diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 75a1a1c70..6c5adba31 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+ "syn 1.0.80",
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- "tracing-futures",
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- "tracing-futures",
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+ "syn 1.0.80",
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 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
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-checksum = "d7f3675cfef6a30c8031cf9e6493ebdc3bb3272a3fea3923c4210d1830e6a472"
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 dependencies = [
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- "syn 1.0.77",
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+ "syn 1.0.80",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1746,6 +1744,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "async-trait",
  "awc",
+ "background-jobs",
  "bcrypt",
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- "quote 1.0.9",
- "syn 1.0.77",
+ "quote 1.0.10",
+ "syn 1.0.80",
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- "quote 1.0.9",
- "syn 1.0.77",
+ "quote 1.0.10",
+ "syn 1.0.80",
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- "quote 1.0.9",
- "syn 1.0.77",
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+ "syn 1.0.80",
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 [[package]]
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+ "syn 1.0.80",
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+ "syn 1.0.80",
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- "syn 1.0.77",
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+ "syn 1.0.80",
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- "syn 1.0.77",
+ "syn 1.0.80",
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@@ -3481,12 +3480,12 @@ checksum = "58fa5ff6ad0d98d1ffa8cb115892b6e69d67799f6763e162a1c9db421dc22e11"
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- "syn 1.0.77",
+ "syn 1.0.80",
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+ "quote 1.0.10",
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@@ -3545,7 +3544,7 @@ dependencies = [
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+ "quote 1.0.10",
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- "syn 1.0.77",
+ "quote 1.0.10",
+ "syn 1.0.80",
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 [[package]]
@@ -3608,12 +3607,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
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- "syn 1.0.77",
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+ "syn 1.0.80",
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 [[package]]
@@ -3741,9 +3740,9 @@ checksum = "fd3c141a1b43194f3f56a1411225df8646c55781d5f26db825b3d98507eb482f"
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- "quote 1.0.9",
+ "quote 1.0.10",
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- "syn 1.0.77",
+ "syn 1.0.80",
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 [[package]]
@@ -3831,9 +3830,9 @@ checksum = "360dfd1d6d30e05fda32ace2c8c70e9c0a9da713275777f5a4dbb8a1893930c6"
 
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+version = "0.1.29"
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-checksum = "84f96e095c0c82419687c20ddf5cb3eadb61f4e1405923c9dc8e53a1adacbda8"
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-checksum = "98863d0dd09fa59a1b79c6750ad80dbda6b75f4e71c437a6a1a8cb91a8bcbd77"
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- "syn 1.0.77",
+ "quote 1.0.10",
+ "syn 1.0.80",
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+version = "0.1.21"
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+checksum = "1f4ed65637b8390770814083d20756f87bfa2c21bf2f110babdc5438351746e4"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -3883,9 +3882,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+version = "0.2.25"
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-checksum = "fdd0568dbfe3baf7048b7908d2b32bca0d81cd56bec6d2a8f894b01d74f86be3"
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-checksum = "5bdaf2a1d317f3d58b44b31c7f6436b9b9acafe7bddfeace50897c2b804d7792"
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- "syn 1.0.77",
+ "quote 1.0.10",
+ "syn 1.0.80",
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+ "quote 1.0.10",
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- "syn 1.0.77",
+ "quote 1.0.10",
+ "syn 1.0.80",
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  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/api/Cargo.toml b/crates/api/Cargo.toml
index babb90151..4448a3423 100644
--- a/crates/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ async-trait = "0.1.51"
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 thiserror = "1.0.29"
-background-jobs = "0.10.0"
+background-jobs = "0.9.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.4", features = ["json"] }
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
index a5c8e6c52..7666e220c 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ sha2 = "0.9.8"
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-background-jobs = "0.10.0"
+background-jobs = "0.9.0"
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diff --git a/crates/apub/Cargo.toml b/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
index 2d49d53ce..6e700f88a 100644
--- a/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,5 +46,6 @@ sha2 = "0.9.8"
 async-trait = "0.1.51"
 anyhow = "1.0.44"
 thiserror = "1.0.29"
+background-jobs = "0.9.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.4", features = ["json"] }
 
diff --git a/crates/apub_lib/Cargo.toml b/crates/apub_lib/Cargo.toml
index ba21ce0a6..0e56edf00 100644
--- a/crates/apub_lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/apub_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ sha2 = "0.9.8"
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 http-signature-normalization-reqwest = { version = "0.2.0", default-features = false, features = ["sha-2"] }
-background-jobs = "0.10.0"
+background-jobs = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/crates/apub_lib/src/activity_queue.rs b/crates/apub_lib/src/activity_queue.rs
index ec1ede46b..7efa54ef6 100644
--- a/crates/apub_lib/src/activity_queue.rs
+++ b/crates/apub_lib/src/activity_queue.rs
@@ -90,13 +90,14 @@ async fn do_send(task: SendActivityTask, client: &Client) -> Result<(), Error> {
 pub fn create_activity_queue() -> QueueHandle {
   // Start the application server. This guards access to to the jobs store
   let queue_handle = create_server(Storage::new());
+  let arbiter = actix_web::rt::Arbiter::new();
 
   // Configure and start our workers
   WorkerConfig::new(|| MyState {
     client: Client::default(),
   })
   .register::<SendActivityTask>()
-  .start(queue_handle.clone());
+  .start_in_arbiter(&arbiter, queue_handle.clone());
 
   queue_handle
 }
diff --git a/crates/websocket/Cargo.toml b/crates/websocket/Cargo.toml
index 7a22e207e..7a3fbf965 100644
--- a/crates/websocket/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/websocket/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0.68", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 actix = "0.12.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.44"
 diesel = "1.4.8"
-background-jobs = "0.10.0"
+background-jobs = "0.9.0"
 tokio = "1.12.0"
 strum = "0.21.0"
 strum_macros = "0.21.1"
diff --git a/src/scheduled_tasks.rs b/src/scheduled_tasks.rs
index b4001f80d..5c406ff6d 100644
--- a/src/scheduled_tasks.rs
+++ b/src/scheduled_tasks.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ pub fn setup(pool: DbPool) {
   active_counts(&conn);
 
   // On startup, reindex the tables non-concurrently
-  reindex_aggregates_tables(&conn, false);
+  // TODO remove this for now, since it slows down startup a lot on lemmy.ml
+  reindex_aggregates_tables(&conn, true);
   scheduler.every(1.hour()).run(move || {
     active_counts(&conn);
     reindex_aggregates_tables(&conn, true);