diff --git a/src/database_worker.rs b/src/database_worker.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..290bc71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/database_worker.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+use anyhow::Context;
+use sqlx::{
+    PgPool,
+    postgres::{PgConnectOptions, PgPoolOptions},
+};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+pub async fn run_until_stopped(configuration: PgConnectOptions) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+    let connection_pool = PgPoolOptions::new().connect_lazy_with(configuration);
+    worker_loop(connection_pool).await
+}
+
+async fn worker_loop(connection_pool: PgPool) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+    loop {
+        if let Err(e) = clean_pending_subscriptions(&connection_pool).await {
+            tracing::error!("{:?}", e);
+        }
+        if let Err(e) = clean_idempotency_keys(&connection_pool).await {
+            tracing::error!("{:?}", e);
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(60)).await;
+    }
+}
+
+async fn clean_pending_subscriptions(connection_pool: &PgPool) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+    let result = sqlx::query!(
+        "
+        DELETE FROM subscriptions
+        WHERE status = 'pending_confirmation'
+        AND subscribed_at < NOW() - INTERVAL '24 hours'
+        "
+    )
+    .execute(connection_pool)
+    .await
+    .context("Failed to clean up subscriptions table.")?;
+    match result.rows_affected() {
+        n if n > 0 => tracing::info!("Cleaned up {} expired subscriptions.", n),
+        _ => (),
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn clean_idempotency_keys(connection_pool: &PgPool) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+    let result = sqlx::query!(
+        "
+        DELETE FROM idempotency
+        WHERE created_at < NOW() - INTERVAL '1 hour'
+        "
+    )
+    .execute(connection_pool)
+    .await
+    .context("Failed to clean up idempontency table.")?;
+    match result.rows_affected() {
+        n if n > 0 => tracing::info!("Cleaned up {} old idempotency records.", n),
+        _ => (),
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/issue_delivery_worker.rs b/src/issue_delivery_worker.rs
index ffe1168..e62c0f6 100644
--- a/src/issue_delivery_worker.rs
+++ b/src/issue_delivery_worker.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use tracing::{Span, field::display};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-pub async fn run_worker_until_stopped(configuration: Settings) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+pub async fn run_until_stopped(configuration: Settings) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let connection_pool = PgPoolOptions::new().connect_lazy_with(configuration.database.with_db());
     let email_client = EmailClient::build(configuration.email_client).unwrap();
     worker_loop(connection_pool, email_client).await
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 3a942e2..89290b7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pub mod authentication;
 pub mod configuration;
+pub mod database_worker;
 pub mod domain;
 pub mod email_client;
 pub mod idempotency;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f273c1e..51feefe 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use zero2prod::{
-    configuration::get_configuration, issue_delivery_worker::run_worker_until_stopped,
-    startup::Application, telemetry::init_subscriber,
+    configuration::get_configuration, database_worker, issue_delivery_worker, startup::Application,
+    telemetry::init_subscriber,
 };
 
 #[tokio::main]
@@ -11,11 +11,16 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let application = Application::build(configuration.clone()).await?;
 
     let application_task = tokio::spawn(application.run_until_stopped());
-    let worker_task = tokio::spawn(run_worker_until_stopped(configuration));
+    let database_worker_task = tokio::spawn(database_worker::run_until_stopped(
+        configuration.database.with_db(),
+    ));
+    let delivery_worker_task =
+        tokio::spawn(issue_delivery_worker::run_until_stopped(configuration));
 
     tokio::select! {
         _ = application_task => {},
-        _ = worker_task => {},
+        _ = database_worker_task => {},
+        _ = delivery_worker_task => {},
     };
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/telemetry.rs b/src/telemetry.rs
index c5b497b..4fe0894 100644
--- a/src/telemetry.rs
+++ b/src/telemetry.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ where
         )
         .with(
             tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
-                .compact()
+                .pretty()
                 .with_writer(sink)
                 .with_span_events(FmtSpan::NEW | FmtSpan::CLOSE),
         )