diff --git a/app/server/index.ts b/app/server/index.ts
index a06b889a..ce452294 100644
--- a/app/server/index.ts
+++ b/app/server/index.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 import { createHonoServer } from "react-router-hono-server/bun";
-import { runDbMigrations } from "./db/db";
-import { startup } from "./modules/lifecycle/startup";
-import { retagSnapshots } from "./modules/lifecycle/migration";
-import { logger } from "./utils/logger";
-import { shutdown } from "./modules/lifecycle/shutdown";
-import { REQUIRED_MIGRATIONS } from "./core/constants";
-import { validateRequiredMigrations } from "./modules/lifecycle/checkpoint";
+
 import { createApp } from "./app";
-import { config } from "./core/config";
 import { runCLI } from "./cli";
+import { config } from "./core/config";
+import { REQUIRED_MIGRATIONS } from "./core/constants";
+import { runDbMigrations } from "./db/db";
+import { validateRequiredMigrations } from "./modules/lifecycle/checkpoint";
+import { retagSnapshots } from "./modules/lifecycle/migration";
+import { shutdown } from "./modules/lifecycle/shutdown";
+import { startup } from "./modules/lifecycle/startup";
+import { logger } from "./utils/logger";
 
 const cliRun = await runCLI(Bun.argv);
 if (cliRun) {
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ runDbMigrations();
 await retagSnapshots();
 await validateRequiredMigrations(REQUIRED_MIGRATIONS);
 
-void startup();
+await startup();
 
 logger.info(`Server is running at http://localhost:${config.port}`);
 
diff --git a/app/server/utils/logger.ts b/app/server/utils/logger.ts
index 6d106f60..0d7ffc6e 100644
--- a/app/server/utils/logger.ts
+++ b/app/server/utils/logger.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { createLogger, format, transports } from "winston";
+
 import { sanitizeSensitiveData } from "./sanitize";
 
 const { printf, combine, colorize } = format;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ const log = (level: "info" | "warn" | "error" | "debug", messages: unknown[]) =>
 			return sanitizeSensitiveData(JSON.stringify(m, null, 2));
 		}
 
-		return sanitizeSensitiveData(String(JSON.stringify(m)));
+		return sanitizeSensitiveData(JSON.stringify(m));
 	});
 
 	winstonLogger.log(level, stringMessages.join(" "));