diff --git a/app/apps/cache.py b/app/apps/cache.py
index 926222a..6781de8 100644
--- a/app/apps/cache.py
+++ b/app/apps/cache.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ async def get_cache_timestamp(
         )
 
 
-async def watch_app_status_changes() -> Result[None, Report]:
+async def watch_app_status_changes():
     """
     Listens for app status changes on the custom Redis channel.
     This function implements the channel listener for app state changes.
@@ -195,13 +195,12 @@ async def watch_app_status_changes() -> Result[None, Report]:
     logger.info("Starting app status channel listener")
 
     try:
-        listener = AppStatusUpdateListener()
-        await listener.connect()
-        # This will loop forever
-        await listener.listen()
+        while True:
+            listener = AppStatusUpdateListener()
+            await listener.connect()
+            # This will loop forever
+            await listener.listen()
+            logger.error("Recreating app status channel listener, as it stopped!")
 
     except Exception as e:
         return Err(Report(f"App status channel listener error: {e}", error=e))
-
-    logger.info("App status channel listener stopped")
-    return Ok(None)
diff --git a/app/apps/tasks_impl/app_status_update.py b/app/apps/tasks_impl/app_status_update.py
index 2ddec24..1d03cd9 100644
--- a/app/apps/tasks_impl/app_status_update.py
+++ b/app/apps/tasks_impl/app_status_update.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ async def update_app_state_task_impl(
 
         cache_ops = cache
 
+    logger.debug("update_app_state_task_impl: Starting task...")
+
     redis_client = None
     try:
         redis_client = redis_from_url(redis_url, decode_responses=True)
diff --git a/app/apps/tasks_impl/listeners.py b/app/apps/tasks_impl/listeners.py
index 780288c..7a851b1 100644
--- a/app/apps/tasks_impl/listeners.py
+++ b/app/apps/tasks_impl/listeners.py
@@ -112,5 +112,5 @@ class AppStatusUpdateListener(BaseChannelListener):
         logger.trace("Broadcasting app management message")
         await broadcast_sse_msg(SSE.APP_STATE_MESSAGE, message.model_dump())
 
-        if message.state == AppManagementProcessState.FINISHED:
-            await self.stop()
+        # Note: the app status listener will listen for the entire duration of the
+        #       API running, so we don't need to stop it here
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 39b53be..c14483f 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ async def warmup_new_connections():
                         _handle(id, SSE.LN_INFO, res[2]),
                         _handle(id, SSE.LN_FEE_REVENUE, res[3]),
                         _handle(id, SSE.WALLET_BALANCE, res[4]),
-                        _handle(id, SSE.INSTALLED_APP_STATUS, res[5]),
+                        _handle(id, SSE.APP_STATE_MESSAGE, res[5]),
                         _handle(id, SSE.HARDWARE_INFO, res[6]),
                     ]
                 )
diff --git a/scripts/sync_to_blitz.sh b/scripts/sync_to_blitz.sh
index 21999bb..9338cb2 100644
--- a/scripts/sync_to_blitz.sh
+++ b/scripts/sync_to_blitz.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ fi
 
 # Needs sshpass installed
 echo "# syncing local code to: ${remote}"
-sshpass -p "$passwordA" rsync -rvz --exclude .venv/ --exclude test_env_data/ --exclude .git/ -e "ssh -p ${sshPort}" $local $remote
+sshpass -p "$passwordA" rsync -rvz --exclude .venv/ --exclude .env --exclude test_env_data/ --exclude .git/ -e "ssh -p ${sshPort}" $local $remote
 result=$?
 echo "result(${result})"
 if [ "$result" != "0" ]; then
@@ -81,17 +81,21 @@ if [ "$result" != "0" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# make sure uploaded/synced files belog again to the correct raspiblitz user to run
+# make sure uploaded/synced files belong again to the correct raspiblitz user to run
 sshpass -p "$passwordA" ssh -p $sshPort admin@$localIP "sudo chown -R blitzapi:blitzapi ${remoteRepoPath}"
 
 # Restart the blitz service to activate changes
-echo "# restarting blitzapi.service"
+echo "# restarting service 'blitzapi.service'"
 sshpass -p "$passwordA" ssh -p $sshPort admin@$localIP 'sudo systemctl restart blitzapi.service'
+echo "# restarting service 'blitzapi-celery-beat.service'"
+sshpass -p "$passwordA" ssh -p $sshPort admin@$localIP 'sudo systemctl restart blitzapi-celery-beat.service'
+echo "# restarting service 'blitzapi-celery-worker.service'"
+sshpass -p "$passwordA" ssh -p $sshPort admin@$localIP 'sudo systemctl restart blitzapi-celery-worker.service'
 
 # Get latest logs entries
 echo "# latest log entries"
-sshpass -p "$passwordA" ssh -p $sshPort admin@$localIP 'sudo journalctl -u blitzapi.service -n 10 --no-pager --no-hostname'
+sshpass -p "$passwordA" ssh -p $sshPort admin@$localIP "sudo journalctl -u blitzapi-celery-worker.service -n 40 --no-pager --no-hostname"
 
 # Watch the logs
 echo "# watching logs - CTRL+C to exit"
-sshpass -p "$passwordA" ssh -p $sshPort admin@$localIP 'sudo journalctl -u blitzapi.service -f --no-hostname'
+sshpass -p "$passwordA" ssh -p $sshPort admin@$localIP "sudo journalctl -u 'blitzapi*' -f --no-hostname"