diff --git a/startdb.py b/startdb.py
index 793ae8a..ce81722 100644
--- a/startdb.py
+++ b/startdb.py
@@ -1,60 +1,51 @@
 import asyncio
 import argparse
 import configparser
-import json
 from meshview import mqtt_reader
 from meshview import mqtt_database
 from meshview import mqtt_store
-
-async def load_database_from_mqtt(mqtt_server, mqtt_port, topics, mqtt_user=None, mqtt_passwd=None):
-    async for received_topic, env in mqtt_reader.get_topic_envelopes(mqtt_server, mqtt_port, topics, mqtt_user, mqtt_passwd):
-        await mqtt_store.process_envelope(received_topic, env)
+import json
 
 
-async def run_daily(task_func, hour=0, minute=0):
-    """Run an async task_func once every day at the specified hour and minute."""
-    while True:
-        from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-        now_dt = datetime.now()
-        target = now_dt.replace(hour=hour, minute=minute, second=0, microsecond=0)
-        if target <= now_dt:
-            target += timedelta(days=1)
-        delay = (target - now_dt).total_seconds()
-        await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+async def load_database_from_mqtt(mqtt_server: str , mqtt_port: int, topic: list, mqtt_user: str | None = None, mqtt_passwd: str | None = None):
+    async for topic, env in mqtt_reader.get_topic_envelopes(mqtt_server, mqtt_port, topic, mqtt_user, mqtt_passwd):
+        await mqtt_store.process_envelope(topic, env)
 
-        try:
-            await task_func()
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(f"Error during daily task: {e}")
 
 async def main(config):
     mqtt_database.init_database(config["database"]["connection_string"])
+
     await mqtt_database.create_tables()
-
-    mqtt_user = config["mqtt"]["username"] or None
-    mqtt_passwd = config["mqtt"]["password"] or None
+    mqtt_user = None
+    mqtt_passwd = None
+    if config["mqtt"]["username"] != "":
+        mqtt_user: str = config["mqtt"]["username"]
+    if config["mqtt"]["password"] != "":
+        mqtt_passwd: str = config["mqtt"]["password"]
     mqtt_topics = json.loads(config["mqtt"]["topics"])
-
+   
+    
     async with asyncio.TaskGroup() as tg:
-        tg.create_task(load_database_from_mqtt(
-            config["mqtt"]["server"],
-            int(config["mqtt"]["port"]),
-            mqtt_topics,
-            mqtt_user,
-            mqtt_passwd
-        ))
-        # Schedule cleanup
-        if config["database"]["cleanup"]:
-            tg.create_task(run_daily(mqtt_store.cleanup_old_entries, hour=int(config["database"]["cleanup_hour"]), minute=int(config["database"]["cleanup_minutes"])))
+        tg.create_task(
+            load_database_from_mqtt(config["mqtt"]["server"], int(config["mqtt"]["port"]), mqtt_topics, mqtt_user, mqtt_passwd)
+        )
+    
 
 def load_config(file_path):
+    """Load configuration from an INI-style text file."""
     config_parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
     config_parser.read(file_path)
-    return {section: dict(config_parser.items(section)) for section in config_parser.sections()}
+
+    # Convert to a dictionary for easier access
+    config = {section: dict(config_parser.items(section)) for section in config_parser.sections()}
+    return config
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("meshview")
     parser.add_argument("--config", help="Path to the configuration file.", default='config.ini')
     args = parser.parse_args()
+
     config = load_config(args.config)
+
     asyncio.run(main(config))