diff --git a/docs/releases.md b/docs/releases.md
index 5b6f2594..7105f442 100644
--- a/docs/releases.md
+++ b/docs/releases.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ and the [ntfy Android app](https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy-android/release
 * Spanish (thanks to [@rogeliodh](https://github.com/rogeliodh))
 * Turkish (thanks to [@ersen](https://ersen.moe/))
 * Norwegian (thanks to [@comradekingu](https://github.com/comradekingu))
+* German (thanks to [@cmeis](https://github.com/cmeis))
 
 **Thanks:**
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ and the [ntfy Android app](https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy-android/release
 
 * Do not allow comma in topic name in publish via GET endpoint (no ticket) 
 * Add "Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *" for attachments (no ticket, thanks to @FrameXX)
+* Make pruning run again in web app ([#186](https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/186)) 
 
 **Documentation:**
 
diff --git a/web/src/app/Poller.js b/web/src/app/Poller.js
index 9de417a5..ec284eaf 100644
--- a/web/src/app/Poller.js
+++ b/web/src/app/Poller.js
@@ -56,6 +56,4 @@ class Poller {
 }
 
 const poller = new Poller();
-poller.startWorker();
-
 export default poller;
diff --git a/web/src/app/Pruner.js b/web/src/app/Pruner.js
index 9fac28e0..45948057 100644
--- a/web/src/app/Pruner.js
+++ b/web/src/app/Pruner.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import prefs from "./Prefs";
 import subscriptionManager from "./SubscriptionManager";
 
-const delayMillis = 15000; // 15 seconds
+const delayMillis = 25000; // 25 seconds
 const intervalMillis = 1800000; // 30 minutes
 
 class Pruner {
@@ -35,6 +35,4 @@ class Pruner {
 }
 
 const pruner = new Pruner();
-pruner.startWorker();
-
 export default pruner;
diff --git a/web/src/components/App.js b/web/src/components/App.js
index 4782a26c..5be7ec9f 100644
--- a/web/src/components/App.js
+++ b/web/src/components/App.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {BrowserRouter, Outlet, Route, Routes, useOutletContext, useParams} from
 import {expandUrl} from "../app/utils";
 import ErrorBoundary from "./ErrorBoundary";
 import routes from "./routes";
-import {useAutoSubscribe, useConnectionListeners, useLocalStorageMigration} from "./hooks";
+import {useAutoSubscribe, useConnectionListeners, useBackgroundProcesses} from "./hooks";
 
 // TODO add drag and drop
 // TODO races when two tabs are open
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const Layout = () => {
     });
 
     useConnectionListeners(subscriptions, users);
-    useLocalStorageMigration();
+    useBackgroundProcesses();
     useEffect(() => updateTitle(newNotificationsCount), [newNotificationsCount]);
 
     return (
diff --git a/web/src/components/hooks.js b/web/src/components/hooks.js
index bc88cef8..3714a9d0 100644
--- a/web/src/components/hooks.js
+++ b/web/src/components/hooks.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import notifier from "../app/Notifier";
 import routes from "./routes";
 import connectionManager from "../app/ConnectionManager";
 import poller from "../app/Poller";
+import pruner from "../app/Pruner";
 
 /**
  * Wire connectionManager and subscriptionManager so that subscriptions are updated when the connection
@@ -67,29 +68,13 @@ export const useAutoSubscribe = (subscriptions, selected) => {
 };
 
 /**
- * Migrate the 'topics' item in localStorage to the subscriptionManager. This is only done once to migrate away
- * from the old web UI.
+ * Start the poller and the pruner. This is done in a side effect as opposed to just in Pruner.js
+ * and Poller.js, because side effect imports are not a thing in JS, and "Optimize imports" cleans
+ * up "unused" imports. See https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/186.
  */
-export const useLocalStorageMigration = () => {
-    const [hasRun, setHasRun] = useState(false);
+export const useBackgroundProcesses = () => {
     useEffect(() => {
-        if (hasRun) {
-            return;
-        }
-        const topicsStr = localStorage.getItem("topics");
-        if (topicsStr) {
-            const topics = JSON.parse(topicsStr).filter(topic => topic !== "");
-            if (topics.length > 0) {
-                (async () => {
-                    for (const topic of topics) {
-                        const baseUrl = window.location.origin;
-                        const subscription = await subscriptionManager.add(baseUrl, topic);
-                        poller.pollInBackground(subscription); // Dangle!
-                    }
-                    localStorage.removeItem("topics");
-                })();
-            }
-        }
-        setHasRun(true);
+        poller.startWorker();
+        pruner.startWorker();
     }, []);
 }