diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/scripts/ProcessServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/scripts/ProcessServiceImpl.java
index ab5147221cfc..b3893f744380 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/scripts/ProcessServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/scripts/ProcessServiceImpl.java
@@ -47,13 +47,12 @@
 import org.dspace.eperson.Group;
 import org.dspace.scripts.service.ProcessService;
 import org.dspace.services.ConfigurationService;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
 /**
  * The implementation for the {@link ProcessService} class
  */
-public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService, InitializingBean {
+public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService {
 
     private static final Logger log = org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(ProcessService.class);
 
@@ -75,33 +74,6 @@ public class ProcessServiceImpl implements ProcessService, InitializingBean {
     @Autowired
     private ConfigurationService configurationService;
 
-    @Override
-    public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
-        try {
-            Context context = new Context();
-
-            // Processes that were running or scheduled when tomcat crashed, should be cleaned up during startup.
-            List<Process> processesToBeFailed = findByStatusAndCreationTimeOlderThan(
-                context, List.of(ProcessStatus.RUNNING, ProcessStatus.SCHEDULED), new Date());
-            for (Process process : processesToBeFailed) {
-                context.setCurrentUser(process.getEPerson());
-                // Fail the process.
-                log.info("Process with ID {} did not complete before tomcat shutdown, failing it now.",
-                         process.getID());
-                fail(context, process);
-                // But still attach its log to the process.
-                appendLog(process.getID(), process.getName(),
-                          "Process did not complete before tomcat shutdown.",
-                          ProcessLogLevel.ERROR);
-                createLogBitstream(context, process);
-            }
-
-            context.complete();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error("Unable to clean up Processes: ", e);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Process create(Context context, EPerson ePerson, String scriptName,
                           List<DSpaceCommandLineParameter> parameters,
@@ -359,6 +331,23 @@ public int countByUser(Context context, EPerson user) throws SQLException {
         return processDAO.countByUser(context, user);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void failRunningProcesses(Context context) throws SQLException, IOException, AuthorizeException {
+        List<Process> processesToBeFailed = findByStatusAndCreationTimeOlderThan(
+                context, List.of(ProcessStatus.RUNNING, ProcessStatus.SCHEDULED), new Date());
+        for (Process process : processesToBeFailed) {
+            context.setCurrentUser(process.getEPerson());
+            // Fail the process.
+            log.info("Process with ID {} did not complete before tomcat shutdown, failing it now.", process.getID());
+            fail(context, process);
+            // But still attach its log to the process.
+            appendLog(process.getID(), process.getName(),
+                      "Process did not complete before tomcat shutdown.",
+                      ProcessLogLevel.ERROR);
+            createLogBitstream(context, process);
+        }
+    }
+
     private String formatLogLine(int processId, String scriptName, String output, ProcessLogLevel processLogLevel) {
         SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/scripts/service/ProcessService.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/scripts/service/ProcessService.java
index c6fc24888155..5df2ca15aad8 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/scripts/service/ProcessService.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/scripts/service/ProcessService.java
@@ -277,4 +277,14 @@ List<Process> findByStatusAndCreationTimeOlderThan(Context context, List<Process
      * @throws SQLException If something goes wrong
      */
     int countByUser(Context context, EPerson user) throws SQLException;
+
+    /**
+     * Cleans up running processes by failing them an attaching their logs to the process objects.
+     *
+     * @param context   The DSpace context
+     * @throws SQLException
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws AuthorizeException
+     */
+    void failRunningProcesses(Context context) throws SQLException, IOException, AuthorizeException;
 }
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/ProcessRestRepository.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/ProcessRestRepository.java
index 24152ed5697a..6ec7c62aa679 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/ProcessRestRepository.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/ProcessRestRepository.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -65,6 +66,12 @@ public class ProcessRestRepository extends DSpaceRestRepository<ProcessRest, Int
     @Autowired
     private EPersonService epersonService;
 
+    @PostConstruct
+    public void init() throws SQLException, AuthorizeException, IOException {
+        Context context = new Context();
+        processService.failRunningProcesses(context);
+        context.complete();
+    }
 
     @Override
     @PreAuthorize("hasPermission(#id, 'PROCESS', 'READ')")