diff --git a/client/app.json b/client/app.json
index a58b59c..fdcf9e5 100644
--- a/client/app.json
+++ b/client/app.json
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
       "favicon": "./assets/images/favicon.png"
     },
     "plugins": [
-      "expo-background-fetch",
       [
         "expo-location",
         {
diff --git a/client/app/_layout.tsx b/client/app/_layout.tsx
index af7a3f2..9ee573a 100644
--- a/client/app/_layout.tsx
+++ b/client/app/_layout.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { useReactNavigationDevTools } from '@dev-plugins/react-navigation'
 import { useReactQueryDevTools } from '@dev-plugins/react-query'
 import { useColorScheme } from '@/hooks/useColorScheme'
 import store from '@/utils/store'
-import { useStartBackgroundFetchServiceEffect } from '@/utils/background'
 import LoginProvider from '@/components/LoginProvider'
 import GeolocationProvider from '@/components/GeolocationProvider'
 import GameProvider from '@/components/GameProvider'
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ const queryClient = new QueryClient({
 })
 
 export default function RootLayout() {
-  useStartBackgroundFetchServiceEffect()
   const colorScheme = useColorScheme()
 
   const navigationRef = useNavigationContainerRef()
diff --git a/client/components/GeolocationProvider.tsx b/client/components/GeolocationProvider.tsx
index 627dc75..87b8104 100644
--- a/client/components/GeolocationProvider.tsx
+++ b/client/components/GeolocationProvider.tsx
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ export default function GeolocationProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode
   const setLastPlayerLocations = useSetLastPlayerLocations()
   const geolocationMutation = useGeolocationMutation({
     auth,
-    onPostSuccess: (data) => {
-      unqueueLocation(data)
-      geolocationMutation.reset()
-    },
+    onPostSuccess: (data) => unqueueLocation(data),
     onError: ({ response, error }) => { console.error(response, error) }
   })
   
diff --git a/client/package-lock.json b/client/package-lock.json
index 17a8047..06830fa 100644
--- a/client/package-lock.json
+++ b/client/package-lock.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
         "@tanstack/react-query-persist-client": "^5.62.7",
         "@turf/circle": "^7.1.0",
         "expo": "~52.0.11",
-        "expo-background-fetch": "~13.0.3",
         "expo-blur": "~14.0.1",
         "expo-constants": "~17.0.3",
         "expo-dev-client": "~5.0.4",
@@ -7765,18 +7764,6 @@
         "react-native": "*"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/expo-background-fetch": {
-      "version": "13.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/expo-background-fetch/-/expo-background-fetch-13.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-wayjvMima858mvEqsXo6camcoeBLusVJnvMPdG0GKi2d9hKuQXCNP90sShDpgXOEIVzjN0UzZ8PqULgQWbqdAg==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "expo-task-manager": "~12.0.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "expo": "*"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/expo-blur": {
       "version": "14.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/expo-blur/-/expo-blur-14.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index f0ddffa..b11d0dd 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     "@tanstack/react-query-persist-client": "^5.62.7",
     "@turf/circle": "^7.1.0",
     "expo": "~52.0.11",
-    "expo-background-fetch": "~13.0.3",
     "expo-blur": "~14.0.1",
     "expo-constants": "~17.0.3",
     "expo-dev-client": "~5.0.4",
diff --git a/client/utils/background.ts b/client/utils/background.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b1a2bb9..0000000
--- a/client/utils/background.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-import * as BackgroundFetch from 'expo-background-fetch'
-import * as TaskManager from 'expo-task-manager'
-import { Platform } from 'react-native'
-import { useEffect } from 'react'
-
-const BACKGROUND_FETCH_TASK = "background-fetch"
-const BACKGROUND_FETCH_INTERVAL = 60000
-
-async function backgroundUpdate() {
-  const now = Date.now()
-  console.log(`Got background fetch call at date: ${new Date(now).toISOString()}`)
-  // Be sure to return the successful result type!
-  return BackgroundFetch.BackgroundFetchResult.NewData
-}
-
-TaskManager.defineTask(BACKGROUND_FETCH_TASK, backgroundUpdate)
-  
-export async function startBackgroundFetchService(): Promise<void | (() => void)> {
-  if (Platform.OS === "web") {
-    const interval = setInterval(backgroundUpdate, BACKGROUND_FETCH_INTERVAL)
-    return () => clearInterval(interval)
-  }
-
-  if (await TaskManager.isTaskRegisteredAsync(BACKGROUND_FETCH_TASK))
-    return async () => await BackgroundFetch.unregisterTaskAsync(BACKGROUND_FETCH_TASK)
-
-  await BackgroundFetch.registerTaskAsync(BACKGROUND_FETCH_TASK, {
-    minimumInterval: BACKGROUND_FETCH_INTERVAL,
-    stopOnTerminate: false,
-    startOnBoot: true,
-  })
-
-  return async () => await BackgroundFetch.unregisterTaskAsync(BACKGROUND_FETCH_TASK)
-}
-
-export const useStartBackgroundFetchServiceEffect = () => useEffect(() => {
-  let cleanup: void | (() => void) = () => {}
-  startBackgroundFetchService().then(result => cleanup = result)
-  return cleanup
-}, [])