diff --git a/src/main/java/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/OverdriveThatMatters.java b/src/main/java/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/OverdriveThatMatters.java
index 0dbfa6ced..218eef4db 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/OverdriveThatMatters.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/OverdriveThatMatters.java
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ public final class OverdriveThatMatters {
 	}
 
 	private void setup(final FMLCommonSetupEvent event) {
-		EVENT_BUS.addListener(EventPriority.HIGHEST, DrivePool.INSTANCE::serverStopEvent);
-		EVENT_BUS.addListener(EventPriority.LOWEST, DrivePool.INSTANCE::serverStartEvent);
 		EVENT_BUS.addListener(EventPriority.NORMAL, DrivePool.INSTANCE::onWorldSave);
 
 		EVENT_BUS.addListener(EventPriority.HIGHEST, GlobalEventHandlerKt::onServerStopped);
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/capability/drive/DrivePool.kt b/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/capability/drive/DrivePool.kt
index 2909d1951..9794484b9 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/capability/drive/DrivePool.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/capability/drive/DrivePool.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import net.minecraft.ReportedException
 import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NbtIo
 import net.minecraft.CrashReport
+import net.minecraft.Util
 import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.LevelResource
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport
 import net.minecraftforge.event.server.ServerAboutToStartEvent
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import net.minecraftforge.event.level.LevelEvent
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager
 import ru.dbotthepony.mc.otm.NULLABLE_MINECRAFT_SERVER
 import ru.dbotthepony.mc.otm.SERVER_IS_LIVE
+import ru.dbotthepony.mc.otm.isServerThread
 import java.io.File
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference
 import java.util.ArrayList
@@ -61,14 +63,10 @@ object DrivePool {
 	private val resource = LevelResource("otm_drives")
 	private val LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger()
 	private val pool = Object2ObjectOpenHashMap<UUID, WeakDriveReference>()
-	private var thread: Thread? = null
-	private var stopping = false
 
 	private val backlog = ConcurrentLinkedQueue<BacklogLine>()
 	private var knownBaseDirectory: File? = null
 
-	private var serverThread: Thread? = null
-
 	private val baseDirectory: File? get() {
 		val server = NULLABLE_MINECRAFT_SERVER ?: return null
 
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ object DrivePool {
 	}
 
 	operator fun <T : IMatteryDrive<*>> get(id: UUID, deserializer: (CompoundTag) -> T, factory: () -> T): T {
-		if (!isLegalAccess())
+		if (!isServerThread())
 			throw IllegalAccessException("Can not access drive pool from outside of server thread.")
 
 		if (!SERVER_IS_LIVE)
@@ -115,47 +113,11 @@ object DrivePool {
 	}
 
 	fun markDirty(id: UUID) {
-		if (isLegalAccess()) {
+		if (isServerThread()) {
 			pool[id]?.access()
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns whenever running on server thread. Calling [get], [put] or [markDirty] will throw an exception if this returns false.
-	 *
-	 * If you are making your own drive for your own storage stack, feed code outside of server thread (e.g. client code) dummy disk.
-	 */
-	fun isLegalAccess(): Boolean {
-		return serverThread != null && Thread.currentThread() === serverThread
-	}
-
-	fun serverStartEvent(event: ServerAboutToStartEvent) {
-		if (thread?.isAlive == true) {
-			LOGGER.error("FMLServerStartedEvent fired twice.")
-			LOGGER.error("Attempting to start another DrivePool I/O thread when already running one!")
-			return
-		}
-
-		pool.clear()
-		serverThread = Thread.currentThread()
-
-		stopping = false
-		thread = Thread(null, this::run, "Overdrive That Matters DrivePool IO").also { it.start() }
-	}
-
-	fun serverStopEvent(event: ServerStoppingEvent) {
-		val thread = thread
-
-		if (thread != null && thread.isAlive) {
-			stopping = true
-			LockSupport.unpark(thread)
-		}
-
-		writeBacklog()
-		sync()
-		pool.clear()
-	}
-
 	fun onWorldSave(event: LevelEvent.Save) {
 		writeBacklog()
 	}
@@ -185,14 +147,7 @@ object DrivePool {
 		}
 
 		if (needsSync) {
-			LockSupport.unpark(thread)
-		}
-	}
-
-	private fun run() {
-		while (!stopping) {
-			sync()
-			LockSupport.park()
+			Util.backgroundExecutor().execute(::sync)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/item/PortableCondensationDriveItem.kt b/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/item/PortableCondensationDriveItem.kt
index 74e64c601..5a36f6891 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/item/PortableCondensationDriveItem.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/item/PortableCondensationDriveItem.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package ru.dbotthepony.mc.otm.item
 
-import ru.dbotthepony.mc.otm.capability.drive.DrivePool.isLegalAccess
 import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack
 import net.minecraftforge.common.capabilities.ICapabilityProvider
 import net.minecraftforge.common.util.LazyOptional
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ import ru.dbotthepony.mc.otm.container.ItemFilter
 import ru.dbotthepony.mc.otm.core.nbt.map
 import ru.dbotthepony.mc.otm.core.nbt.set
 import ru.dbotthepony.mc.otm.core.tagNotNull
+import ru.dbotthepony.mc.otm.isServerThread
 import java.math.BigInteger
 import java.util.*
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class PortableCondensationDriveItem(capacity: Int) :
 		private var uuid: UUID? = null
 
 		private val resolver = LazyOptional.of<IMatteryDrive<*>> {
-			if (!isLegalAccess()) {
+			if (!isServerThread()) {
 				return@of ItemMatteryDrive.DUMMY
 			}