diff --git a/Sources/App/DeviceManager.swift b/Sources/App/DeviceManager.swift
index b7e4c84..03667ce 100644
--- a/Sources/App/DeviceManager.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/DeviceManager.swift
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ final class DeviceManager {
 
     private let messagesToDeviceMetric: Metric<Int>
     
+    private let scheduler: AsyncScheduler
+    
     /// Indicator for device availability
     var deviceIsConnected: Bool {
         deviceIsAuthenticated && !(connection?.isClosed ?? true)
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ final class DeviceManager {
     /// A promise to finish the request once the device responds or times out
     private var requestInProgress: EventLoopPromise<Data>?
     
-    init(deviceKey: Data, remoteKey: Data, deviceTimeout: Int64) {
+    init(deviceKey: Data, remoteKey: Data, deviceTimeout: Int64, scheduler: AsyncScheduler) {
         self.deviceKey = deviceKey
         self.remoteKey = remoteKey
         self.deviceTimeout = deviceTimeout
@@ -45,17 +47,20 @@ final class DeviceManager {
             "sesame.messages",
             name: "Forwarded Messages",
             description: "The number of messages transmitted to the device")
+        self.scheduler = scheduler
     }
 
     private func updateDeviceConnectionMetric() {
-        Task {
-            try? await deviceConnectedMetric.update(deviceIsConnected)
+        scheduler.schedule { [weak self] in
+            guard let self else { return }
+            _ = try? await deviceConnectedMetric.update(deviceIsConnected)
         }
     }
 
     private func updateMessageCountMetric() {
-        Task {
-            let lastValue = await messagesToDeviceMetric.lastValue()?.value ?? 0
+        scheduler.schedule { [weak self] in
+            guard let self else { return }
+            let lastValue = await self.messagesToDeviceMetric.lastValue()?.value ?? 0
             _ = try? await messagesToDeviceMetric.update(lastValue + 1)
         }
     }
diff --git a/Sources/App/configure.swift b/Sources/App/configure.swift
index b5747b5..a65fdcf 100755
--- a/Sources/App/configure.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/configure.swift
@@ -14,15 +14,8 @@ enum ServerError: Error {
     case invalidAuthenticationToken
 }
 
-private let dateFormatter: DateFormatter = {
-    let df = DateFormatter()
-    df.dateStyle = .short
-    df.timeStyle = .short
-    return df
-}()
-
 // configures your application
-public func configure(_ app: Application) async throws {
+public func configure(_ app: Application) throws {
     let storageFolder = URL(fileURLWithPath: app.directory.resourcesDirectory)
     let logFolder = storageFolder.appendingPathComponent("logs")
     
@@ -30,7 +23,9 @@ public func configure(_ app: Application) async throws {
     MetricObserver.standard = monitor
 
     let status = Metric<ServerStatus>("sesame.status")
-    _ = try await status.update(.initializing)
+    asyncScheduler.schedule {
+        _ = try await status.update(.initializing)
+    }
 
     let configUrl = storageFolder.appendingPathComponent("config.json")
     let config = try Config(loadFrom: configUrl)
@@ -43,7 +38,8 @@ public func configure(_ app: Application) async throws {
     deviceManager = DeviceManager(
         deviceKey: deviceKey,
         remoteKey: remoteKey,
-        deviceTimeout: config.deviceTimeout)
+        deviceTimeout: config.deviceTimeout, 
+        scheduler: asyncScheduler)
     
     try routes(app)
 
@@ -58,8 +54,14 @@ public func configure(_ app: Application) async throws {
         }
     }
 
-    _ = try await status.update(.nominal)
-    print("[\(dateFormatter.string(from: Date()))] Server started")
+    asyncScheduler.schedule {
+        _ = try await status.update(.nominal)
+    }
+    
+    let df = DateFormatter()
+    df.dateStyle = .short
+    df.timeStyle = .short
+    print("[\(df.string(from: Date()))] Server started")
 }
 
 private func loadKeys(at url: URL) throws -> (deviceKey: Data, remoteKey: Data) {
diff --git a/Sources/Run/main.swift b/Sources/Run/main.swift
index 4e625fb..5a1383a 100644
--- a/Sources/Run/main.swift
+++ b/Sources/Run/main.swift
@@ -6,10 +6,5 @@ try LoggingSystem.bootstrap(from: &env)
 let app = Application(env)
 defer { app.shutdown() }
 
-private let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
-Task {
-    try await configure(app)
-    semaphore.signal()
-}
-semaphore.wait()
+try configure(app)
 try app.run()