diff --git a/Sources/App/configure.swift b/Sources/App/configure.swift
index 0f7709d..a175e3b 100755
--- a/Sources/App/configure.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/configure.swift
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ private var provider: VaporMetricProvider!
 
 private var asyncScheduler: AsyncScheduler = MultiThreadedEventLoopGroup(numberOfThreads: 2)
 
+private let df: DateFormatter = {
+    let df = DateFormatter()
+    df.dateStyle = .short
+    df.timeStyle = .short
+    return df
+}()
+
 enum ServerError: Error {
     case invalidAuthenticationFileContent
     case invalidAuthenticationToken
@@ -48,20 +55,18 @@ public func configure(_ app: Application) throws {
         await deviceManager.updateDeviceConnectionMetric()
     }
     
-    let df = DateFormatter()
-    df.dateStyle = .short
-    df.timeStyle = .short
     print("[\(df.string(from: Date()))] Server started")
     
     // Gracefully shut down by closing potentially open socket
-    //DispatchQueue.global(qos: .utility).asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + .seconds(5)) {
-    _ = app.server.onShutdown.always { _ in
-        print("[\(df.string(from: Date()))] Server shutdown")
-        asyncScheduler.schedule {
-            await deviceManager.removeDeviceConnection()
+    // Must be done after app is running, otherwise error is thrown
+    DispatchQueue.global(qos: .utility).asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + .seconds(5)) {
+        _ = app.server.onShutdown.always { _ in
+            print("[\(df.string(from: Date()))] Server shutdown")
+            asyncScheduler.schedule {
+                await deviceManager.removeDeviceConnection()
+            }
         }
     }
-    //}
 }
 
 private func loadKeys(at url: URL) throws -> (deviceKey: Data, remoteKey: Data) {