diff --git a/fHDHR/cli/run.py b/fHDHR/cli/run.py
index 49c5697..778c6ea 100644
--- a/fHDHR/cli/run.py
+++ b/fHDHR/cli/run.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def run(settings, logger, db, script_dir, fHDHR_web, origin, alternative_epg):
 
     try:
 
-        print("HTTP Server Starting")
+        fhdhr.logger.info("HTTP Server Starting")
         if settings.dict["main"]["thread_method"] in ["multiprocessing"]:
             fhdhr_web = multiprocessing.Process(target=fhdhrweb.run)
         elif settings.dict["main"]["thread_method"] in ["threading"]:
@@ -52,8 +52,15 @@ def run(settings, logger, db, script_dir, fHDHR_web, origin, alternative_epg):
         if settings.dict["main"]["thread_method"] in ["multiprocessing", "threading"]:
             fhdhr_web.start()
 
+        # Perform some actions now that HTTP Server is running, but don't wait for response
+        # Hit EPG Update API URL without waiting
+        try:
+            fhdhr.web.session.get("%s/api/startup_tasks" % (fhdhr.api.base))
+        except fhdhr.web.exceptions.ReadTimeout:
+            pass
+
         if settings.dict["fhdhr"]["discovery_address"]:
-            print("SSDP Server Starting")
+            fhdhr.logger.info("SSDP Server Starting")
             if settings.dict["main"]["thread_method"] in ["multiprocessing"]:
                 fhdhr_ssdp = multiprocessing.Process(target=fhdhr.device.ssdp.run)
             elif settings.dict["main"]["thread_method"] in ["threading"]:
@@ -62,7 +69,7 @@ def run(settings, logger, db, script_dir, fHDHR_web, origin, alternative_epg):
                 fhdhr_ssdp.start()
 
         if settings.dict["epg"]["method"]:
-            print("EPG Update Starting")
+            fhdhr.logger.info("EPG Update Starting")
             if settings.dict["main"]["thread_method"] in ["multiprocessing"]:
                 fhdhr_epg = multiprocessing.Process(target=fhdhr.device.epg.run)
             elif settings.dict["main"]["thread_method"] in ["threading"]:
diff --git a/fHDHR/device/channels/__init__.py b/fHDHR/device/channels/__init__.py
index fa2a658..09d8d20 100644
--- a/fHDHR/device/channels/__init__.py
+++ b/fHDHR/device/channels/__init__.py
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ class Channels():
         self.list_update_time = None
 
         self.get_db_channels()
-        haseverscanned = self.fhdhr.db.get_fhdhr_value("channels", "scanned_time")
-        if (self.fhdhr.config.dict["fhdhr"]["chanscan_on_start"] or not haseverscanned):
-            self.get_channels()
 
     def get_channel_obj(self, keyfind, valfind):
         if keyfind == "number":
diff --git a/fHDHR/device/epg/__init__.py b/fHDHR/device/epg/__init__.py
index dffcc99..a7b1ea0 100644
--- a/fHDHR/device/epg/__init__.py
+++ b/fHDHR/device/epg/__init__.py
@@ -291,8 +291,7 @@ class EPG():
         self.fhdhr.logger.info("Wrote " + epgtypename + " EPG cache.")
 
     def run(self):
-        for epg_method in self.epg_methods:
-            self.fhdhr.web.session.get(self.epg_update_url)
+        time.sleep(1800)
         try:
             while True:
                 for epg_method in self.epg_methods:
diff --git a/fHDHR_web/api/__init__.py b/fHDHR_web/api/__init__.py
index 359f9a6..58d17fe 100644
--- a/fHDHR_web/api/__init__.py
+++ b/fHDHR_web/api/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 from .root_url import Root_URL
+from .startup_tasks import Startup_Tasks
 
 from .cluster import Cluster
 from .settings import Settings
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ class fHDHR_API():
         self.fhdhr = fhdhr
 
         self.root_url = Root_URL(fhdhr)
+        self.startup_tasks = Startup_Tasks(fhdhr)
 
         self.cluster = Cluster(fhdhr)
         self.settings = Settings(fhdhr)
diff --git a/fHDHR_web/api/startup_tasks.py b/fHDHR_web/api/startup_tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8191dbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fHDHR_web/api/startup_tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+
+
+class Startup_Tasks():
+    endpoints = ["/api/startup_tasks"]
+    endpoint_name = "api_startup_tasks"
+    endpoint_methods = ["GET", "POST"]
+
+    def __init__(self, fhdhr):
+        self.fhdhr = fhdhr
+
+        self.epg_update_url = "%s/api/epg?method=update" % (self.fhdhr.api.base)
+        self.channel_update_url = "%s/api/channels?method=scan" % (self.fhdhr.api.base)
+
+    def __call__(self, *args):
+        return self.get(*args)
+
+    def get(self, *args):
+
+        # Hit Channel Update API URL without waiting unless we've never scanned before
+        haseverscanned = self.fhdhr.db.get_fhdhr_value("channels", "scanned_time")
+        if not haseverscanned:
+            self.fhdhr.web.session.get(self.channel_update_url)
+        elif self.fhdhr.config.dict["fhdhr"]["chanscan_on_start"]:
+            try:
+                self.fhdhr.web.session.get(self.channel_update_url, timeout=0.0000000001)
+            except self.fhdhr.web.exceptions.ReadTimeout:
+                pass
+
+        # Hit EPG Update API URL without waiting
+        try:
+            self.fhdhr.web.session.get(self.epg_update_url, timeout=0.0000000001)
+        except self.fhdhr.web.exceptions.ReadTimeout:
+            pass
+
+        return "Success"