diff --git a/backend/src/tasks/lightning/network-sync.service.ts b/backend/src/tasks/lightning/network-sync.service.ts
index b87c63031..1fdd77361 100644
--- a/backend/src/tasks/lightning/network-sync.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tasks/lightning/network-sync.service.ts
@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ class NetworkSyncService {
     } catch (e) {
       logger.err(`Cannot update channel list. Reason: ${(e instanceof Error ? e.message : e)}`);
     }
-
-    setTimeout(() => { this.$runTasks(); }, 1000 * config.LIGHTNING.STATS_REFRESH_INTERVAL);
   }
 
   // This method look up the creation date of the earliest channel of the node
diff --git a/backend/src/tasks/lightning/stats-updater.service.ts b/backend/src/tasks/lightning/stats-updater.service.ts
index ecb056859..9e6e5bd82 100644
--- a/backend/src/tasks/lightning/stats-updater.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tasks/lightning/stats-updater.service.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class LightningStatsUpdater {
     const date = new Date();
     Common.setDateMidnight(date);
     const networkGraph = await lightningApi.$getNetworkGraph();
-    LightningStatsImporter.computeNetworkStats(date.getTime() / 1000, networkGraph);
+    await LightningStatsImporter.computeNetworkStats(date.getTime() / 1000, networkGraph);
     
     logger.info(`Updated latest network stats`);
   }