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Hi! I've followed <https://docs.prefect.io/tutorials/deployments/|this tutorial> to set up a scheduled deployment in Prefect Cloud.
I edited the yaml with
```schedule:
  cron: '*/5 * * * *'
  timezone: null
  day_or: true
is_schedule_active: true```
To have it run every 5 minutes, and then applied it.
When I run
```prefect agent start -q 'test'```
I see output from my deployment every 5 minutes, so its working, but as soon as I `ctrc + C` to exit the output of the agent, it stops, and nothing is scheduled. How do I get the agent to run without my terminal? :slightly_smiling_face:

run it as a service <https://discourse.prefect.io/t/how-to-run-a-prefect-2-agent-as-a-systemd-service-on-linux/1450>

or run in background prefect agent start -q 'test' &amp;

Since we are using Prefect Cloud... Or have I missed something?

So I need to have my laptop running for the jobs to run..?

If you are using Linux then "Screen" command will help 
You can run prefect agent start -q test in the screen and detach it, it will run in background

I come from an Airflow background, on Airflow all execution is on the server. Are you saying that Prefect is not a Airflow replacement? Sorry, I'm just feeling really confused, I just want to kill our Airflow/composer instance  :smile:

Prefect is just the scheduler and orchestration, the agent and jobs run on your infrastructure

Oh I did not know that. Ok I'll look into how its set up on GCP. Thanks.