diff --git a/src/com/serotonin/mango/MangoContextListener.java b/src/com/serotonin/mango/MangoContextListener.java
index cf017e61f2..93c436daf4 100644
--- a/src/com/serotonin/mango/MangoContextListener.java
+++ b/src/com/serotonin/mango/MangoContextListener.java
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ public class MangoContextListener implements ServletContextListener {
 	public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent evt) {
 		try {
 			initialized(evt);
+			// Notify the event manager of the startup.
+			SystemEventType.raiseEvent(new SystemEventType(
+					SystemEventType.TYPE_SYSTEM_STARTUP), System
+					.currentTimeMillis(), false, new LocalizableMessage(
+					"event.system.startup"));
 		} catch (Exception ex) {
 			log.error(ex.getMessage(), ex);
 			throw ex;
@@ -163,11 +168,7 @@ private void initialized(ServletContextEvent evt) {
 		reportsInitialize();
 		maintenanceInitialize();
 
-		// Notify the event manager of the startup.
-		SystemEventType.raiseEvent(new SystemEventType(
-				SystemEventType.TYPE_SYSTEM_STARTUP), System
-				.currentTimeMillis(), false, new LocalizableMessage(
-				"event.system.startup"));
+
 
 
 		try {
diff --git a/src/com/serotonin/mango/rt/maint/WorkItemMonitor.java b/src/com/serotonin/mango/rt/maint/WorkItemMonitor.java
index 157fcfea8f..8043a1dca3 100644
--- a/src/com/serotonin/mango/rt/maint/WorkItemMonitor.java
+++ b/src/com/serotonin/mango/rt/maint/WorkItemMonitor.java
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@
 import com.serotonin.mango.Common;
 import com.serotonin.timer.FixedRateTrigger;
 import com.serotonin.timer.TimerTask;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.scada_lts.monitor.type.IntegerMonitor;
 
 public class WorkItemMonitor extends TimerTask {
+
+    private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(WorkItemMonitor.class);
     private static final long TIMEOUT = 1000 * 10; // Run every ten seconds.
 
     /**
@@ -40,6 +44,11 @@ private WorkItemMonitor() {
 
     @Override
     public void run(long fireTime) {
+        if(Common.ctx == null || Common.ctx.getBackgroundProcessing() == null) {
+            LOG.warn("Scada-LTS context terminated");
+            return;
+        }
+
         BackgroundProcessing bp = Common.ctx.getBackgroundProcessing();
 
         mediumPriorityServiceQueueSize.setValue(bp.getMediumPriorityServiceQueueSize());