diff --git a/src/services/protected_session.js b/src/services/protected_session.js
index 22e531738..c6098cc2f 100644
--- a/src/services/protected_session.js
+++ b/src/services/protected_session.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 const log = require('./log');
 const dataEncryptionService = require('./data_encryption');
 const options = require("./options");
-const sqlInit = require("./sql_init");
 
 let dataKey = null;
 
@@ -64,20 +63,19 @@ function touchProtectedSession() {
     }
 }
 
-sqlInit.dbReady.then(() => {
-    setInterval(() => {
-        const protectedSessionTimeout = options.getOptionInt('protectedSessionTimeout');
-        if (isProtectedSessionAvailable()
-            && lastProtectedSessionOperationDate
-            && Date.now() - lastProtectedSessionOperationDate > protectedSessionTimeout * 1000) {
+function checkProtectedSessionExpiration() {
+    const protectedSessionTimeout = options.getOptionInt('protectedSessionTimeout');
+    if (isProtectedSessionAvailable()
+        && lastProtectedSessionOperationDate
+        && Date.now() - lastProtectedSessionOperationDate > protectedSessionTimeout * 1000) {
 
-            resetDataKey();
+        resetDataKey();
 
-            require('./ws').reloadFrontend();
-        }
-    }, 30000);
-});
+        log.info("Expiring protected session");
 
+        require('./ws').reloadFrontend();
+    }
+}
 
 module.exports = {
     setDataKey,
@@ -87,5 +85,6 @@ module.exports = {
     decrypt,
     decryptString,
     decryptNotes,
-    touchProtectedSession
+    touchProtectedSession,
+    checkProtectedSessionExpiration
 };
diff --git a/src/services/scheduler.js b/src/services/scheduler.js
index f2d88e09a..3f253ba9b 100644
--- a/src/services/scheduler.js
+++ b/src/services/scheduler.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const log = require('./log');
 const sql = require("./sql");
 const becca = require("../becca/becca");
 const specialNotesService = require("../services/special_notes");
+const protectedSessionService = require("../services/protected_session");
 
 function getRunAtHours(note) {
     try {
@@ -59,4 +60,6 @@ sqlInit.dbReady.then(() => {
 
         setTimeout(cls.wrap(() => specialNotesService.createMissingSpecialNotes()), 10 * 1000);
     }
+
+    setInterval(() => protectedSessionService.checkProtectedSessionExpiration(), 30000);
 });