diff --git a/server/__init__.py b/server/__init__.py
index c528af5..11c5b23 100644
--- a/server/__init__.py
+++ b/server/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datetime as dt
 import pickledb
+from multiprocessing import Value, Manager
 import logging
 from contextvars import ContextVar
 from typing import Optional
@@ -46,4 +47,4 @@ WORDS_LIST_FILE = "xkcdpass/static/legac"
 
 xkcd_passwd = xp.generate_wordlist(wordfile=WORDS_LIST_FILE, min_length=5, max_length=8)
 
-maintenance_mode = False
\ No newline at end of file
+maintenance_mode = Value('b', False)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/middlewares/__init__.py b/server/middlewares/__init__.py
index eb5d8f9..dc615c1 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/__init__.py
+++ b/server/middlewares/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from server.middlewares.maintenance_mode import MaintenanceModeMiddleware
 origins = ["*"]
 
 def register_middlewares(app):
+    app.add_middleware(MaintenanceModeMiddleware)
     app.add_middleware(LoggerMiddleware)
     app.add_middleware(
         CORSMiddleware,
@@ -13,4 +14,3 @@ def register_middlewares(app):
         allow_methods=["*"],
         allow_headers=["*"],
     )
-    app.add_middleware(MaintenanceModeMiddleware)
diff --git a/server/middlewares/maintenance_mode.py b/server/middlewares/maintenance_mode.py
index d6c9d9e..6836fb7 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/maintenance_mode.py
+++ b/server/middlewares/maintenance_mode.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ HTML_RESPONSE_BODY = """
 
 class MaintenanceModeMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
     async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next):
-        if maintenance_mode:
+        if maintenance_mode.value:
             return HTMLResponse(
                 content=HTML_RESPONSE_BODY,
                 status_code=503
diff --git a/server/utils/maintenance_scheduler.py b/server/utils/maintenance_scheduler.py
index d01db78..c45c6f7 100644
--- a/server/utils/maintenance_scheduler.py
+++ b/server/utils/maintenance_scheduler.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from loguru import logger
 
 def enable_maintenance_mode():
     global maintenance_mode
-    maintenance_mode = True
+    maintenance_mode.value = True
     logger.debug("Maintenance mode enabled")
 
     send_message("Maintenance mode enabled")
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def enable_maintenance_mode():
     with suppress(Exception):
         medium_cache.maintenance()
 
-    maintenance_mode = False
+    maintenance_mode.value = False
     logger.debug("Maintenance mode disabled")
     send_message("Maintenance mode disabled")