diff --git a/node/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/node/impl/Node.java b/node/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/node/impl/Node.java
index 5759f58968..a942727bb9 100644
--- a/node/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/node/impl/Node.java
+++ b/node/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/node/impl/Node.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import eu.cloudnetservice.node.impl.module.updater.ModuleUpdaterRegistry;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.node.impl.network.chunk.FileDeployCallbackListener;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.node.impl.network.chunk.FileQueryChannelMessageListener;
+import eu.cloudnetservice.node.impl.service.defaults.log.ServiceWatchdogListener;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.node.impl.setup.DefaultInstallation;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.node.impl.template.LocalTemplateStorage;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.node.impl.tick.DefaultShutdownHandler;
@@ -484,6 +485,7 @@ private void finishStartup(
     eventManager.registerListener(callbackListener);
     eventManager.callEvent(new CloudNetNodePostInitializationEvent());
     eventManager.registerListener(FileQueryChannelMessageListener.class);
+    eventManager.registerListener(ServiceWatchdogListener.class);
 
     // notify that we are done & start the main tick loop
     LOGGER.info(i18n.translate("start-done", Duration.between(startInstant, Instant.now()).toMillis()));
diff --git a/node/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/node/impl/service/defaults/DefaultCloudServiceManager.java b/node/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/node/impl/service/defaults/DefaultCloudServiceManager.java
index 465e4f658e..af6b0ad956 100644
--- a/node/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/node/impl/service/defaults/DefaultCloudServiceManager.java
+++ b/node/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/node/impl/service/defaults/DefaultCloudServiceManager.java
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@
 import eu.cloudnetservice.node.impl.service.defaults.factory.JVMLocalCloudServiceFactory;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.node.impl.service.defaults.provider.EmptySpecificCloudServiceProvider;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.node.impl.service.defaults.provider.RemoteNodeCloudServiceProvider;
-import eu.cloudnetservice.node.impl.tick.DefaultTickLoop;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.node.service.CloudService;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.node.service.CloudServiceManager;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.node.service.LocalCloudServiceFactory;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.node.service.ServiceConfigurationPreparer;
+import eu.cloudnetservice.node.tick.Scheduler;
 import eu.cloudnetservice.utils.base.concurrent.TaskUtil;
 import io.vavr.Tuple2;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@
 @Provides({InternalCloudServiceManager.class, CloudServiceManager.class, CloudServiceProvider.class})
 public class DefaultCloudServiceManager implements InternalCloudServiceManager {
 
+  protected static final int SERVICE_WATCHDOG_INTERVAL_MILLIS =
+    Integer.getInteger("cloudnet.service-watchdog-interval-millis", 1000);
+
   protected static final Path TEMP_SERVICE_DIR = Path.of(
     System.getProperty("cloudnet.tempDir.services", "temp/services"));
   protected static final Path PERSISTENT_SERVICE_DIR = Path.of(
@@ -117,7 +120,6 @@ public class DefaultCloudServiceManager implements InternalCloudServiceManager {
 
   @Inject
   public DefaultCloudServiceManager(
-    @NonNull DefaultTickLoop mainThread,
     @NonNull RPCFactory rpcFactory,
     @NonNull EventManager eventManager,
     @NonNull DataSyncRegistry dataSyncRegistry,
@@ -170,9 +172,16 @@ public DefaultCloudServiceManager(
         })
         .currentGetter(group -> this.serviceProviderByName(group.name()).serviceInfo())
         .build());
+  }
+
+  @Inject
+  private void registerDefaultServiceFactory() {
+    this.addCloudServiceFactory("jvm", JVMLocalCloudServiceFactory.class);
+  }
 
-    // schedule the service watchdog to run once per second
-    mainThread.scheduleTask(() -> {
+  @Inject
+  private void scheduleWatchdog(@NonNull Scheduler scheduler, @NonNull EventManager eventManager) {
+    scheduler.scheduleTask(() -> {
       for (var service : this.localCloudServices()) {
         if (service.lifeCycle() == ServiceLifeCycle.RUNNING && !service.alive()) {
           eventManager.callEvent(new CloudServicePreForceStopEvent(service));
@@ -181,12 +190,7 @@ public DefaultCloudServiceManager(
         }
       }
       return null;
-    }, Duration.ofMillis(DefaultTickLoop.MILLIS_BETWEEN_TICKS));
-  }
-
-  @Inject
-  private void registerDefaultServiceFactory() {
-    this.addCloudServiceFactory("jvm", JVMLocalCloudServiceFactory.class);
+    }, Duration.ofMillis(SERVICE_WATCHDOG_INTERVAL_MILLIS));
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/node/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/node/impl/service/defaults/log/ServiceWatchdogListener.java b/node/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/node/impl/service/defaults/log/ServiceWatchdogListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3085a46513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node/impl/src/main/java/eu/cloudnetservice/node/impl/service/defaults/log/ServiceWatchdogListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-present CloudNetService team & contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package eu.cloudnetservice.node.impl.service.defaults.log;
+
+import eu.cloudnetservice.driver.event.EventListener;
+import eu.cloudnetservice.node.event.service.CloudServicePreForceStopEvent;
+import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import lombok.NonNull;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+@Singleton
+public final class ServiceWatchdogListener {
+
+  private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ServiceWatchdogListener.class);
+  private static final long SERVICE_LOG_THRESHOLD_MILLIS =
+    TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(Integer.getInteger("cloudnet.service-watchdog-threshold-seconds", 5));
+
+  @EventListener
+  private void handleCloudServicePreForceStop(@NonNull CloudServicePreForceStopEvent event) {
+    var connectionTime = event.serviceInfo().connectedTime();
+    if (SERVICE_LOG_THRESHOLD_MILLIS <= 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (connectionTime == -1 || System.currentTimeMillis() - connectionTime < SERVICE_LOG_THRESHOLD_MILLIS) {
+      for (var cachedLogMessage : event.service().cachedLogMessages()) {
+        LOGGER.debug("[{}/WATCHDOG] {}", event.serviceInfo().name(), cachedLogMessage);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}