diff --git a/creator-node/src/index.ts b/creator-node/src/index.ts
index 0cdb098dad7..139c31e7725 100644
--- a/creator-node/src/index.ts
+++ b/creator-node/src/index.ts
@@ -175,20 +175,13 @@ const startAppForWorker = async () => {
     }
   })
 
-  const nodeMode = config.get('devMode') ? 'Dev Mode' : 'Production Mode'
-
   await serviceRegistry.initServices()
+  const nodeMode = config.get('devMode') ? 'Dev Mode' : 'Production Mode'
   logger.info(`Initialized services (Node running in ${nodeMode})`)
+  serviceRegistry.initServicesAsynchronously()
   const appInfo = initializeApp(getPort(), serviceRegistry)
   logger.info('Initialized app and server')
-
-  // Make the first worker wait for some services to be fully up before spinning up other workers
-  serviceRegistry.initServicesAsynchronously()
-  if (clusterUtils.isThisWorkerInit()) {
-    await serviceRegistry.initServicesThatRequireServer(appInfo.app)
-  } else {
-    serviceRegistry.initServicesThatRequireServer(appInfo.app)
-  }
+  await serviceRegistry.initServicesThatRequireServer(appInfo.app)
 
   if (clusterUtils.isThisWorkerInit() && process.send) {
     process.send({ cmd: 'initComplete' })
diff --git a/creator-node/src/serviceRegistry.js b/creator-node/src/serviceRegistry.js
index 6499828e0a9..542365abdab 100644
--- a/creator-node/src/serviceRegistry.js
+++ b/creator-node/src/serviceRegistry.js
@@ -92,6 +92,31 @@ class ServiceRegistry {
 
     this.synchronousServicesInitialized = true
 
+    // Cannot progress without recovering spID from node's record on L1 ServiceProviderFactory contract
+    // Retries indefinitely
+    await this._recoverNodeL1Identity()
+
+    // Init StateMachineManager
+    this.stateMachineManager = new StateMachineManager()
+    const {
+      monitorStateQueue,
+      findSyncRequestsQueue,
+      findReplicaSetUpdatesQueue,
+      cNodeEndpointToSpIdMapQueue,
+      manualSyncQueue,
+      recurringSyncQueue,
+      updateReplicaSetQueue,
+      recoverOrphanedDataQueue
+    } = await this.stateMachineManager.init(this.libs, this.prometheusRegistry)
+    this.monitorStateQueue = monitorStateQueue
+    this.findSyncRequestsQueue = findSyncRequestsQueue
+    this.findReplicaSetUpdatesQueue = findReplicaSetUpdatesQueue
+    this.cNodeEndpointToSpIdMapQueue = cNodeEndpointToSpIdMapQueue
+    this.manualSyncQueue = manualSyncQueue
+    this.recurringSyncQueue = recurringSyncQueue
+    this.updateReplicaSetQueue = updateReplicaSetQueue
+    this.recoverOrphanedDataQueue = recoverOrphanedDataQueue
+
     logInfoWithDuration(
       { logger: genericLogger, startTime: start },
       'ServiceRegistry || Initialized synchronous services'
@@ -287,8 +312,6 @@ class ServiceRegistry {
   /**
    * Some services require the node server to be running in order to initialize. Run those here.
    * Specifically:
-   *  - recover node L1 identity (requires node health check from server to return success)
-   *  - initialize SnapbackSM service (requires node L1 identity)
    *  - construct SyncQueue (requires node L1 identity)
    *  - register node on L2 URSM contract (requires node L1 identity)
    *  - construct & init SkippedCIDsRetryQueue (requires SyncQueue)
@@ -297,31 +320,6 @@ class ServiceRegistry {
   async initServicesThatRequireServer(app) {
     const start = getStartTime()
 
-    // Cannot progress without recovering spID from node's record on L1 ServiceProviderFactory contract
-    // Retries indefinitely
-    await this._recoverNodeL1Identity()
-
-    // Init StateMachineManager
-    this.stateMachineManager = new StateMachineManager()
-    const {
-      monitorStateQueue,
-      findSyncRequestsQueue,
-      findReplicaSetUpdatesQueue,
-      cNodeEndpointToSpIdMapQueue,
-      manualSyncQueue,
-      recurringSyncQueue,
-      updateReplicaSetQueue,
-      recoverOrphanedDataQueue
-    } = await this.stateMachineManager.init(this.libs, this.prometheusRegistry)
-    this.monitorStateQueue = monitorStateQueue
-    this.findSyncRequestsQueue = findSyncRequestsQueue
-    this.findReplicaSetUpdatesQueue = findReplicaSetUpdatesQueue
-    this.cNodeEndpointToSpIdMapQueue = cNodeEndpointToSpIdMapQueue
-    this.manualSyncQueue = manualSyncQueue
-    this.recurringSyncQueue = recurringSyncQueue
-    this.updateReplicaSetQueue = updateReplicaSetQueue
-    this.recoverOrphanedDataQueue = recoverOrphanedDataQueue
-
     // SyncQueue construction (requires L1 identity)
     // Note - passes in reference to instance of self (serviceRegistry), a very sub-optimal workaround
     this.syncQueue = new SyncQueue(config, this.redis, this)