation,
     ConnectionToken,
+    SystemTask,
 )
 
 
diff --git a/authentik/events/migrations/0003_systemtask.py b/authentik/events/migrations/0003_systemtask.py
index 79ca4bf06..77bad3af8 100644
--- a/authentik/events/migrations/0003_systemtask.py
+++ b/authentik/events/migrations/0003_systemtask.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by Django 5.0.1 on 2024-01-13 20:14
+# Generated by Django 5.0.1 on 2024-01-13 21:42
 
 import uuid
 
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ),
                 ("name", models.TextField()),
                 ("uid", models.TextField(null=True)),
-                ("start_timestamp", models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
-                ("finish_timestamp", models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
+                ("start_timestamp", models.FloatField()),
+                ("finish_timestamp", models.FloatField()),
                 (
                     "status",
                     models.TextField(
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             options={
                 "verbose_name": "System Task",
                 "verbose_name_plural": "System Tasks",
-                "permissions": [("rerun_task", "Rerun task")],
+                "permissions": [("run_task", "Run task")],
                 "default_permissions": ["view"],
                 "unique_together": {("name", "uid")},
             },
diff --git a/authentik/events/models.py b/authentik/events/models.py
index 8d4c70a97..91d36c5a0 100644
--- a/authentik/events/models.py
+++ b/authentik/events/models.py
@@ -601,8 +601,8 @@ class SystemTask(SerializerModel, ExpiringModel):
     name = models.TextField()
     uid = models.TextField(null=True)
 
-    start_timestamp = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
-    finish_timestamp = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
+    start_timestamp = models.FloatField()
+    finish_timestamp = models.FloatField()
 
     status = models.TextField(choices=TaskStatus.choices)
 
@@ -636,6 +636,6 @@ class SystemTask(SerializerModel, ExpiringModel):
         unique_together = (("name", "uid"),)
         # Remove "add", "change" and "delete" permissions as those are not used
         default_permissions = ["view"]
-        permissions = [("rerun_task", _("Rerun task"))]
+        permissions = [("run_task", _("Run task"))]
         verbose_name = _("System Task")
         verbose_name_plural = _("System Tasks")
diff --git a/authentik/events/monitored_tasks.py b/authentik/events/monitored_tasks.py
index 43eb63719..383bc376c 100644
--- a/authentik/events/monitored_tasks.py
+++ b/authentik/events/monitored_tasks.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """Monitored tasks"""
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from datetime import timedelta
 from timeit import default_timer
 from typing import Any, Optional
 
@@ -69,10 +69,8 @@ class MonitoredTask(Task):
             uid=self._uid,
             defaults={
                 "description": self.__doc__,
-                "start_timestamp": datetime.fromtimestamp(
-                    self._start or default_timer(), tz=timezone.utc
-                ),
-                "finish_timestamp": datetime.fromtimestamp(default_timer(), tz=timezone.utc),
+                "start_timestamp": self._start or default_timer(),
+                "finish_timestamp": default_timer(),
                 "task_call_module": self.__module__,
                 "task_call_func": self.__name__,
                 "task_call_args": args,
@@ -95,10 +93,8 @@ class MonitoredTask(Task):
             uid=self._uid,
             defaults={
                 "description": self.__doc__,
-                "start_timestamp": datetime.fromtimestamp(
-                    self._start or default_timer(), tz=timezone.utc
-                ),
-                "finish_timestamp": datetime.fromtimestamp(default_timer(), tz=timezone.utc),
+                "start_timestamp": self._start or default_timer(),
+                "finish_timestamp": default_timer(),
                 "task_call_module": self.__module__,
                 "task_call_func": self.__name__,
                 "task_call_args": args,
diff --git a/blueprints/schema.json b/blueprints/schema.json
index 25f9d226c..946952b33 100644
--- a/blueprints/schema.json
+++ b/blueprints/schema.json
@@ -3252,16 +3252,6 @@
                     "minLength": 1,
                     "title": "Description"
                 },
-                "start_timestamp": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "format": "date-time",
-                    "title": "Start timestamp"
-                },
-                "finish_timestamp": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "format": "date-time",
-                    "title": "Finish timestamp"
-                },
                 "status": {
                     "type": "string",
                     "enum": [
diff --git a/schema.yml b/schema.yml
index 729eb6a61..e12028bdb 100644
--- a/schema.yml
+++ b/schema.yml
@@ -6944,10 +6944,10 @@ paths:
               schema:
                 $ref: '#/components/schemas/GenericError'
           description: ''
-  /events/system_tasks/{uuid}/retry/:
+  /events/system_tasks/{uuid}/run/:
     post:
-      operationId: events_system_tasks_retry_create
-      description: Retry task
+      operationId: events_system_tasks_run_create
+      description: Run task
       parameters:
       - in: path
         name: uuid
@@ -42719,11 +42719,14 @@ components:
         start_timestamp:
           type: string
           format: date-time
+          readOnly: true
         finish_timestamp:
           type: string
           format: date-time
+          readOnly: true
         duration:
-          type: integer
+          type: number
+          format: double
           description: Get the duration a task took to run
           readOnly: true
         status:
diff --git a/web/src/admin/system-tasks/SystemTaskListPage.ts b/web/src/admin/system-tasks/SystemTaskListPage.ts
index 85d3e0a14..82dc9171f 100644
--- a/web/src/admin/system-tasks/SystemTaskListPage.ts
+++ b/web/src/admin/system-tasks/SystemTaskListPage.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export class SystemTaskListPage extends TablePage<SystemTask> {
                 class="pf-m-plain"
                 .apiRequest=${() => {
                     return new EventsApi(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
-                        .eventsSystemTasksRetryCreate({
+                        .eventsSystemTasksRunCreate({
                             uuid: item.uuid,
                         })
                         .then(() => {