diff --git a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/setup/CommonSetup.java b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/setup/CommonSetup.java
index cc23cf5f6c5..0ab19dab310 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/setup/CommonSetup.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/setup/CommonSetup.java
@@ -55,19 +55,21 @@ public static void setup(Config config, GracefulShutDownHandler gracefulShutDown
         Version.printVersion();
         maybePrintPathOfCodeSource();
         Profiler.printSystemLoad();
-        Profiler.printSystemLoadPeriodically(10, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
 
         // Full DAO nodes (like seed nodes) do not use the GC triggers as it is expected they have sufficient RAM allocated.
         GcUtil.setDISABLE_GC_CALLS(config.fullDaoNode);
 
-        GcUtil.autoReleaseMemory();
-
         setSystemProperties();
         setupSigIntHandlers(gracefulShutDownHandler);
 
         DevEnv.setup(config);
     }
 
+    public static void startPeriodicTasks() {
+        Profiler.printSystemLoadPeriodically(10, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
+        GcUtil.autoReleaseMemory();
+    }
+
     public static void setupUncaughtExceptionHandler(UncaughtExceptionHandler uncaughtExceptionHandler) {
         Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler handler = (thread, throwable) -> {
             // Might come from another thread
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/app/BisqExecutable.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/app/BisqExecutable.java
index 0ab2895819f..3e8fdc587f1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/app/BisqExecutable.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/app/BisqExecutable.java
@@ -130,8 +130,13 @@ protected void addCapabilities() {
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
     // Headless versions can call inside launchApplication the onApplicationLaunched() manually
+    // Desktop gets called from JavaFx thread
     protected void onApplicationLaunched() {
         configUserThread();
+
+        // Now we can use the user thread start periodic tasks
+        CommonSetup.startPeriodicTasks();
+
         // As the handler method might be overwritten by subclasses and they use the application as handler
         // we need to setup the handler after the application is created.
         CommonSetup.setupUncaughtExceptionHandler(this);
diff --git a/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/app/BisqAppMain.java b/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/app/BisqAppMain.java
index d2577194db9..a875e83ca66 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/app/BisqAppMain.java
+++ b/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/app/BisqAppMain.java
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ protected void configUserThread() {
     protected void launchApplication() {
         BisqApp.setAppLaunchedHandler(application -> {
             BisqAppMain.this.application = (BisqApp) application;
-            // Map to user thread!
-            UserThread.execute(this::onApplicationLaunched);
+
+            onApplicationLaunched();
         });
 
         Application.launch(BisqApp.class);
diff --git a/seednode/src/main/java/bisq/seednode/SeedNodeMain.java b/seednode/src/main/java/bisq/seednode/SeedNodeMain.java
index 080aff96d21..5bfb17ceff6 100644
--- a/seednode/src/main/java/bisq/seednode/SeedNodeMain.java
+++ b/seednode/src/main/java/bisq/seednode/SeedNodeMain.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ protected void launchApplication() {
         UserThread.execute(() -> {
             try {
                 seedNode = new SeedNode();
-                UserThread.execute(this::onApplicationLaunched);
+                onApplicationLaunched();
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
             }