diff --git a/packages/daemon/src/server.ts b/packages/daemon/src/server.ts
index 94cd5547..cf97442e 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/src/server.ts
@@ -52,22 +52,7 @@ global.EventSource = require('eventsource')
   /**
    * Launch central database
    */
-  {
-    info(`Migrating mothership`)
-    await (
-      await pbService.spawn(
-        {
-          command: 'migrate',
-          isMothership: true,
-          version: DAEMON_PB_SEMVER,
-          name: PUBLIC_MOTHERSHIP_NAME,
-          slug: PUBLIC_MOTHERSHIP_NAME,
-        },
-        { logger },
-      )
-    ).exited
-    info(`Migrating done`)
-  }
+
   info(`Serving`)
   const url = await new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
     const mothership = async () => {
diff --git a/packages/daemon/src/services/migrateMothership.ts b/packages/daemon/src/services/migrateMothership.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26bb353e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/daemon/src/services/migrateMothership.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { DAEMON_PB_SEMVER, PUBLIC_MOTHERSHIP_NAME } from '$constants'
+import { pocketbaseService } from '$services'
+import { LoggerService } from '@pockethost/common'
+
+const migrateMothership = async () => {
+  const logger = LoggerService().create(`migrateMothership`)
+  const { dbg, error, info, warn } = logger
+
+  const pbService = await pocketbaseService()
+  info(`Migrating mothership`)
+  await (
+    await pbService.spawn(
+      {
+        command: 'migrate',
+        isMothership: true,
+        version: DAEMON_PB_SEMVER,
+        name: PUBLIC_MOTHERSHIP_NAME,
+        slug: PUBLIC_MOTHERSHIP_NAME,
+      },
+      { logger },
+    )
+  ).exited
+  info(`Migrating done`)
+}