diff --git a/payphone/bot.py b/payphone/bot.py
index 30ecc9b..65ab2b6 100644
--- a/payphone/bot.py
+++ b/payphone/bot.py
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ class Payphone(commands.AutoShardedBot):
             owner_ids=[898569996949676052, 777338793803513886],
         )
 
+    @tasks.loop(seconds=5)
+    async def update_heartbeat(self) -> None:
+        """Updates the heartbeat timestamp."""
+
+        self.heartbeat.value = int(datetime.now(timezone.utc).timestamp())
+
     async def on_ready(self) -> None:
         """Initializes the bot.
 
@@ -80,6 +86,8 @@ class Payphone(commands.AutoShardedBot):
 
         await self.redis.ping()
 
+        self.update_heartbeat.start()
+
         print(f"Ready! Logged in as {self.user.display_name}.")
 
     async def on_shard_ready(self, shard_id: int) -> None:
diff --git a/payphone/cogs/utility/cog.py b/payphone/cogs/utility/cog.py
index 0a360a0..c111e46 100644
--- a/payphone/cogs/utility/cog.py
+++ b/payphone/cogs/utility/cog.py
@@ -12,17 +12,6 @@ class Utility(base.Cog):
     def __init__(self, bot_instance: bot.Payphone):
         self.bot = bot_instance
 
-        self.update_heartbeat.start()
-
-    def cog_unload(self) -> None:
-        self.update_heartbeat.cancel()
-
-    @tasks.loop(seconds=5)
-    async def update_heartbeat(self) -> None:
-        """Updates the heartbeat timestamp."""
-
-        self.bot.heartbeat.value = int(datetime.now(timezone.utc).timestamp())
-
     @commands.command()
     @commands.cooldown(1, 60, commands.BucketType.user)
     @checks.is_unbanned()
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index 2b69ca0..3b7b275 100644
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ def shard(
     bot.heartbeat = heartbeat
 
     try:
+        # Skip uvloop initialization, it stops tasks from running for some reason.
+        raise ImportError()
+
         import uvloop  # pylint: disable=import-error
 
         bot.loop = uvloop.new_event_loop()