diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index a642ec03..f80a7c4a 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -269,16 +269,6 @@ async def start_sanic_worker(app: Sanic):
     await app.dispatch('wrolpi.periodic.check_log_level')
 
 
-@api_app.listener('after_server_start')
-async def start_initialize_flags(app: Sanic):
-    # Only allow one child process to initialize flags.
-    if not app.shared_ctx.flags_initialized.is_set():
-        logger.info('start_initialize_flags')
-        app.shared_ctx.flags_initialized.set()
-        async with flags.db_up.wait_for():
-            flags.init_flags()
-
-
 @api_app.signal('wrolpi.periodic.check_log_level')
 async def periodic_check_log_level():
     """Copies global log level into this Sanic worker's logger."""
diff --git a/wrolpi/flags.py b/wrolpi/flags.py
index cddd2167..c3743e22 100644
--- a/wrolpi/flags.py
+++ b/wrolpi/flags.py
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ def init_flags():
         # Only need to read from once DB at startup.
         return
 
+    logger.debug('Initializing flags...')
+
     from wrolpi.db import get_db_session
     with get_db_session() as session:
         flags: WROLPiFlag = session.query(WROLPiFlag).one_or_none()
@@ -205,6 +207,8 @@ def init_flags():
             else:
                 outdated_zims.clear()
 
+    logger.debug('Initialized flags')
+
 
 @contextlib.asynccontextmanager
 async def wait_for_flag(flag: Flag, timeout: int = 0):