diff --git a/app/Application.php b/app/Application.php
index 55322616..2d13411d 100644
--- a/app/Application.php
+++ b/app/Application.php
@@ -3,14 +3,23 @@
 namespace App;
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class Application extends Model
 {
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
     public $incrementing = false;
 
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
     protected $primaryKey = 'appid';
 
-    //
+    /**
+     * @return mixed
+     */
     public function icon()
     {
         if (! file_exists(storage_path('app/public/'.$this->icon))) {
@@ -23,12 +32,18 @@ class Application extends Model
         return $this->icon;
     }
 
-    public function iconView()
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function iconView(): string
     {
         return asset('storage/'.$this->icon);
     }
 
-    public function defaultColour()
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function defaultColour(): string
     {
         // check if light or dark
         if ($this->tile_background == 'light') {
@@ -38,7 +53,10 @@ class Application extends Model
         return '#161b1f';
     }
 
-    public function class()
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function class(): string
     {
         $name = $this->name;
         $name = preg_replace('/[^\p{L}\p{N}]/u', '', $name);
@@ -48,6 +66,10 @@ class Application extends Model
         return $class;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param $name
+     * @return string
+     */
     public static function classFromName($name)
     {
         $name = preg_replace('/[^\p{L}\p{N}]/u', '', $name);
@@ -57,16 +79,21 @@ class Application extends Model
         return $class;
     }
 
-    public static function apps()
+    /**
+     * @return \Illuminate\Support\Collection
+     */
+    public static function apps(): \Illuminate\Support\Collection
     {
         $json = json_decode(file_get_contents(storage_path('app/supportedapps.json'))) ?? [];
         $apps = collect($json->apps);
-        $sorted = $apps->sortBy('name', SORT_NATURAL | SORT_FLAG_CASE);
 
-        return $sorted;
+        return $apps->sortBy('name', SORT_NATURAL | SORT_FLAG_CASE);
     }
 
-    public static function autocomplete()
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function autocomplete(): array
     {
         $apps = self::apps();
         $list = [];
@@ -80,8 +107,14 @@ class Application extends Model
         return $list;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param $appid
+     * @return mixed|null
+     */
     public static function getApp($appid)
     {
+        Log::debug("Get app triggered for: $appid");
+
         $localapp = self::where('appid', $appid)->first();
         $app = self::single($appid);
 
@@ -106,6 +139,10 @@ class Application extends Model
         return $app;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param $appid
+     * @return mixed|null
+     */
     public static function single($appid)
     {
         $apps = self::apps();
@@ -128,7 +165,10 @@ class Application extends Model
         return $app;
     }
 
-    public static function applist()
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function applist(): array
     {
         $list = [];
         $list['null'] = 'None';
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php
index ac1bea90..964ab5ac 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php
@@ -369,26 +369,6 @@ class ItemController extends Controller
         if ($appid === 'null') {
             return null;
         }
-        /*$appname = $request->input('app');
-        //die($appname);
-
-        $app_details = Application::where('name', $appname)->firstOrFail();
-        $appclass = $app_details->class();
-        $app = new $appclass;
-
-        // basic details
-        $output['icon'] = $app_details->icon();
-        $output['name'] = $app_details->name;
-        $output['iconview'] = $app_details->iconView();
-        $output['colour'] = $app_details->defaultColour();
-        $output['class'] = $appclass;
-
-        // live details
-        if($app instanceof \App\EnhancedApps) {
-            $output['config'] = className($app_details->name).'.config';
-        } else {
-            $output['config'] = null;
-        }*/
 
         $output['config'] = null;
         $output['custom'] = null;
diff --git a/app/Jobs/ProcessApps.php b/app/Jobs/ProcessApps.php
index 12163cd4..17510654 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/ProcessApps.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/ProcessApps.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
 use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
 use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 
 class ProcessApps implements ShouldQueue
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ class ProcessApps implements ShouldQueue
      */
     public function handle()
     {
+        Log::debug('Process Apps dispatched');
         $localapps = Application::whereNull('class')->get();
         $json = SupportedApps::getList()->getBody();
 
diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index cede5237..b4877689 100644
--- a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ use App\Application;
 use App\Jobs\ProcessApps;
 use App\Setting;
 use App\User;
-use Artisan;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
-use Schema;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 
 class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 {
@@ -129,17 +130,10 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
             touch(database_path('app.sqlite'));
         }
 
-        if (Schema::hasTable('settings')) {
-            // check version to see if an upgrade is needed
-            $db_version = Setting::_fetch('version');
-            $app_version = config('app.version');
-            if (version_compare($app_version, $db_version) == 1) {
-                // app is higher than db, so need to run migrations etc
-                Artisan::call('migrate', ['--path' => 'database/migrations', '--force' => true, '--seed' => true]);
-                ProcessApps::dispatch();
-            }
-        } else {
+        if ($this->needsDBUpdate()) {
             Artisan::call('migrate', ['--path' => 'database/migrations', '--force' => true, '--seed' => true]);
+            ProcessApps::dispatchSync();
+            $this->updateApps();
         }
     }
 
@@ -154,4 +148,31 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 
         $this->genKey();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    private function needsDBUpdate(): bool
+    {
+        if (!Schema::hasTable('settings')) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        $db_version = Setting::_fetch('version');
+        $app_version = config('app.version');
+
+        return version_compare($app_version, $db_version) === 1;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function updateApps()
+    {
+        Log::debug('Update of all apps triggered');
+
+        foreach (Application::all(['appid']) as $app) {
+            Application::getApp($app->appid);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/SupportedApps.php b/app/SupportedApps.php
index 2d85fd5f..2f5742f6 100644
--- a/app/SupportedApps.php
+++ b/app/SupportedApps.php
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ abstract class SupportedApps
 
     public static function getFiles($app)
     {
+        Log::debug("Download triggered for $app->name");
+
         $zipurl = config('app.appsource').'files/'.$app->sha.'.zip';
 
         $client = new Client(['http_errors' => false, 'timeout' => 60, 'connect_timeout' => 15, 'verify' => false]);