diff --git a/API/Program.cs b/API/Program.cs
index 20b73ea..a53b5ac 100644
--- a/API/Program.cs
+++ b/API/Program.cs
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ using (IServiceScope scope = app.Services.CreateScope())
 
 Tranga.ServiceProvider = app.Services;
 Tranga.StartLogger(new FileInfo("Log4Net.config.xml"));
+Tranga.StartupTasks();
 Tranga.AddDefaultWorkers();
 
 app.UseCors("AllowAll");
diff --git a/API/Tranga.cs b/API/Tranga.cs
index b948cf6..4cc68cd 100644
--- a/API/Tranga.cs
+++ b/API/Tranga.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ public static class Tranga
     internal static readonly StartNewChapterDownloadsWorker StartNewChapterDownloadsWorker = new();
     internal static readonly RemoveOldNotificationsWorker RemoveOldNotificationsWorker = new();
     internal static readonly UpdateCoversWorker UpdateCoversWorker = new();
-    internal static readonly UpdateLibraryConnectorsWorker UpdateLibraryConnectorsWorker = new();
     internal static readonly CleanupMangaconnectorIdsWithoutConnector CleanupMangaconnectorIdsWithoutConnector = new();
     // ReSharper restore MemberCanBePrivate.Global
 
@@ -43,18 +42,25 @@ public static class Tranga
         Log.Info(Constants.TRANGA);
     }
 
+    internal static void StartupTasks()
+    {
+        AddWorker(SendNotificationsWorker);
+        AddWorker(CleanupMangaconnectorIdsWithoutConnector);
+        AddWorker(UpdateChaptersDownloadedWorker);
+        AddWorker(CleanupMangaCoversWorker);
+        Log.Info("Waiting for startup to complete...");
+        while (new List<BaseWorker>() { CleanupMangaconnectorIdsWithoutConnector, UpdateChaptersDownloadedWorker, CleanupMangaCoversWorker}.Any(w => w.State < WorkerExecutionState.Completed))
+            Thread.Sleep(100);
+        Log.Info("Start complete!");
+    }
+
     internal static void AddDefaultWorkers()
     {
         AddWorker(UpdateMetadataWorker);
-        AddWorker(SendNotificationsWorker);
-        AddWorker(UpdateChaptersDownloadedWorker);
         AddWorker(CheckForNewChaptersWorker);
-        AddWorker(CleanupMangaCoversWorker);
         AddWorker(StartNewChapterDownloadsWorker);
         AddWorker(RemoveOldNotificationsWorker);
         AddWorker(UpdateCoversWorker);
-        AddWorker(UpdateLibraryConnectorsWorker);
-        AddWorker(CleanupMangaconnectorIdsWithoutConnector);
     }
 
     internal static bool TryGetMangaConnector(string name, [NotNullWhen(true)]out MangaConnector? mangaConnector)
diff --git a/API/Workers/PeriodicWorkers/MaintenanceWorkers/CleanupMangaCoversWorker.cs b/API/Workers/PeriodicWorkers/MaintenanceWorkers/CleanupMangaCoversWorker.cs
index 3ff656d..9c45afd 100644
--- a/API/Workers/PeriodicWorkers/MaintenanceWorkers/CleanupMangaCoversWorker.cs
+++ b/API/Workers/PeriodicWorkers/MaintenanceWorkers/CleanupMangaCoversWorker.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using API.Schema.MangaContext;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 
 namespace API.Workers.PeriodicWorkers.MaintenanceWorkers;
 
@@ -8,15 +9,15 @@ public class CleanupMangaCoversWorker(TimeSpan? interval = null, IEnumerable<Bas
     public DateTime LastExecution { get; set; } = DateTime.UnixEpoch;
     public TimeSpan Interval { get; set; } = interval ?? TimeSpan.FromHours(24);
     
-    protected override Task<BaseWorker[]> DoWorkInternal()
+    protected override async Task<BaseWorker[]> DoWorkInternal()
     {
         Log.Info("Removing stale files...");
-        string[] usedFiles = DbContext.Mangas.Select(m => m.CoverFileNameInCache).Where(s => s != null).ToArray()!;
+        string[] usedFiles = await DbContext.Mangas.Where(m => m.CoverFileNameInCache != null).Select(m => m.CoverFileNameInCache!).ToArrayAsync(CancellationToken);
         CleanupImageCache(usedFiles, TrangaSettings.CoverImageCacheOriginal);
         CleanupImageCache(usedFiles, TrangaSettings.CoverImageCacheLarge);
         CleanupImageCache(usedFiles, TrangaSettings.CoverImageCacheMedium);
         CleanupImageCache(usedFiles, TrangaSettings.CoverImageCacheSmall);
-        return new Task<BaseWorker[]>(() => []);
+        return [];
     }
 
     private void CleanupImageCache(string[] retainFilenames, string imageCachePath)
diff --git a/API/Workers/PeriodicWorkers/UpdateLibraryConnectorsWorker.cs b/API/Workers/PeriodicWorkers/UpdateLibraryConnectorsWorker.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index b57d547..0000000
--- a/API/Workers/PeriodicWorkers/UpdateLibraryConnectorsWorker.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-using API.Schema.LibraryContext;
-using API.Schema.LibraryContext.LibraryConnectors;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-
-namespace API.Workers.PeriodicWorkers;
-
-public class UpdateLibraryConnectorsWorker(TimeSpan? interval = null, IEnumerable<BaseWorker>? dependsOn = null)
-    : BaseWorkerWithContext<LibraryContext>(dependsOn), IPeriodic
-{
-    public DateTime LastExecution { get; set; } = DateTime.UnixEpoch;
-    public TimeSpan Interval { get; set; } = interval ?? TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10);
-    
-    protected override async Task<BaseWorker[]> DoWorkInternal()
-    {
-        List<LibraryConnector> connectors = await DbContext.LibraryConnectors.ToListAsync(CancellationToken);
-        foreach (LibraryConnector libraryConnector in connectors)
-            await libraryConnector.UpdateLibrary(CancellationToken);
-        return [];
-    }
-}
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