diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc5def5..e143d4f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ If you don't want to host your own instance, check out https://api.retropilot.or
 
 The server consists of 2 node scripts.
 
-`src/server` is using expressjs and runs the backend (file upload / communication with openpilot) and the useradmin dashboard to manage / view / download drives & logs.
-`src/worker` is a background worker that is processing drives (analyzing video files & logs) to prepare drives for playback in cabana and to gather statistics. It automatically terminates itself after 60 minutes to make sure the video/log libraries do not cause memory leaks.
+- `src/server` is using expressjs and runs the backend (file upload / communication with openpilot) and the useradmin dashboard to manage / view / download drives & logs.
 
-Both scripts can be started with a cronjob each minute, they use locking to make sure they run exclusively.
+- `src/worker` is a background worker that is processing drives (analyzing video files & logs) to prepare drives for playback in cabana and to gather statistics. It automatically terminates itself after 60 minutes to make sure the video/log libraries do not cause memory leaks.
 
 **Attention:** Minimum required node version is **node 10**.
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d78ea3a..6690b29 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     "": {
       "name": "retropilot-server",
       "version": "1.0.0",
-      "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@commaai/log_reader": "^0.9.0",
         "@sendgrid/client": "^7.4.3",
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@
         "multer": "^1.4.2",
         "nodemailer": "^6.6.0",
         "pg": "^8.7.1",
-        "proper-lockfile": "^4.1.2",
         "sanitize": "^2.1.0",
         "sequelize": "^6.6.5",
         "simple-oauth2": "^4.3.0",
@@ -4670,16 +4668,6 @@
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     },
-    "node_modules/proper-lockfile": {
-      "version": "4.1.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/proper-lockfile/-/proper-lockfile-4.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-TjNPblN4BwAWMXU8s9AEz4JmQxnD1NNL7bNOY/AKUzyamc379FWASUhc/K1pL2noVb+XmZKLL68cjzLsiOAMaA==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "graceful-fs": "^4.2.4",
-        "retry": "^0.12.0",
-        "signal-exit": "^3.0.2"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/property-expr": {
       "version": "2.0.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/property-expr/-/property-expr-2.0.5.tgz",
@@ -5094,14 +5082,6 @@
         "node": ">=4"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/retry": {
-      "version": "0.12.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/retry/-/retry-0.12.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-G0KmJmoh8HQh0bC1S33BZ7AcATs=",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 4"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/retry-as-promised": {
       "version": "5.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/retry-as-promised/-/retry-as-promised-5.0.0.tgz",
@@ -10106,16 +10086,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/process-nextick-args/-/process-nextick-args-2.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-3ouUOpQhtgrbOa17J7+uxOTpITYWaGP7/AhoR3+A+/1e9skrzelGi/dXzEYyvbxubEF6Wn2ypscTKiKJFFn1ag=="
     },
-    "proper-lockfile": {
-      "version": "4.1.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/proper-lockfile/-/proper-lockfile-4.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-TjNPblN4BwAWMXU8s9AEz4JmQxnD1NNL7bNOY/AKUzyamc379FWASUhc/K1pL2noVb+XmZKLL68cjzLsiOAMaA==",
-      "requires": {
-        "graceful-fs": "^4.2.4",
-        "retry": "^0.12.0",
-        "signal-exit": "^3.0.2"
-      }
-    },
     "property-expr": {
       "version": "2.0.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/property-expr/-/property-expr-2.0.5.tgz",
@@ -10426,11 +10396,6 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
-    "retry": {
-      "version": "0.12.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/retry/-/retry-0.12.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-G0KmJmoh8HQh0bC1S33BZ7AcATs="
-    },
     "retry-as-promised": {
       "version": "5.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/retry-as-promised/-/retry-as-promised-5.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9f8ef79..91f7f18 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     "multer": "^1.4.2",
     "nodemailer": "^6.6.0",
     "pg": "^8.7.1",
-    "proper-lockfile": "^4.1.2",
     "sanitize": "^2.1.0",
     "sequelize": "^6.6.5",
     "simple-oauth2": "^4.3.0",
diff --git a/src/worker/index.js b/src/worker/index.js
index 2df1ea1..38929a8 100644
--- a/src/worker/index.js
+++ b/src/worker/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import path, { dirname } from 'path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
 import log4js from 'log4js';
-import lockfile from 'proper-lockfile';
 import dirTree from 'directory-tree';
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import Reader from '@commaai/log_reader';
@@ -739,29 +738,23 @@ async function mainWorkerLoop() {
   }
 }
 
-// make sure bunzip2 is available
-try {
-  //execSync('bunzip2 --help');
-} catch (exception) {
-  logger.error('bunzip2 is not installed or not available in environment path');
-  process.exit();
-}
-
-lockfile.lock('retropilot_worker', {
-    realpath: false,
-    stale: 90000,
-    update: 2000
-  })
-  .then((release) => {
-    logger.info('STARTING WORKER...');
-    (async () => {
-      initializeStorage();
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        mainWorkerLoop();
-      }, 0);
-    })();
-  })
-  .catch((e) => {
-    console.error(e);
+const main = async () => {
+  // make sure bunzip2 is available
+  try {
+    //execSync('bunzip2 --help');
+  } catch (exception) {
+    logger.error('bunzip2 is not installed or not available in environment path');
     process.exit();
-  });
+  }
+
+  initializeStorage();
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    mainWorkerLoop();
+  }, 0);
+};
+
+try {
+  main();
+} catch (e) {
+  console.error(e);
+}