diff --git a/app/lib/main.dart b/app/lib/main.dart
index 123324e5..ea306bab 100644
--- a/app/lib/main.dart
+++ b/app/lib/main.dart
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ void main() async {
     return true;
   };
 
+  await BackgroundFetch.registerHeadlessTask(backgroundFetch);
+
   if (kDebugMode) {
     final serviceProtocolInfo = await Service.getInfo();
     logger.d('VM: ${serviceProtocolInfo.serverUri}');
@@ -39,8 +41,6 @@ void main() async {
   await Future.delayed(Duration.zero);
   await GeckoBrowserService().initialize();
 
-  await BackgroundFetch.registerHeadlessTask(backgroundFetch);
-
   await HomeWidget.setAppGroupId('weblibre');
 
   runApp(