diff --git a/src/twtxt.nim b/src/twtxt.nim
index ab065bf..a9a78dc 100644
--- a/src/twtxt.nim
+++ b/src/twtxt.nim
@@ -69,13 +69,3 @@ proc updateTweetsByUser*(db: DBConn, username, url: string) {. gcsafe .} =
       except: discard
   except:
     echo getCurrentExceptionMsg()
-
-proc updateTweetsOnce*() {. gcsafe .} =
-  var db = open("./data/twtxt.db", nil, nil, nil)
-
-  var users = db.getAllRows sql"select * from users where username != 'twtxtlist'"
-
-  for user in users.items():
-    echo "updating " & $user
-
-    db.updateTweetsByUser(user[1], user[2])
diff --git a/src/worker.nim b/src/worker.nim
index 0ba62e8..2efcbfd 100644
--- a/src/worker.nim
+++ b/src/worker.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 import db_sqlite, os, streams, threadpool, twtxt
 
+proc updateTweetsOnce() {. gcsafe .} =
+  var db = open("./data/twtxt.db", nil, nil, nil)
+
+  var users = db.getAllRows sql"select * from users where username != 'twtxtlist'"
+
+  for user in users.items():
+    echo "updating " & $user
+
+    spawn db.updateTweetsByUser(user[1], user[2])
+
 proc updateSystemUser() =
   let
     fname = "public" / "twtxt.txt"