diff --git a/nuxt.config.js b/nuxt.config.js
index 83689d6d..c6391115 100644
--- a/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/nuxt.config.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module.exports = {
     // Doc: https://axios.nuxtjs.org/usage
     './@nuxtjs/axios',
     './@nuxtjs/auth',
-    ['nuxt-express-module', { expressPath: 'server/', routesPath: 'server/routes' }]
+    // ['nuxt-express-module', { expressPath: 'server/', routesPath: 'server/routes' }]
   ],
 
   /*
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ module.exports = {
 
   buildModules: [
     'nuxt-build-optimisations',
-    '@nuxtjs/vuetify'
+    '@nuxtjs/vuetify',
+    ['nuxt-express-module', { expressPath: 'server/', routesPath: 'server/routes' }],
+    '@/plugins/initialize.server.js'
   ],
   vuetify: {
     defaultAssets: false,
diff --git a/plugins/initialize.server.js b/plugins/initialize.server.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20838c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/initialize.server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+export default function () {
+  function start (nuxt) {
+    const log = require('../server/log')
+    const config = require('../server/config')
+    let TaskManager
+    if (!config.firstrun) {
+      TaskManager = require('../server/taskManager').TaskManager
+      TaskManager.start()
+    }
+    const msg = `Listen on ${config.server.host}:${config.server.port} , visit me here => ${config.baseurl}`
+    log.info(msg)
+
+    // close connections/port/unix socket
+    async function shutdown () {
+      if (TaskManager) { TaskManager.stop() }
+      nuxt.close(async () => {
+        log.info('Closing DB')
+        const sequelize = require('../server/api/models')
+        await sequelize.close()
+        process.exit()
+      })
+    }
+    process.on('SIGTERM', shutdown)
+    process.on('SIGINT', shutdown)  
+  }
+  this.nuxt.hook('ready', start)
+}