diff --git a/src/startup.ts b/src/startup.ts
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+// Starts up applications required to run before the HTTP server is on.
+
+import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
+import { createZapSplitsIfNotExists } from '@/utils/zap-split.ts';
+import { cron } from '@/cron.ts';
+import { startFirehose } from '@/firehose.ts';
+
+if (Conf.firehoseEnabled) {
+  startFirehose();
+}
+
+if (Conf.cronEnabled) {
+  cron();
+}
+
+await createZapSplitsIfNotExists();