diff --git a/backend/resources/log4j2.xml b/backend/resources/log4j2.xml
index 5033f4726..3a0d04e3f 100644
--- a/backend/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/backend/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -11,14 +11,7 @@
     <Logger name="com.zaxxer.hikari" level="error" />
     <Logger name="org.postgresql" level="error" />
 
-    <Logger name="app.rpc.commands.binfile" level="info" />
-    <Logger name="app.storage.tmp" level="info" />
-    <Logger name="app.worker" level="info" />
-    <Logger name="app.msgbus" level="info" />
-    <Logger name="app.http.websocket" level="info" />
-    <Logger name="app.util.websocket" level="info" />
-
-    <Logger name="app" level="debug" additivity="false">
+    <Logger name="app" level="info" additivity="false">
       <AppenderRef ref="console" />
     </Logger>
 
diff --git a/backend/src/app/config.clj b/backend/src/app/config.clj
index a09efb92e..5bb0119b2 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/config.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/config.clj
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
 
 (def default-flags
   [:enable-backend-api-doc
+   :enable-backend-worker
    :enable-secure-session-cookies])
 
 (defn- parse-flags
diff --git a/backend/src/app/main.clj b/backend/src/app/main.clj
index d02a91d60..7700c8985 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/main.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/main.clj
@@ -234,50 +234,6 @@
    :app.rpc/routes
    {:methods (ig/ref :app.rpc/methods)}
 
-   :app.worker/worker
-   {:executor (ig/ref [::worker :app.worker/executor])
-    :tasks    (ig/ref :app.worker/registry)
-    :metrics  (ig/ref :app.metrics/metrics)
-    :pool     (ig/ref :app.db/pool)}
-
-   :app.worker/cron
-   {:executor   (ig/ref [::worker :app.worker/executor])
-    :scheduler  (ig/ref :app.worker/scheduler)
-    :tasks      (ig/ref :app.worker/registry)
-    :pool       (ig/ref :app.db/pool)
-    :entries
-    [{:cron #app/cron "0 0 0 * * ?" ;; daily
-      :task :file-gc}
-
-     {:cron #app/cron "0 0 * * * ?"  ;; hourly
-      :task :file-xlog-gc}
-
-     {:cron #app/cron "0 0 0 * * ?"  ;; daily
-      :task :storage-gc-deleted}
-
-     {:cron #app/cron "0 0 0 * * ?"  ;; daily
-      :task :storage-gc-touched}
-
-     {:cron #app/cron "0 0 0 * * ?"  ;; daily
-      :task :session-gc}
-
-     {:cron #app/cron "0 0 0 * * ?"  ;; daily
-      :task :objects-gc}
-
-     {:cron #app/cron "0 0 0 * * ?"  ;; daily
-      :task :tasks-gc}
-
-     {:cron #app/cron "0 30 */3,23 * * ?"
-      :task :telemetry}
-
-     (when (contains? cf/flags :audit-log-archive)
-       {:cron #app/cron "0 */5 * * * ?" ;; every 5m
-        :task :audit-log-archive})
-
-     (when (contains? cf/flags :audit-log-gc)
-       {:cron #app/cron "0 0 0 * * ?" ;; daily
-        :task :audit-log-gc})]}
-
    :app.worker/registry
    {:metrics (ig/ref :app.metrics/metrics)
     :tasks
@@ -394,14 +350,62 @@
    {:directory (cf/get :storage-assets-fs-directory)}
    })
 
+
+(def worker-config
+  {   :app.worker/cron
+   {:executor   (ig/ref [::worker :app.worker/executor])
+    :scheduler  (ig/ref :app.worker/scheduler)
+    :tasks      (ig/ref :app.worker/registry)
+    :pool       (ig/ref :app.db/pool)
+    :entries
+    [{:cron #app/cron "0 0 0 * * ?" ;; daily
+      :task :file-gc}
+
+     {:cron #app/cron "0 0 * * * ?"  ;; hourly
+      :task :file-xlog-gc}
+
+     {:cron #app/cron "0 0 0 * * ?"  ;; daily
+      :task :storage-gc-deleted}
+
+     {:cron #app/cron "0 0 0 * * ?"  ;; daily
+      :task :storage-gc-touched}
+
+     {:cron #app/cron "0 0 0 * * ?"  ;; daily
+      :task :session-gc}
+
+     {:cron #app/cron "0 0 0 * * ?"  ;; daily
+      :task :objects-gc}
+
+     {:cron #app/cron "0 0 0 * * ?"  ;; daily
+      :task :tasks-gc}
+
+     {:cron #app/cron "0 30 */3,23 * * ?"
+      :task :telemetry}
+
+     (when (contains? cf/flags :audit-log-archive)
+       {:cron #app/cron "0 */5 * * * ?" ;; every 5m
+        :task :audit-log-archive})
+
+     (when (contains? cf/flags :audit-log-gc)
+       {:cron #app/cron "0 0 0 * * ?" ;; daily
+        :task :audit-log-gc})]}
+
+   :app.worker/worker
+   {:executor (ig/ref [::worker :app.worker/executor])
+    :tasks    (ig/ref :app.worker/registry)
+    :metrics  (ig/ref :app.metrics/metrics)
+    :pool     (ig/ref :app.db/pool)}})
+
 (def system nil)
 
 (defn start
   []
-  (ig/load-namespaces system-config)
+  (ig/load-namespaces (merge system-config worker-config))
   (alter-var-root #'system (fn [sys]
                              (when sys (ig/halt! sys))
                              (-> system-config
+                                 (cond-> (contains? cf/flags :backend-worker)
+                                   (merge worker-config))
                                  (ig/prep)
                                  (ig/init))))
   (l/info :msg "welcome to penpot"
diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc.clj
index 477b0a633..804a62412 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc.clj
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
         spec  (or (::sv/spec mdata) (s/spec any?))
         auth? (:auth mdata true)]
 
-    (l/trace :action "register" :name (::sv/name mdata))
+    (l/debug :hint "register method" :name (::sv/name mdata))
     (with-meta
       (fn [{:keys [::request] :as params}]
         ;; Raise authentication error when rpc method requires auth but
diff --git a/backend/src/app/worker.clj b/backend/src/app/worker.clj
index 52ce5ddd4..c7259b24a 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/worker.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/worker.clj
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
               :name (d/name name)
               :queue (d/name queue))
       (do
-        (l/info :hint "worker started"
+        (l/info :hint "worker initialized"
                 :name (d/name name)
                 :queue (d/name queue))
         (event-loop cfg)))
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
   (l/info :hint "registry initialized" :tasks (count tasks))
   (reduce-kv (fn [res k v]
                (let [tname (name k)]
-                 (l/trace :hint "register task" :name tname)
+                 (l/debug :hint "register task" :name tname)
                  (assoc res k (wrap-task-handler metrics tname v))))
              {}
              tasks))
diff --git a/backend/test/app/test_helpers.clj b/backend/test/app/test_helpers.clj
index 8849ac3cc..92642d171 100644
--- a/backend/test/app/test_helpers.clj
+++ b/backend/test/app/test_helpers.clj
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 (defn state-init
   [next]
   (let [config (-> main/system-config
+                   (merge main/worker-config)
                    (assoc-in [:app.msgbus/msgbus :redis-uri] (:redis-uri config))
                    (assoc-in [:app.db/pool :uri] (:database-uri config))
                    (assoc-in [:app.db/pool :username] (:database-username config))
@@ -75,9 +76,7 @@
                            :app.loggers.database/reporter
                            :app.loggers.zmq/receiver
                            :app.worker/cron
-                           :app.worker/worker)
-                   (d/deep-merge
-                    {:app.tasks.file-gc/handler {:max-age (dt/duration 300)}}))
+                           :app.worker/worker))
         _      (ig/load-namespaces config)
         system (-> (ig/prep config)
                    (ig/init))]