diff --git a/gaseous-server/ProcessQueue.cs b/gaseous-server/ProcessQueue.cs
index 19d4b0e..98f8fc8 100644
--- a/gaseous-server/ProcessQueue.cs
+++ b/gaseous-server/ProcessQueue.cs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ namespace gaseous_server
             private bool _ForceExecute = false;
             private bool _AllowManualStart = true;
             private bool _RemoveWhenStopped = false;
+            private bool _IsBlocked = false;
             private List<QueueItemType> _Blocks = new List<QueueItemType>();
 
             public QueueItemType ItemType => _ItemType;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ namespace gaseous_server
             public bool Force => _ForceExecute;
             public bool AllowManualStart => _AllowManualStart;
             public bool RemoveWhenStopped => _RemoveWhenStopped;
+            public bool IsBlocked => _IsBlocked;
             public object? Options { get; set; } = null;
             public List<QueueItemType> Blocks => _Blocks;
 
@@ -172,17 +174,58 @@ namespace gaseous_server
             {
                 _ForceExecute = true;
             }
+
+            public void BlockedState(bool BlockState)
+            {
+                _IsBlocked = BlockState;
+            }
         }
 
         public enum QueueItemType
         {
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Reserved for blocking all services - no actual background service is tied to this type
+            /// </summary>
+            All,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Default type - no background service is tied to this type
+            /// </summary>
             NotConfigured,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Ingests signature DAT files into the database
+            /// </summary>
             SignatureIngestor,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Imports game files into the database and moves them to the required location on disk
+            /// </summary>
             TitleIngestor,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Forces stored metadata to be refreshed
+            /// </summary>
             MetadataRefresh,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Ensures all managed files are where they are supposed to be
+            /// </summary>
             OrganiseLibrary,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Looks for orphaned files in the library and re-adds them to the database
+            /// </summary>
             LibraryScan,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Builds collections - set the options attribute to the id of the collection to build
+            /// </summary>
             CollectionCompiler,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Performs and post database upgrade scripts that can be processed as a background task
+            /// </summary>
             BackgroundDatabaseUpgrade
         }
 
diff --git a/gaseous-server/Program.cs b/gaseous-server/Program.cs
index 3027a9c..5e817a1 100644
--- a/gaseous-server/Program.cs
+++ b/gaseous-server/Program.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,23 @@ if (Config.ReadSetting("API Key", "Test API Key") == "Test API Key")
     Config.SetSetting("API Key", APIKey.ToString());
 }
 
+// kick off any delayed upgrade tasks
+// run 1002 background updates in the background on every start
+DatabaseMigration.BackgroundUpgradeTargetSchemaVersions.Add(1002);
+// start the task
+ProcessQueue.QueueItem queueItem = new ProcessQueue.QueueItem(
+        ProcessQueue.QueueItemType.BackgroundDatabaseUpgrade,
+        1,
+        new List<ProcessQueue.QueueItemType>
+        {
+            ProcessQueue.QueueItemType.All
+        },
+        false,
+        true
+    );
+queueItem.ForceExecute();
+ProcessQueue.QueueItems.Add(queueItem);
+
 // set up server
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
@@ -171,13 +188,5 @@ ProcessQueue.QueueItems.Add(new ProcessQueue.QueueItem(
     })
     );
 
-// kick off any delayed upgrade tasks
-// run 1002 background updates in the background on every start
-DatabaseMigration.BackgroundUpgradeTargetSchemaVersions.Add(1002);
-// start the task
-ProcessQueue.QueueItem queueItem = new ProcessQueue.QueueItem(ProcessQueue.QueueItemType.BackgroundDatabaseUpgrade, 1, false, true);
-queueItem.ForceExecute();
-ProcessQueue.QueueItems.Add(queueItem);
-
 // start the app
 app.Run();
diff --git a/gaseous-server/Timer.cs b/gaseous-server/Timer.cs
index 2ca1573..d6653ad 100644
--- a/gaseous-server/Timer.cs
+++ b/gaseous-server/Timer.cs
@@ -36,13 +36,21 @@ namespace gaseous_server
             List<ProcessQueue.QueueItem> ActiveList = new List<ProcessQueue.QueueItem>();
             ActiveList.AddRange(ProcessQueue.QueueItems);
             foreach (ProcessQueue.QueueItem qi in ActiveList) {
-                if ((DateTime.UtcNow > qi.NextRunTime || qi.Force == true) && CheckProcessBlockList(qi) == true) {
-                    qi.Execute();
-                    if (qi.RemoveWhenStopped == true && qi.ItemState == ProcessQueue.QueueItemState.Stopped)
+                if (CheckProcessBlockList(qi) == true) {
+                    qi.BlockedState(false);
+                    if (DateTime.UtcNow > qi.NextRunTime || qi.Force == true)
                     {
-                        ProcessQueue.QueueItems.Remove(qi);
+                        qi.Execute();
+                        if (qi.RemoveWhenStopped == true && qi.ItemState == ProcessQueue.QueueItemState.Stopped)
+                        {
+                            ProcessQueue.QueueItems.Remove(qi);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
+                else
+                {
+                    qi.BlockedState(true);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -67,7 +75,13 @@ namespace gaseous_server
             {
                 foreach (ProcessQueue.QueueItem qi in ProcessQueue.QueueItems)
                 {
-                    if (queueItem.Blocks.Contains(qi.ItemType) && qi.ItemState == ProcessQueue.QueueItemState.Running)
+                    if (
+                        (
+                            queueItem.Blocks.Contains(qi.ItemType) || 
+                            queueItem.Blocks.Contains(ProcessQueue.QueueItemType.All)
+                        ) &&
+                            qi.ItemState == ProcessQueue.QueueItemState.Running
+                        )
                     {
                         return false;
                     }
diff --git a/gaseous-server/wwwroot/pages/settings/system.html b/gaseous-server/wwwroot/pages/settings/system.html
index d546694..772edaf 100644
--- a/gaseous-server/wwwroot/pages/settings/system.html
+++ b/gaseous-server/wwwroot/pages/settings/system.html
@@ -64,23 +64,28 @@
 
                     var itemStateName;
                     var itemLastStart;
-                    switch (result[i].itemState) {
-                        case 'NeverStarted':
-                            itemStateName = "Never started";
-                            itemLastStart = '-';
-                            break;
-                        case 'Stopped':
-                            itemStateName = "Stopped";
-                            itemLastStart = moment(result[i].lastRunTime).fromNow();
-                            break;
-                        case 'Running':
-                            itemStateName = "Running";
-                            itemLastStart = moment(result[i].lastRunTime).fromNow();
-                            break;
-                        default:
-                            itemStateName = "Unknown status";
-                            itemLastStart = moment(result[i].lastRunTime).fromNow();
-                            break;
+                    if (result[i].IsBlocked == false) {
+                        switch (result[i].itemState) {
+                            case 'NeverStarted':
+                                itemStateName = "Never started";
+                                itemLastStart = '-';
+                                break;
+                            case 'Stopped':
+                                itemStateName = "Stopped";
+                                itemLastStart = moment(result[i].lastRunTime).fromNow();
+                                break;
+                            case 'Running':
+                                itemStateName = "Running";
+                                itemLastStart = moment(result[i].lastRunTime).fromNow();
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                itemStateName = "Unknown status";
+                                itemLastStart = moment(result[i].lastRunTime).fromNow();
+                                break;
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        itemStateName = "Blocked";
+                        itemLastStart = moment(result[i].lastRunTime).fromNow();
                     }
 
                     var itemInterval = result[i].interval;