diff --git a/server/src/app.module.ts b/server/src/app.module.ts
index 7ae60ffeb4..f0006d0442 100644
--- a/server/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/server/src/app.module.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const imports = [
   KyselyModule.forRoot(getKyselyConfig(database.config)),
 ];
 
-class BaseModule implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
+export class BaseModule implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
   constructor(
     @Inject(IWorker) private worker: ImmichWorker,
     logger: LoggingRepository,
diff --git a/server/src/workers/api.ts b/server/src/workers/api.ts
index 01b8041635..e8d3480189 100644
--- a/server/src/workers/api.ts
+++ b/server/src/workers/api.ts
@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@ import { bootstrapTelemetry } from 'src/repositories/telemetry.repository';
 import { ApiService } from 'src/services/api.service';
 import { MaintenanceService } from 'src/services/maintenance.service';
 import { isStartUpError, useSwagger } from 'src/utils/misc';
-async function bootstrap() {
-  process.title = 'immich-api';
+
+export async function bootstrapApi(title: string = 'immich-api', module = ApiModule) {
+  process.title = title;
 
   const { telemetry, network } = new ConfigRepository().getEnv();
   if (telemetry.metrics.size > 0) {
     bootstrapTelemetry(telemetry.apiPort);
   }
 
-  const app = await NestFactory.create<NestExpressApplication>(ApiModule, { bufferLogs: true });
+  const app = await NestFactory.create<NestExpressApplication>(module, { bufferLogs: true });
   const logger = await app.resolve(LoggingRepository);
   const configRepository = app.get(ConfigRepository);
   app.get(MaintenanceService).nestApplication = app;
@@ -68,10 +69,12 @@ async function bootstrap() {
   logger.log(`Immich Server is listening on ${await app.getUrl()} [v${serverVersion}] [${environment}] `);
 }
 
-bootstrap().catch((error) => {
-  if (!isStartUpError(error)) {
-    console.error(error);
-  }
-  // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-process-exit
-  process.exit(1);
-});
+if (require.main === module) {
+  bootstrapApi().catch((error) => {
+    if (!isStartUpError(error)) {
+      console.error(error);
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-process-exit
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/server/src/workers/maintenance.ts b/server/src/workers/maintenance.ts
index d1f7620cc1..289338c633 100644
--- a/server/src/workers/maintenance.ts
+++ b/server/src/workers/maintenance.ts
@@ -1,77 +1,13 @@
-import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
-import { NestExpressApplication } from '@nestjs/platform-express';
-import { json } from 'body-parser';
-import compression from 'compression';
-import cookieParser from 'cookie-parser';
-import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
-import sirv from 'sirv';
 import { MaintenanceModule } from 'src/app.module';
-import { excludePaths, serverVersion } from 'src/constants';
-import { WebSocketAdapter } from 'src/middleware/websocket.adapter';
-import { ConfigRepository } from 'src/repositories/config.repository';
-import { LoggingRepository } from 'src/repositories/logging.repository';
-import { bootstrapTelemetry } from 'src/repositories/telemetry.repository';
-import { ApiService } from 'src/services/api.service';
-import { MaintenanceService } from 'src/services/maintenance.service';
-import { isStartUpError, useSwagger } from 'src/utils/misc';
-async function bootstrap() {
-  process.title = 'immich-api';
+import { isStartUpError } from 'src/utils/misc';
+import { bootstrapApi } from 'src/workers/api';
 
-  const { telemetry, network } = new ConfigRepository().getEnv();
-  if (telemetry.metrics.size > 0) {
-    bootstrapTelemetry(telemetry.apiPort);
-  }
-
-  const app = await NestFactory.create<NestExpressApplication>(MaintenanceModule, { bufferLogs: true });
-  const logger = await app.resolve(LoggingRepository);
-  const configRepository = app.get(ConfigRepository);
-  app.get(MaintenanceService).nestApplication = app;
-
-  const { environment, host, port, resourcePaths } = configRepository.getEnv();
-
-  logger.setContext('Bootstrap');
-  app.useLogger(logger);
-  app.set('trust proxy', ['loopback', ...network.trustedProxies]);
-  app.set('etag', 'strong');
-  app.use(cookieParser());
-  app.use(json({ limit: '10mb' }));
-  if (configRepository.isDev()) {
-    app.enableCors();
-  }
-  app.useWebSocketAdapter(new WebSocketAdapter(app));
-  useSwagger(app, { write: configRepository.isDev() });
-
-  app.setGlobalPrefix('api', { exclude: excludePaths });
-  if (existsSync(resourcePaths.web.root)) {
-    // copied from https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/blob/679b5989fe62e3964b9a73b712d7b41831aa1f07/packages/adapter-node/src/handler.js#L46
-    // provides serving of precompressed assets and caching of immutable assets
-    app.use(
-      sirv(resourcePaths.web.root, {
-        etag: true,
-        gzip: true,
-        brotli: true,
-        extensions: [],
-        setHeaders: (res, pathname) => {
-          if (pathname.startsWith(`/_app/immutable`) && res.statusCode === 200) {
-            res.setHeader('cache-control', 'public,max-age=31536000,immutable');
-          }
-        },
-      }),
-    );
-  }
-  app.use(app.get(ApiService).ssr(excludePaths));
-  app.use(compression());
-
-  const server = await (host ? app.listen(port, host) : app.listen(port));
-  server.requestTimeout = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-
-  logger.log(`Immich Server is listening on ${await app.getUrl()} [v${serverVersion}] [${environment}] `);
+if (require.main === module) {
+  bootstrapApi('immich-maintenance', MaintenanceModule).catch((error) => {
+    if (!isStartUpError(error)) {
+      console.error(error);
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-process-exit
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
 }
-
-bootstrap().catch((error) => {
-  if (!isStartUpError(error)) {
-    console.error(error);
-  }
-  // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-process-exit
-  process.exit(1);
-});