diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c670a1f2..10d20fa8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -94,3 +94,6 @@ mjolnir.egg-info/
 .yarn
 # Only contains possibly broken path, replaced by .yarnrc.yml in modern Yarn
 .yarnrc
+
+# VS Code workspace settings
+/.vscode
diff --git a/src/Draupnir.ts b/src/Draupnir.ts
index 232adc2c..8e655aa9 100644
--- a/src/Draupnir.ts
+++ b/src/Draupnir.ts
@@ -275,11 +275,15 @@ export class Draupnir implements Client {
     if (isError(managementRoomProtectResult)) {
       return managementRoomProtectResult;
     }
-    void Task(draupnir.startupComplete());
     return Ok(draupnir);
   }
 
-  private async startupComplete(): Promise<void> {
+  /**
+   * Note: This is only public due to having to first start the syncloop before sending events
+   * when we use encryption.
+   * This means this is only used in the index.ts.
+   */
+  public async startupComplete(): Promise<void> {
     const statusInfo = await draupnirStatusInfo(this);
     try {
       await this.managementRoomOutput.logMessage(
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 5ffd9644..b0fe4609 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {
 } from "./DraupnirBotMode";
 import { Draupnir } from "./Draupnir";
 import { SafeMatrixEmitterWrapper } from "matrix-protection-suite-for-matrix-bot-sdk";
-import { DefaultEventDecoder } from "matrix-protection-suite";
+import { DefaultEventDecoder, Task } from "matrix-protection-suite";
 import { WebAPIs } from "./webapis/WebAPIs";
 import { SqliteRoomStateBackingStore } from "./backingstore/better-sqlite3/SqliteRoomStateBackingStore";
 
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ void (async function () {
   try {
     await bot.start();
     await config.RUNTIME.client.start();
+    void Task(bot.startupComplete());
     await apis.start();
     healthz.isHealthy = true;
   } catch (err) {