diff --git a/mealie/core/config.py b/mealie/core/config.py
index 3eb5c595..dd787447 100644
--- a/mealie/core/config.py
+++ b/mealie/core/config.py
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ class AppSettings(BaseSettings):
     DEFAULT_EMAIL: str = "changeme@email.com"
     DEFAULT_PASSWORD: str = "MyPassword"
 
+    SCHEDULER_DATABASE = f"sqlite:///{app_dirs.DATA_DIR.joinpath('scheduler.db')}"
+
     TOKEN_TIME: int = 2  # Time in Hours
 
     # Not Used!
diff --git a/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py b/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
index 34331e23..4e8046dd 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import json
-from mealie.routes.routers import UserAPIRouter
 import shutil
 from shutil import copyfileobj
 from zipfile import ZipFile
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ from mealie.core.root_logger import get_logger
 from mealie.db.database import db
 from mealie.db.db_setup import generate_session
 from mealie.routes.deps import get_current_user, is_logged_in, temporary_zip_path
+from mealie.routes.routers import UserAPIRouter
 from mealie.schema.recipe import Recipe, RecipeAsset, RecipeImageTypes, RecipeURLIn
 from mealie.schema.user import UserInDB
 from mealie.services.events import create_recipe_event
@@ -185,16 +185,15 @@ def delete_recipe(
     try:
         recipe: Recipe = db.recipes.delete(session, recipe_slug)
         delete_assets(recipe_slug=recipe_slug)
-        background_tasks.add_task(
-            create_recipe_event,
-            "Recipe Deleted",
-            f"'{recipe.name}' deleted by {current_user.full_name}",
-            session=session,
-        )
-        return recipe
     except Exception:
         raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
+    background_tasks.add_task(
+        create_recipe_event, "Recipe Deleted", f"'{recipe.name}' deleted by {current_user.full_name}", session=session
+    )
+
+    return recipe
+
 
 @user_router.put("/{recipe_slug}/image")
 def update_recipe_image(
diff --git a/mealie/run.sh b/mealie/run.sh
index 6f48ea3c..935c3836 100755
--- a/mealie/run.sh
+++ b/mealie/run.sh
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ else
 
     # Start API
     # uvicorn mealie.app:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 9000
-    gunicorn mealie.app:app -b 0.0.0.0:9000 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker -c /app/gunicorn_conf.py
+    gunicorn mealie.app:app -b 0.0.0.0:9000 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker -c /app/gunicorn_conf.py --preload
 fi
diff --git a/mealie/services/scheduler/global_scheduler.py b/mealie/services/scheduler/global_scheduler.py
index a01f0da6..56fbdc80 100644
--- a/mealie/services/scheduler/global_scheduler.py
+++ b/mealie/services/scheduler/global_scheduler.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from apscheduler.jobstores.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemyJobStore
 from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
+from mealie.core.config import settings
 
-scheduler = BackgroundScheduler()
+scheduler = BackgroundScheduler(jobstores={"default": SQLAlchemyJobStore(settings.SCHEDULER_DATABASE)})