diff --git a/core/models/config.py b/core/models/config.py
index dca8a0c..0a8d624 100644
--- a/core/models/config.py
+++ b/core/models/config.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from functools import partial
 from typing import ClassVar
 
 import pydantic
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
 from django.core.files import File
 from django.db import models
 from django.templatetags.static import static
@@ -88,26 +89,56 @@ class Config(models.Model):
             {"identity__isnull": True, "user__isnull": True},
         )
 
+    @classmethod
+    async def aload_system(cls):
+        """
+        Async loads the system config options object
+        """
+        return await sync_to_async(cls.load_values)(
+            cls.SystemOptions,
+            {"identity__isnull": True, "user__isnull": True},
+        )
+
     @classmethod
     def load_user(cls, user):
         """
         Loads a user config options object
         """
         return cls.load_values(
-            cls.SystemOptions,
+            cls.UserOptions,
+            {"identity__isnull": True, "user": user},
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def aload_user(cls, user):
+        """
+        Async loads the user config options object
+        """
+        return await sync_to_async(cls.load_values)(
+            cls.UserOptions,
             {"identity__isnull": True, "user": user},
         )
 
     @classmethod
     def load_identity(cls, identity):
         """
-        Loads a user config options object
+        Loads an identity config options object
         """
         return cls.load_values(
             cls.IdentityOptions,
             {"identity": identity, "user__isnull": True},
         )
 
+    @classmethod
+    async def aload_identity(cls, identity):
+        """
+        Async loads an identity config options object
+        """
+        return await sync_to_async(cls.load_values)(
+            cls.IdentityOptions,
+            {"identity": identity, "user__isnull": True},
+        )
+
     @classmethod
     def set_value(cls, key, value, options_class, filters):
         config_field = options_class.__fields__[key]
diff --git a/stator/runner.py b/stator/runner.py
index 21c6128..a954a2e 100644
--- a/stator/runner.py
+++ b/stator/runner.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from typing import List, Optional, Type
 from django.utils import timezone
 
 from core import exceptions
+from core.models import Config
 from stator.models import StatorModel
 
 
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ class StatorRunner:
             while True:
                 # Do we need to do cleaning?
                 if (time.monotonic() - self.last_clean) >= self.schedule_interval:
+                    # Refresh the config
+                    Config.system = await Config.aload_system()
                     print(f"{self.handled} tasks processed so far")
                     print("Running cleaning and scheduling")
                     for model in self.models: