diff --git a/apps/server/src/app.ts b/apps/server/src/app.ts
index 4d31c1943..3d38fb4e0 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/app.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/app.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import {
   resolveExternalsDirectory,
   resolveStylesDirectory,
   resolvedPath,
-  clearUploadfolder,
 } from './setup/index.js';
 import { ONTIME_VERSION } from './ONTIME_VERSION.js';
 import { consoleSuccess, consoleHighlight } from './utils/console.js';
@@ -44,6 +43,9 @@ import { messageService } from './services/message-service/MessageService.js';
 import { populateDemo } from './setup/loadDemo.js';
 import { getState } from './stores/runtimeState.js';
 import { initRundown } from './services/rundown-service/RundownService.js';
+
+// Utilities
+import { clearUploadfolder } from './utils/upload.js';
 import { generateCrashReport } from './utils/generateCrashReport.js';
 import { getNetworkInterfaces } from './utils/networkInterfaces.js';
 
diff --git a/apps/server/src/classes/Logger.ts b/apps/server/src/classes/Logger.ts
index 972f1b152..32f1c4c14 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/classes/Logger.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/classes/Logger.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { generateId, millisToString } from 'ontime-utils';
 import { clock } from '../services/Clock.js';
 import { isProduction } from '../setup/index.js';
 import { socket } from '../adapters/WebsocketAdapter.js';
-import { consoleSubdued, consoleRed } from '../utils/console.js';
+import { consoleSubdued, consoleError } from '../utils/console.js';
 
 class Logger {
   private queue: Log[];
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Logger {
   private _push(log: Log) {
     if (this.canLog || log.level === LogLevel.Severe) {
       if (log.level === LogLevel.Severe) {
-        consoleRed(`[${log.level}] \t ${log.origin} \t ${log.text}`);
+        consoleError(`[${log.level}] \t ${log.origin} \t ${log.text}`);
       } else {
         consoleSubdued(`[${log.level}] \t ${log.origin} \t ${log.text}`);
       }
diff --git a/apps/server/src/index.ts b/apps/server/src/index.ts
index 7675b4d7a..fcb9eb8a2 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
-import { consoleHighlight, consoleRed } from './utils/console.js';
+import { consoleHighlight, consoleError } from './utils/console.js';
 import { initAssets, startIntegrations, startServer } from './app.js';
 
 async function startOntime() {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ async function startOntime() {
     consoleHighlight('Request: Start integrations...');
     await startIntegrations();
   } catch (error) {
-    consoleRed(`Request failed: ${error}`);
+    consoleError(`Request failed: ${error}`);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/server/src/setup/index.ts b/apps/server/src/setup/index.ts
index ce87e3081..8faf1bbf9 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/setup/index.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/setup/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
-import path, { dirname, join } from 'path';
-import fs from 'fs';
-
-import { rm } from 'fs/promises';
+import { dirname, join } from 'path';
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 
 import { config } from './config.js';
 import { ensureDirectory } from '../utils/fileManagement.js';
@@ -17,18 +15,18 @@ import { ensureDirectory } from '../utils/fileManagement.js';
 export function getAppDataPath(): string {
   // handle docker
   if (process.env.ONTIME_DATA) {
-    return path.join(process.env.ONTIME_DATA);
+    return join(process.env.ONTIME_DATA);
   }
 
   switch (process.platform) {
     case 'darwin': {
-      return path.join(process.env.HOME!, 'Library', 'Application Support', 'Ontime');
+      return join(process.env.HOME!, 'Library', 'Application Support', 'Ontime');
     }
     case 'win32': {
-      return path.join(process.env.APPDATA!, 'Ontime');
+      return join(process.env.APPDATA!, 'Ontime');
     }
     case 'linux': {
-      return path.join(process.env.HOME!, '.Ontime');
+      return join(process.env.HOME!, '.Ontime');
     }
     default: {
       throw new Error('Could not resolve public folder for platform');
@@ -56,11 +54,11 @@ if (import.meta.url) {
 // path to server src folder
 const currentDir = dirname(__dirname);
 // locally we are in src/setup, in the production build, this is a single file at src
-export const srcDirectory = isProduction ? currentDir : path.join(currentDir, '../');
+export const srcDirectory = isProduction ? currentDir : join(currentDir, '../');
 
 // resolve path to external
-const productionPath = path.join(srcDirectory, 'client/');
-const devPath = path.join(srcDirectory, '../../client/build/');
+const productionPath = join(srcDirectory, 'client/');
+const devPath = join(srcDirectory, '../../client/build/');
 
 export const resolvedPath = (): string => {
   if (isTest) {
@@ -83,12 +81,12 @@ export const uploadsFolderPath = join(getAppDataPath(), config.uploads);
 
 const ensureAppState = () => {
   ensureDirectory(getAppDataPath());
-  fs.writeFileSync(appStatePath, JSON.stringify({ lastLoadedProject: 'db.json' }));
+  writeFileSync(appStatePath, JSON.stringify({ lastLoadedProject: 'db.json' }));
 };
 
 const getLastLoadedProject = () => {
   try {
-    const appState = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(appStatePath, 'utf8'));
+    const appState = JSON.parse(readFileSync(appStatePath, 'utf8'));
     if (!appState.lastLoadedProject) {
       ensureAppState();
     }
@@ -142,11 +140,3 @@ export const resolveCrashReportDirectory = getAppDataPath();
 
 // path to projects
 export const resolveProjectsDirectory = join(getAppDataPath(), config.projects);
-
-export async function clearUploadfolder() {
-  try {
-    await rm(uploadsFolderPath, { recursive: true });
-  } catch (_) {
-    //we dont care that there was no folder
-  }
-}
diff --git a/apps/server/src/utils/console.ts b/apps/server/src/utils/console.ts
index c4cd4d1df..0f11b1caf 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/utils/console.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/utils/console.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export function consoleSuccess(message: string) {
 /**
  * Utility function to log messages in red
  */
-export function consoleRed(message: string) {
+export function consoleError(message: string) {
   console.error(inRed(message));
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/server/src/utils/generateCrashReport.ts b/apps/server/src/utils/generateCrashReport.ts
index fb48af15d..e71d48b15 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/utils/generateCrashReport.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/utils/generateCrashReport.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { get } from '../services/rundown-service/rundownCache.js';
 import { getState } from '../stores/runtimeState.js';
 import { resolveCrashReportDirectory } from '../setup/index.js';
 
+import { ensureDirectory } from './fileManagement.js';
 /**
  * Writes a file to the crash report location
  * @param fileName
@@ -13,10 +14,12 @@ import { resolveCrashReportDirectory } from '../setup/index.js';
  */
 function writeToFile(fileName: string, content: object) {
   const path = join(resolveCrashReportDirectory, fileName);
+  ensureDirectory(resolveCrashReportDirectory);
+
   try {
     const textContent = JSON.stringify(content, null, 2);
     writeFileSync(path, textContent);
-  } catch (e_rror) {
+  } catch (_) {
     /** We do not handle the error here */
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/server/src/utils/upload.ts b/apps/server/src/utils/upload.ts
index a610b05d2..056e89429 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/utils/upload.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/utils/upload.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import multer from 'multer';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
+import { rm } from 'fs/promises';
 
 import { ensureDirectory } from './fileManagement.js';
 import { getAppDataPath, uploadsFolderPath } from '../setup/index.js';
@@ -56,3 +57,11 @@ export const storage = multer.diskStorage({
     cb(null, file.originalname);
   },
 });
+
+export async function clearUploadfolder() {
+  try {
+    await rm(uploadsFolderPath, { recursive: true });
+  } catch (_) {
+    //we dont care that there was no folder
+  }
+}