diff --git a/backend/src/scheduler.scm b/backend/src/scheduler.scm
index 60d9fca..f09fb89 100644
--- a/backend/src/scheduler.scm
+++ b/backend/src/scheduler.scm
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@
                (sleep (sec/mins 9))))
     (loop)))
 
+#! As the git repository is no longer updated there is no need to
+    establish a job loop or populate the statistics tables asynchronously
+
 (begin-thread (with-mutex %json-lock
                 (git:fetch)
                 (set! mcron-locked (mutex-owner %json-lock))
@@ -129,6 +132,13 @@
                 (calculate-strings!))
               (sleep (next-timestamp))
               (job-loop))
+
 (sleep 1)
 (while (mutex-locked? %json-lock)
   (sleep 1))
+!#
+
+; Functional parts of the asynchronous code above
+(git:fetch)
+(process-stats! $stat-tree)
+(calculate-strings!)