diff --git a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/service/StartupService.java b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/service/StartupService.java
index f3531b20f..e19401cf1 100644
--- a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/service/StartupService.java
+++ b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/service/StartupService.java
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ import com.todoroo.andlib.service.ContextManager;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.service.DependencyInjectionService;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.service.ExceptionService;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.service.ExceptionService.TodorooUncaughtExceptionHandler;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.backup.BackupService;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.dao.Database;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.producteev.ProducteevBackgroundService;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.producteev.ProducteevUtilities;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.rmilk.MilkBackgroundService;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.rmilk.MilkUtilities;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.utility.Constants;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.utility.Preferences;
@@ -95,6 +98,8 @@ public class StartupService {
         	Preferences.setCurrentVersion(version);
         }
 
+        upgradeService.performSecondaryUpgrade(context);
+
         // perform startup activities in a background thread
         new Thread(new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
@@ -117,6 +122,10 @@ public class StartupService {
         MilkUtilities.stopOngoing();
         ProducteevUtilities.INSTANCE.stopOngoing();
 
+        ProducteevBackgroundService.scheduleService();
+        BackupService.scheduleService(context);
+        MilkBackgroundService.scheduleService();
+
         // check for task killers
         if(!Constants.OEM)
             showTaskKillerHelp(context);
diff --git a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/service/UpgradeService.java b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/service/UpgradeService.java
index 8ed6300e6..fcd4b8c54 100644
--- a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/service/UpgradeService.java
+++ b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/service/UpgradeService.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import com.todoroo.andlib.service.Autowired;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.service.DependencyInjectionService;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.utility.DialogUtilities;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.activity.TaskListActivity;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.dao.Database;
 
 
 public final class UpgradeService {
@@ -21,9 +22,13 @@ public final class UpgradeService {
     private static final int V3_0_5 = 144;
     private static final int V3_0_0 = 136;
     private static final int V2_14_4 = 135;
+
     @Autowired
     private DialogUtilities dialogUtilities;
 
+    @Autowired
+    private Database database;
+
     public UpgradeService() {
         DependencyInjectionService.getInstance().inject(this);
     }
@@ -169,6 +174,18 @@ public final class UpgradeService {
         changeLog.append("</ul>");
     }
 
-    // --- database upgrade logic
+    // --- secondary upgrade
+
+    /**
+     * If primary upgrade doesn't work for some reason (corrupt SharedPreferences,
+     * for example), this will catch some cases
+     */
+    public void performSecondaryUpgrade(Context context) {
+        if(!context.getDatabasePath(database.getName()).exists() &&
+                context.getDatabasePath("tasks").exists()) { //$NON-NLS-1$
+            new Astrid2To3UpgradeHelper().upgrade2To3(context, 1);
+        }
+    }
+
 
 }