diff --git a/api/source/app.d b/api/source/app.d
index 42b1feb..7413191 100644
--- a/api/source/app.d
+++ b/api/source/app.d
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ import core.sync.mutex;
 import shared_utils.server_status;
 import shared_utils.discord;
 
+import startup_requests;
+
 const AGENT_KEY_HEADER = "X-Agent-Key";
 const CLIENT_KEY_HEADER = "X-Client-Key";
 
 __gshared ServerStatus[] serverStatuses;
+__gshared SysTime lastServerStatusTimestamp;
 __gshared Mutex serversMutex;
 __gshared ApiConfig config;
 
@@ -38,6 +41,18 @@ void main() {
 	configureLoggingProvider(provider);
 
 	serversMutex = new Mutex();
+	lastServerStatusTimestamp = Clock.currTime();
+
+	// JobScheduler scheduler = JobScheduler.getDefault();
+	// scheduler.addJob(
+	// 	&removeOldStartupRequests,
+	// 	new FixedIntervalSchedule(minutes(5))
+	// );
+	// scheduler.addJob(
+	// 	&checkForOutOfDateServerStatus,
+	// 	new FixedIntervalSchedule(minutes(1))
+	// );
+	// scheduler.start();
 
 	PathHandler handler = new PathHandler();
 	handler.addMapping(Method.POST, "/api/servers", &postServerStatus);
@@ -66,11 +81,12 @@ void postServerStatus(ref HttpRequestContext ctx) {
 	serversMutex.lock();
 	scope(exit) serversMutex.unlock();
 	serverStatuses = deserializeServerStatuses(jsonBody);
+	lastServerStatusTimestamp = Clock.currTime();
 
 	// Remove startup requests for any servers that are now online.
 	foreach (server; serverStatuses) {
 		if (server.online && isStartupRequested(server.identifier)) {
-			std.file.remove("request_" ~ server.identifier ~ ".txt");
+			removeStartupRequest(server.identifier);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -92,9 +108,7 @@ void requestServerStartup(ref HttpRequestContext ctx) {
 	scope(exit) serversMutex.unlock();
 	foreach (server; serverStatuses) {
 		if (server.identifier == identifier) {
-			File f = File("request_" ~ identifier ~ ".txt", "w");
-			f.writeln(Clock.currTime().toISOExtString());
-			f.close();
+			createServerStartupRequest(server.identifier);
 			sendDiscordMessage(
 				config.discordWebhookUrl,
 				format!"User requested to start server %s."(server.identifier)
@@ -118,10 +132,6 @@ void getServerRequests(ref HttpRequestContext ctx) {
 	ctx.response.writeBodyString(result.toJSON, "application/json");
 }
 
-bool isStartupRequested(string id) {
-	return std.file.exists("request_" ~ id ~ ".txt");
-}
-
 void checkKey(ref HttpRequestContext ctx, string keyHeaderName, string expectedValue) {
 	Optional!string key = ctx.request.headers.getFirst(keyHeaderName);
 	if (!key || key.value != expectedValue) {
@@ -140,3 +150,12 @@ ApiConfig readConfig() {
 		props["discordWebhookUrl"]
 	);
 }
+
+void checkForOutOfDateServerStatus() {
+	Duration statusAge = Clock.currTime() - lastServerStatusTimestamp;
+	serversMutex.lock();
+	scope(exit) serversMutex.unlock();
+	if (statusAge > minutes(15) && serverStatuses.length > 0) {
+		serverStatuses = [];
+	}
+}
diff --git a/api/source/startup_requests.d b/api/source/startup_requests.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83aa075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/source/startup_requests.d
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+module startup_requests;
+
+import std.stdio;
+import std.datetime;
+import std.file;
+import std.path;
+import std.string;
+
+void createServerStartupRequest(string serverIdentifier) {
+    File f = File(getRequestFile(serverIdentifier), "w");
+    f.writeln(Clock.currTime(UTC()).toISOExtString());
+    f.close();
+}
+
+bool isStartupRequested(string serverIdentifier) {
+    return exists(getRequestFile(serverIdentifier));
+}
+
+void removeStartupRequest(string serverIdentifier) {
+    string requestFile = getRequestFile(serverIdentifier);
+    if (exists(requestFile)) std.file.remove(requestFile);
+}
+
+void removeOldStartupRequests() {
+    foreach (string requestFile; findAllStartupRequests()) {
+        Duration age = getRequestAge(requestFile);
+        if (age > hours(1)) {
+            std.file.remove(requestFile);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+private Duration getRequestAge(string requestFile) {
+    string text = readText(requestFile).strip();
+    SysTime timestamp = SysTime.fromISOExtString(text, UTC());
+    return Clock.currTime(UTC()) - timestamp;
+}
+
+private string[] findAllStartupRequests() {
+    string[] requestFiles;
+    foreach (DirEntry entry; dirEntries(getcwd(), SpanMode.shallow, false)) {
+        string filename = baseName(entry.name);
+        if (startsWith(filename, "request_") && endsWith(filename, ".txt")) {
+            requestFiles ~= entry.name;
+        }
+    }
+    return  requestFiles;
+}
+
+private string getRequestFile(string identifier) {
+    return "request_" ~ identifier ~ ".txt";
+}