diff --git a/src/communicator/__init__.py b/src/communicator/__init__.py
index 77d2f277..89a7ff29 100755
--- a/src/communicator/__init__.py
+++ b/src/communicator/__init__.py
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ from communicatorutils import announcenode, deniableinserts
 from communicatorutils import cooldownpeer
 from communicatorutils import housekeeping
 from communicatorutils import netcheck
-from onionrutils import epoch
+from onionrthreads import add_onionr_thread
 from onionrcommands.openwebinterface import get_url
-from etc import humanreadabletime
 import onionrservices
 from netcontroller import NetController
 from . import bootstrappeers
@@ -61,22 +60,6 @@ class OnionrCommunicatorDaemon:
 
         # populate kv values
         self.kv = self.shared_state.get_by_string('DeadSimpleKV')
-        self.kv.put('blockQueue', {})
-        self.kv.put('shutdown', False)
-        self.kv.put('onlinePeers', [])
-        self.kv.put('offlinePeers', [])
-        self.kv.put('peerProfiles', [])
-        self.kv.put('connectTimes', {})
-        self.kv.put('currentDownloading', [])
-        self.kv.put('announceCache', {})
-        self.kv.put('newPeers', [])
-        self.kv.put('dbTimestamps', {})
-        self.kv.put('blocksToUpload', [])
-        self.kv.put('cooldownPeer', {})
-        self.kv.put('generating_blocks', [])
-        self.kv.put('lastNodeSeen', None)
-        self.kv.put('startTime', epoch.get_epoch())
-        self.kv.put('isOnline', True)
 
         if config.get('general.offline_mode', False):
             self.kv.put('isOnline', False)
@@ -103,8 +86,6 @@ class OnionrCommunicatorDaemon:
         # extends our upload list and saves our list when Onionr exits
         uploadqueue.UploadQueue(self)
 
-        if developmentMode:
-            OnionrCommunicatorTimers(self, self.heartbeat, 30)
 
         # Set timers, function reference, seconds
         # requires_peer True means the timer function won't fire if we
@@ -302,13 +283,6 @@ class OnionrCommunicatorDaemon:
             self.kv.get('peerProfiles').append(retData)
         return retData
 
-    def heartbeat(self):
-        """Show a heartbeat debug message."""
-        logger.debug('Heartbeat. Node running for %s.' %
-                     humanreadabletime.human_readable_time(
-                         self.kv.get('startTime')))
-        self.decrementThreadCount('heartbeat')
-
 
 def startCommunicator(shared_state):
     OnionrCommunicatorDaemon(shared_state)
diff --git a/src/onionrcommands/daemonlaunch/__init__.py b/src/onionrcommands/daemonlaunch/__init__.py
index 54cd2c22..f1fb5106 100755
--- a/src/onionrcommands/daemonlaunch/__init__.py
+++ b/src/onionrcommands/daemonlaunch/__init__.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from lan import LANManager
 from lan.server import LANServer
 from sneakernet import sneakernet_import_thread
 from onionrstatistics.devreporting import statistics_reporter
+from setupkvvars import setup_kv
 """
     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -135,6 +136,9 @@ def daemon():
     # Add DeadSimpleKV for quasi-global variables (ephemeral key-value)
     shared_state.get(DeadSimpleKV)
 
+    # Initialize the quasi-global variables
+    setup_kv(shared_state.get(DeadSimpleKV))
+
     shared_state.get(daemoneventsapi.DaemonEventsBP)
 
     Thread(target=shared_state.get(apiservers.ClientAPI).start,
diff --git a/src/setupkvvars/__init__.py b/src/setupkvvars/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc0809e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/setupkvvars/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+"""Onionr - Private P2P Communication.
+
+Initialize singleton deadsimplekv pseudo globals
+"""
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from onionrutils import epoch
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from deadsimplekv import DeadSimpleKV
+"""
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+
+def setup_kv(shared_vars: 'DeadSimpleKV'):
+    """Init initial pseudo-variables."""
+    shared_vars.put('blockQueue', {})
+    shared_vars.put('shutdown', False)
+    shared_vars.put('onlinePeers', [])
+    shared_vars.put('offlinePeers', [])
+    shared_vars.put('peerProfiles', [])
+    shared_vars.put('connectTimes', {})
+    shared_vars.put('currentDownloading', [])
+    shared_vars.put('announceCache', {})
+    shared_vars.put('newPeers', [])
+    shared_vars.put('dbTimestamps', {})
+    shared_vars.put('blocksToUpload', [])
+    shared_vars.put('cooldownPeer', {})
+    shared_vars.put('generating_blocks', [])
+    shared_vars.put('lastNodeSeen', None)
+    shared_vars.put('startTime', epoch.get_epoch())
+    shared_vars.put('isOnline', True)