diff --git a/src/cloudron.js b/src/cloudron.js
index e51f39688..2be01d49b 100644
--- a/src/cloudron.js
+++ b/src/cloudron.js
@@ -111,31 +111,49 @@ function notifyUpdate(callback) {
 
 // each of these tasks can fail. we will add some routes to fix/re-run them
 function runStartupTasks() {
-    // stop all the systemd tasks
-    platform.stopAllTasks(NOOP_CALLBACK);
+    const tasks = [
+        // stop all the systemd tasks
+        platform.stopAllTasks,
 
-    // this configures collectd to collect backup storage metrics if filesystem is used. This is also triggerd when the settings change with the rest api
-    settings.getBackupConfig(function (error, backupConfig) {
-        if (error) return debug('runStartupTasks: failed to get backup config.', error);
-        backups.configureCollectd(backupConfig, NOOP_CALLBACK);
-    });
+        // this configures collectd to collect backup storage metrics if filesystem is used. This is also triggerd when the settings change with the rest api
+        function (callback) {
+            settings.getBackupConfig(function (error, backupConfig) {
+                if (error) return callback(error);
 
-    // always generate webadmin config since we have no versioning mechanism for the ejs
-    if (settings.adminDomain()) reverseProxy.writeAdminConfig(settings.adminDomain(), NOOP_CALLBACK);
+                backups.configureCollectd(backupConfig, callback);
+            });
+        },
 
-    // check activation state and start the platform
-    users.isActivated(function (error, activated) {
-        if (error) return debug(error);
+        // always generate webadmin config since we have no versioning mechanism for the ejs
+        function (callback) {
+            if (!settings.adminDomain()) return callback();
 
-        // configure nginx to be reachable by IP when not activated. for the moment, the IP based redirect exists even after domain is setup
-        // just in case user forgot or some network error happenned in the middle (then browser refresh takes you to activation page)
-        // we remove the config as a simple security measure to not expose IP <-> domain
-        if (!activated) {
-            debug('runStartupTasks: not activated. generating IP based redirection config');
-            return reverseProxy.writeDefaultConfig(NOOP_CALLBACK);
+            reverseProxy.writeAdminConfig(settings.adminDomain(), callback);
+        },
+
+        // check activation state and start the platform
+        function (callback) {
+            users.isActivated(function (error, activated) {
+                if (error) return callback(error);
+
+                // configure nginx to be reachable by IP when not activated. for the moment, the IP based redirect exists even after domain is setup
+                // just in case user forgot or some network error happenned in the middle (then browser refresh takes you to activation page)
+                // we remove the config as a simple security measure to not expose IP <-> domain
+                if (!activated) {
+                    debug('runStartupTasks: not activated. generating IP based redirection config');
+                    return reverseProxy.writeDefaultConfig(callback);
+                }
+
+                onActivated(callback);
+            });
         }
+    ];
 
-        onActivated(NOOP_CALLBACK);
+    // we used to run tasks in parallel but simultaneous nginx reloads was causing issues
+    async.series(async.reflectAll(tasks), function (error, results) {
+        results.forEach((result, idx) => {
+            if (result.error) debug(`Startup task at index ${idx} failed: ${result.error.message}`);
+        });
     });
 }