diff --git a/mobile/lib/constants/constants.dart b/mobile/lib/constants/constants.dart
index 1f39640832..b084effd91 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/constants/constants.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/constants/constants.dart
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ const double downloadFailed = -2;
 // Number of log entries to retain on app start
 const int kLogTruncateLimit = 250;
 
-// Duration for background sync
-const Duration kBackgroundSyncDuration = Duration(minutes: 1);
-
 // Hash batch limits
 const int kBatchHashFileLimit = 128;
 const int kBatchHashSizeLimit = 1024 * 1024 * 1024; // 1GB
diff --git a/mobile/lib/domain/services/sync_stream.service.dart b/mobile/lib/domain/services/sync_stream.service.dart
index 8169a5477c..e710fba1b4 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/domain/services/sync_stream.service.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/domain/services/sync_stream.service.dart
@@ -63,17 +63,25 @@ class SyncStreamService {
             }
           }
           await _syncApiRepository.ack(acks.values.toList());
+          _logger.info("$types events processed");
         } catch (error, stack) {
           _logger.warning("Error handling sync events", error, stack);
         }
         streamCompleter.completeOnce();
       },
-      onError: (_) => streamCompleter.completeOnce(),
+      onError: (error) {
+        _logger.warning("Error in sync stream for $types", error);
+        streamCompleter.completeOnce();
+      },
       // onDone is required to be called in cases where the stream is empty
-      onDone: () => shouldSkipOnDone ? null : streamCompleter.completeOnce,
+      onDone: () {
+        _logger.info("$types stream done");
+        if (!shouldSkipOnDone) {
+          streamCompleter.completeOnce();
+        }
+      },
     );
-    streamCompleter.future.whenComplete(subscription.cancel);
-    return await streamCompleter.future;
+    return await streamCompleter.future.whenComplete(subscription.cancel);
   }
 
   Future<void> syncUsers() => _syncEvent([SyncRequestType.usersV1]);
diff --git a/mobile/lib/providers/background_sync.provider.dart b/mobile/lib/providers/background_sync.provider.dart
index 1c5dbc38b9..75efebddd8 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/providers/background_sync.provider.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/providers/background_sync.provider.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
-import 'package:immich_mobile/constants/constants.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/utils/background_sync.dart';
 
 final backgroundSyncProvider = Provider<BackgroundSyncManager>(
-  (ref) => BackgroundSyncManager(duration: kBackgroundSyncDuration),
+  (ref) => BackgroundSyncManager(),
 );
diff --git a/mobile/lib/utils/background_sync.dart b/mobile/lib/utils/background_sync.dart
index ead1c640ab..bfedbf2601 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/utils/background_sync.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/utils/background_sync.dart
@@ -5,43 +5,20 @@ import 'dart:async';
 import 'package:async/async.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/providers/infrastructure/sync_stream.provider.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/utils/isolate.dart';
-import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 
 class BackgroundSyncManager {
-  final Logger _logger = Logger('BackgroundSyncManager');
-  Timer? _timer;
-  final Duration _duration;
-  // This allows us to keep synching in the background while allowing ondemand syncs
+  // This prevents multiple syncs from running at the same time
   final _userSyncCache = AsyncCache.ephemeral();
   final _partnerSyncCache = AsyncCache.ephemeral();
 
-  BackgroundSyncManager({required Duration duration}) : _duration = duration;
-
-  Timer _createTimer() {
-    return Timer.periodic(_duration, (timer) async {
-      _logger.info('Background sync started');
-      await syncUsers();
-      await syncPartners();
-      _logger.info('Background sync completed');
-    });
-  }
-
-  void start() {
-    _logger.info('Starting Background sync');
-    _timer ??= _createTimer();
-  }
-
-  void stop() {
-    _logger.info('Stopping Background sync');
-    _timer?.cancel();
-    _timer = null;
-  }
+  BackgroundSyncManager();
 
   Future<void> syncUsers() => _userSyncCache.fetch(
-        () async => runInIsolate(
+        () => runInIsolate(
           (ref) => ref.read(syncStreamServiceProvider).syncUsers(),
         ),
       );
+
   Future<void> syncPartners() => _partnerSyncCache.fetch(
         () async => runInIsolate(
           (ref) => ref.read(syncStreamServiceProvider).syncPartners(),