diff --git a/Sources/App/Config.swift b/Sources/App/Config.swift
index 5b595f9..bc1db0b 100644
--- a/Sources/App/Config.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/Config.swift
@@ -39,21 +39,21 @@ extension Config {
 
     init(loadFrom url: URL) throws {
         guard FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: url.path) else {
-            log("No configuration file found at \(url.path)")
+            print("No configuration file found at \(url.path)")
             fatalError("No configuration file found")
         }
         let data: Data
         do {
             data = try Data(contentsOf: url)
         } catch {
-            log("Failed to read config data: \(error)")
+            print("Failed to read config data: \(error)")
             throw error
         }
         do {
             self = try JSONDecoder().decode(Config.self, from: data)
         } catch {
-               log("Failed to decode config data: \(error)")
-               throw error
-           }
+            print("Failed to decode config data: \(error)")
+            throw error
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/App/configure.swift b/Sources/App/configure.swift
index 537c949..d0aeae5 100755
--- a/Sources/App/configure.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/configure.swift
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import ClairvoyantBinaryCodable
 var deviceManager: DeviceManager!
 
 private var provider: VaporMetricProvider!
+private var status: Metric<ServerStatus>!
 
 private var asyncScheduler = MultiThreadedEventLoopGroup(numberOfThreads: 2)
 
@@ -21,6 +22,16 @@ enum ServerError: Error {
     case invalidAuthenticationToken
 }
 
+private func updateStatus(_ newStatus: ServerStatus) {
+    asyncScheduler.schedule {
+        do {
+            try await status.update(newStatus)
+        } catch {
+            print("Failed to update server status: \(error)")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // configures your application
 public func configure(_ app: Application) throws {
     let storageFolder = URL(fileURLWithPath: app.directory.resourcesDirectory)
@@ -33,10 +44,8 @@ public func configure(_ app: Application) throws {
     let monitor = MetricObserver(logFileFolder: logFolder, logMetricId: "sesame.log")
     MetricObserver.standard = monitor
 
-    let status = Metric<ServerStatus>("sesame.status")
-    asyncScheduler.schedule {
-        _ = try await status.update(.initializing)
-    }
+    status = Metric<ServerStatus>("sesame.status")
+    updateStatus(.initializing)
 
     app.http.server.configuration.port = config.port
 
@@ -52,8 +61,10 @@ public func configure(_ app: Application) throws {
     provider.registerRoutes(app)
     monitor.saveCurrentListOfMetricsToLogFolder()
     
+    updateStatus(.nominal)
+
+    // Update the metric of the device status to ensure that it is accurate
     asyncScheduler.schedule {
-        _ = try await status.update(.nominal)
         await deviceManager.updateDeviceConnectionMetric()
     }
     
@@ -65,7 +76,11 @@ public func shutdown() {
     asyncScheduler.schedule {
         // Gracefully shut down by closing potentially open socket
         await deviceManager.removeDeviceConnection()
-        try? await asyncScheduler.shutdownGracefully()
+        do {
+            try await asyncScheduler.shutdownGracefully()
+        } catch {
+            print("Failed to shut down MultiThreadedEventLoopGroup: \(error)")
+        }
     }
 }