diff --git a/embrace-android-sdk/src/main/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/capture/powersave/EmbracePowerSaveModeService.kt b/embrace-android-sdk/src/main/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/capture/powersave/EmbracePowerSaveModeService.kt
index c3d9abd82..b149c24f9 100644
--- a/embrace-android-sdk/src/main/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/capture/powersave/EmbracePowerSaveModeService.kt
+++ b/embrace-android-sdk/src/main/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/capture/powersave/EmbracePowerSaveModeService.kt
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import android.content.Intent
 import android.content.IntentFilter
 import android.os.PowerManager
 import android.os.PowerManager.ACTION_POWER_SAVE_MODE_CHANGED
+import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.internal.Systrace
 import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.internal.clock.Clock
+import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.internal.utils.Provider
 import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.logging.InternalStaticEmbraceLogger
 import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.logging.InternalStaticEmbraceLogger.Companion.logDebug
 import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.logging.InternalStaticEmbraceLogger.Companion.logDeveloper
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ internal class EmbracePowerSaveModeService(
     private val context: Context,
     private val backgroundWorker: BackgroundWorker,
     private val clock: Clock,
-    private val powerManager: PowerManager?
+    powerManagerProvider: Provider<PowerManager?>
 ) : BroadcastReceiver(), PowerSaveModeService, ProcessStateListener {
 
     private companion object {
@@ -31,20 +33,26 @@ internal class EmbracePowerSaveModeService(
 
     private val powerSaveModeIntervals = mutableListOf<PowerChange>()
 
+    private val powerManager: PowerManager? by lazy(powerManagerProvider)
+
     init {
         registerPowerSaveModeReceiver()
     }
 
     private fun registerPowerSaveModeReceiver() {
         backgroundWorker.submit {
-            try {
-                context.registerReceiver(this, powerSaveIntentFilter)
-                logDeveloper(tag, "registered power save mode changed")
-            } catch (ex: Exception) {
-                InternalStaticEmbraceLogger.logError(
-                    "Failed to register: $tag broadcast receiver. Power save mode status will be unavailable.",
-                    ex
-                )
+            Systrace.traceSynchronous("power-service-registration") {
+                try {
+                    if (powerManager != null) {
+                        context.registerReceiver(this, powerSaveIntentFilter)
+                        logDeveloper(tag, "registered power save mode changed")
+                    }
+                } catch (ex: Exception) {
+                    InternalStaticEmbraceLogger.logError(
+                        "Failed to register: $tag broadcast receiver. Power save mode status will be unavailable.",
+                        ex
+                    )
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/embrace-android-sdk/src/main/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/capture/thermalstate/EmbraceThermalStatusService.kt b/embrace-android-sdk/src/main/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/capture/thermalstate/EmbraceThermalStatusService.kt
index a8ac3ec90..317f378b1 100644
--- a/embrace-android-sdk/src/main/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/capture/thermalstate/EmbraceThermalStatusService.kt
+++ b/embrace-android-sdk/src/main/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/capture/thermalstate/EmbraceThermalStatusService.kt
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ package io.embrace.android.embracesdk.capture.thermalstate
 import android.os.Build
 import android.os.PowerManager
 import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi
+import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.internal.Systrace
 import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.internal.clock.Clock
+import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.internal.utils.Provider
 import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.logging.InternalEmbraceLogger
 import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.payload.ThermalState
+import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.worker.BackgroundWorker
+import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.worker.TaskPriority
 import java.util.LinkedList
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor
 
@@ -13,10 +17,10 @@ private const val CAPTURE_LIMIT = 100
 
 @RequiresApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.Q)
 internal class EmbraceThermalStatusService(
-    executor: Executor,
+    private val backgroundWorker: BackgroundWorker,
     private val clock: Clock,
     private val logger: InternalEmbraceLogger,
-    private val pm: PowerManager?
+    powerManagerProvider: Provider<PowerManager?>
 ) : ThermalStatusService {
 
     private val thermalStates = LinkedList<ThermalState>()
@@ -25,10 +29,23 @@ internal class EmbraceThermalStatusService(
         handleThermalStateChange(it)
     }
 
+    private val powerManager: PowerManager? by lazy(powerManagerProvider)
+
     init {
-        pm?.let {
-            logger.logDeveloper("ThermalStatusService", "Adding thermal status listener")
-            it.addThermalStatusListener(executor, thermalStatusListener)
+        backgroundWorker.submit(TaskPriority.LOW) {
+            Systrace.traceSynchronous("thermal-service-registration") {
+                val pm = powerManager
+                if (pm != null) {
+                    logger.logDeveloper("ThermalStatusService", "Adding thermal status listener")
+                    // Android API only accepts an executor. We don't want to directly expose those
+                    // to everything in the codebase so we decorate the BackgroundWorker here as an
+                    // alternative
+                    val executor = Executor {
+                        backgroundWorker.submit(runnable = it)
+                    }
+                    pm.addThermalStatusListener(executor, thermalStatusListener)
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -55,9 +72,10 @@ internal class EmbraceThermalStatusService(
     override fun getCapturedData(): List<ThermalState> = thermalStates
 
     override fun close() {
-        pm?.let {
+        val pm = powerManager
+        if (pm != null) {
             logger.logDeveloper("ThermalStatusService", "Removing thermal status listener")
-            it.removeThermalStatusListener(thermalStatusListener)
+            pm.removeThermalStatusListener(thermalStatusListener)
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/embrace-android-sdk/src/main/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/injection/DataCaptureServiceModule.kt b/embrace-android-sdk/src/main/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/injection/DataCaptureServiceModule.kt
index 0b0ce8fcd..182f7751c 100644
--- a/embrace-android-sdk/src/main/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/injection/DataCaptureServiceModule.kt
+++ b/embrace-android-sdk/src/main/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/injection/DataCaptureServiceModule.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.internal.utils.BuildVersionChecker
 import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.internal.utils.VersionChecker
 import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.worker.WorkerName
 import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.worker.WorkerThreadModule
-import java.util.concurrent.Executor
 
 /**
  * This modules provides services that capture data from within an application. It could be argued
@@ -92,6 +91,11 @@ internal class DataCaptureServiceModuleImpl @JvmOverloads constructor(
 
     private val backgroundWorker = workerThreadModule.backgroundWorker(WorkerName.BACKGROUND_REGISTRATION)
     private val configService = essentialServiceModule.configService
+    private val powerManagerProvider = {
+        Systrace.traceSynchronous("power-manager-load") {
+            systemServiceModule.powerManager
+        }
+    }
 
     override val memoryService: MemoryService by singleton {
         if (configService.autoDataCaptureBehavior.isMemoryServiceEnabled()) {
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ internal class DataCaptureServiceModuleImpl @JvmOverloads constructor(
                     coreModule.context,
                     backgroundWorker,
                     initModule.clock,
-                    systemServiceModule.powerManager
+                    powerManagerProvider
                 )
             } else {
                 NoOpPowerSaveModeService()
@@ -147,19 +151,12 @@ internal class DataCaptureServiceModuleImpl @JvmOverloads constructor(
     override val thermalStatusService: ThermalStatusService by singleton {
         Systrace.traceSynchronous("thermal-service-init") {
             if (configService.autoDataCaptureBehavior.isThermalStatusCaptureEnabled() && versionChecker.isAtLeast(Build.VERSION_CODES.Q)) {
-                // Android API only accepts an executor. We don't want to directly expose those
-                // to everything in the codebase so we decorate the BackgroundWorker here as an
-                // alternative
                 val backgroundWorker = workerThreadModule.backgroundWorker(WorkerName.BACKGROUND_REGISTRATION)
-                val executor = Executor {
-                    backgroundWorker.submit(runnable = it)
-                }
-
                 EmbraceThermalStatusService(
-                    executor,
+                    backgroundWorker,
                     initModule.clock,
                     coreModule.logger,
-                    systemServiceModule.powerManager
+                    powerManagerProvider
                 )
             } else {
                 NoOpThermalStatusService()
diff --git a/embrace-android-sdk/src/test/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/EmbracePowerSaveModeServiceTest.kt b/embrace-android-sdk/src/test/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/EmbracePowerSaveModeServiceTest.kt
index e37c3af90..7ad22ff3b 100644
--- a/embrace-android-sdk/src/test/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/EmbracePowerSaveModeServiceTest.kt
+++ b/embrace-android-sdk/src/test/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/EmbracePowerSaveModeServiceTest.kt
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ internal class EmbracePowerSaveModeServiceTest {
         service = EmbracePowerSaveModeService(
             context,
             worker,
-            fakeClock,
-            powerManager
-        )
+            fakeClock
+        ) { powerManager }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/embrace-android-sdk/src/test/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/EmbraceThermalStatusServiceTest.kt b/embrace-android-sdk/src/test/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/EmbraceThermalStatusServiceTest.kt
index fc0816dbf..b18c1a55d 100644
--- a/embrace-android-sdk/src/test/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/EmbraceThermalStatusServiceTest.kt
+++ b/embrace-android-sdk/src/test/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/EmbraceThermalStatusServiceTest.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package io.embrace.android.embracesdk
 
 import android.os.PowerManager
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors
 import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.capture.thermalstate.EmbraceThermalStatusService
+import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.concurrency.BlockableExecutorService
 import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.fakes.system.mockPowerManager
 import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.logging.InternalEmbraceLogger
 import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.payload.ThermalState
+import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.worker.BackgroundWorker
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
@@ -17,11 +18,10 @@ internal class EmbraceThermalStatusServiceTest {
     @Before
     fun setUp() {
         service = EmbraceThermalStatusService(
-            MoreExecutors.directExecutor(),
+            BackgroundWorker(BlockableExecutorService()),
             { 0 },
-            InternalEmbraceLogger(),
-            mockPowerManager()
-        )
+            InternalEmbraceLogger()
+        ) { mockPowerManager() }
     }
 
     @Test