diff --git a/server/src/app.module.ts b/server/src/app.module.ts
index 153b525fe5..351f67d56c 100644
--- a/server/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/server/src/app.module.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { OpenTelemetryModule } from 'nestjs-otel';
 import { commands } from 'src/commands';
 import { IWorker } from 'src/constants';
 import { controllers } from 'src/controllers';
+import { MaintenanceController } from 'src/controllers/maintenance.controller';
+import { ServerController } from 'src/controllers/server.controller';
 import { ImmichWorker } from 'src/enum';
 import { AuthGuard } from 'src/middleware/auth.guard';
 import { ErrorInterceptor } from 'src/middleware/error.interceptor';
@@ -95,6 +97,13 @@ export class ApiModule extends BaseModule {}
 })
 export class MicroservicesModule extends BaseModule {}
 
+@Module({
+  imports: [...imports],
+  controllers: [MaintenanceController, ServerController],
+  providers: [...common, { provide: IWorker, useValue: ImmichWorker.MAINTENANCE }, SchedulerRegistry],
+})
+export class MaintenanceModule extends BaseModule {}
+
 @Module({
   imports: [...imports],
   providers: [...common, ...commands, SchedulerRegistry],
diff --git a/server/src/controllers/maintenance.controller.ts b/server/src/controllers/maintenance.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..781f89b89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/controllers/maintenance.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Controller, Get, Query } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ApiTags } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+import { ServerPingResponse } from 'src/dtos/server.dto';
+import { Authenticated } from 'src/middleware/auth.guard';
+import { MaintenanceService } from 'src/services/maintenance.service';
+
+@ApiTags('Maintenance')
+@Controller('maintenance')
+export class MaintenanceController {
+  constructor(private service: MaintenanceService) {}
+
+  @Get('ping')
+  @Authenticated()
+  getPing(): ServerPingResponse {
+    return this.service.ping();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/enum.ts b/server/src/enum.ts
index e7e40eb122..e4f8f03c8a 100644
--- a/server/src/enum.ts
+++ b/server/src/enum.ts
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ export enum ImmichEnvironment {
 export enum ImmichWorker {
   API = 'api',
   MICROSERVICES = 'microservices',
+  MAINTENANCE = 'maintenance',
 }
 
 export enum ImmichTelemetry {
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/config.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/config.repository.ts
index 9a0a24f70f..01670cb1a1 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/config.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/config.repository.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ const getEnv = (): EnvData => {
     );
   }
 
-  const includedWorkers = asSet(dto.IMMICH_WORKERS_INCLUDE, [ImmichWorker.API, ImmichWorker.MICROSERVICES]);
+  const includedWorkers = asSet(dto.IMMICH_WORKERS_INCLUDE, [
+    // ImmichWorker.API,
+    // ImmichWorker.MICROSERVICES,
+    ImmichWorker.MAINTENANCE,
+  ]);
   const excludedWorkers = asSet(dto.IMMICH_WORKERS_EXCLUDE, []);
   const workers = [...setDifference(includedWorkers, excludedWorkers)];
   for (const worker of workers) {
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/event.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/event.repository.ts
index 307b8b0ef4..985a579fa9 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/event.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/event.repository.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ export interface ClientEventMap {
   on_new_release: [ReleaseNotification];
   on_notification: [NotificationDto];
   on_session_delete: [string];
+  shutdown_worker: [ImmichWorker];
 }
 
 export type EventItem<T extends EmitEvent> = {
diff --git a/server/src/services/index.ts b/server/src/services/index.ts
index 88b68d2c13..2883e84d41 100644
--- a/server/src/services/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { DownloadService } from 'src/services/download.service';
 import { DuplicateService } from 'src/services/duplicate.service';
 import { JobService } from 'src/services/job.service';
 import { LibraryService } from 'src/services/library.service';
+import { MaintenanceService } from 'src/services/maintenance.service';
 import { MapService } from 'src/services/map.service';
 import { MediaService } from 'src/services/media.service';
 import { MemoryService } from 'src/services/memory.service';
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ export const services = [
   DuplicateService,
   JobService,
   LibraryService,
+  MaintenanceService,
   MapService,
   MediaService,
   MemoryService,
diff --git a/server/src/services/maintenance.service.ts b/server/src/services/maintenance.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..411bb4e4b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/services/maintenance.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ServerPingResponse } from 'src/dtos/server.dto';
+import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class MaintenanceService extends BaseService {
+  ping(): ServerPingResponse {
+    // this.eventRepository.clientBroadcast();
+    return { res: 'Pong!' };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/workers/maintenance.ts b/server/src/workers/maintenance.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e194007a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/workers/maintenance.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
+import { NestExpressApplication } from '@nestjs/platform-express';
+import { json } from 'body-parser';
+import cookieParser from 'cookie-parser';
+import { isMainThread } from 'node:worker_threads';
+import { ApiModule, MaintenanceModule } from 'src/app.module';
+import { excludePaths, serverVersion } from 'src/constants';
+import { ImmichEnvironment } from 'src/enum';
+import { WebSocketAdapter } from 'src/middleware/websocket.adapter';
+import { ConfigRepository } from 'src/repositories/config.repository';
+import { LoggingRepository } from 'src/repositories/logging.repository';
+import { ApiService } from 'src/services/api.service';
+import { isStartUpError } from 'src/utils/misc';
+
+export async function bootstrap() {
+  const app = await NestFactory.create<NestExpressApplication>(MaintenanceModule, { bufferLogs: true });
+  const logger = await app.resolve(LoggingRepository);
+  const configRepository = app.get(ConfigRepository);
+
+  const { environment, host, network } = configRepository.getEnv();
+  const isDev = environment === ImmichEnvironment.DEVELOPMENT;
+
+  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' }));
+  app.useWebSocketAdapter(new WebSocketAdapter(app));
+
+  if (isDev) {
+    app.enableCors();
+  }
+
+  app.setGlobalPrefix('api', { exclude: excludePaths });
+
+  app.use(app.get(ApiService).ssr(excludePaths));
+
+  await (host ? app.listen(2283, host) : app.listen(2283));
+
+  logger.log(`Immich Maintenance is listening on ${await app.getUrl()} [v${serverVersion}] [${environment}] `);
+}
+
+if (!isMainThread) {
+  bootstrap().catch((error) => {
+    if (!isStartUpError(error)) {
+      console.error(error);
+    }
+    throw error;
+  });
+}