diff --git a/server/src/app.js b/server/src/app.js
index c056048b0..99302d9e7 100644
--- a/server/src/app.js
+++ b/server/src/app.js
@@ -163,95 +163,3 @@ export const startServer = async (overrideConfig = null) => {
 
   return returnMessage;
 };
-
-/***************  START SERVICES ***************/
-/* Override config
- * ----------------
- *
- * Configuration of services comes from app general config
- * It can be overriden here by the settings in the db
- * It can also be overriden on call
- *
- */
-
-const s = data.settings;
-
-const oscIP = s.oscOutIP || config.osc.ipOut;
-const oscOutPort = s.oscOutPort || config.osc.portOut;
-const oscInPort = s.oscInPort || config.osc.port;
-
-const serverPort = s.serverPort || config.server.port;
-
-// Start OSC server
-import { initiateOSC, shutdownOSCServer } from './controllers/OscController.js';
-
-export const startOSCServer = async (overrideConfig = null) => {
-  // Setup default port
-  const oscSettings = {
-    port: overrideConfig?.port || oscInPort,
-    ipOut: oscIP,
-    portOut: oscOutPort,
-  };
-
-  // Start OSC Server
-  initiateOSC(oscSettings);
-};
-
-// Start OSC Client
-let oscClient = null;
-
-export const startOSCClient = async (overrideConfig = null) => {
-  // Setup default port
-  const port = overrideConfig?.port || oscOutPort;
-  console.log('initialise OSC Client on port: ', port);
-
-  oscClient = new Client(oscIP, oscOutPort);
-};
-
-// create HTTP server
-const server = http.createServer(app);
-
-export const startServer = async (overrideConfig = null) => {
-  // Setup default port
-  // const port = overrideConfig?.port || serverPort;
-
-  /* Note: Port is hardcoded
-   * need to find a good solution for sharing
-   * the dynamic info with the frontend
-   */
-  const port = 4001;
-
-  // Start server
-  const returnMessage = `HTTP Server is listening on port ${port}`;
-  server.listen(port, '0.0.0.0', () => console.log(returnMessage));
-
-  // init timer
-  global.timer = new EventTimer(server, oscClient, config);
-  global.timer.setupWithEventList(data.events);
-
-  return returnMessage;
-};
-
-export const shutdown = async () => {
-  console.log('Node service shutdown');
-
-  user.event('NODE', 'shutdown', 'requesting node shutfown').send();
-
-  // shutdown express server
-  server.close();
-
-  // shutdown OSC Server
-  shutdownOSCServer();
-
-  // shutdown OSC Client
-  oscClient.close();
-
-  // shutdown timer
-  global.timer.shutdown();
-};
-
-// if (env == 'development') {
-//   startServer();
-//   startOSCServer();
-//   startOSCClient();
-// }