diff --git a/src/backend/exports.js b/src/backend/exports.js
index 9ea422cc5..4bc024dd9 100644
--- a/src/backend/exports.js
+++ b/src/backend/exports.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const { Core2Module } = require("./src/modules/core/Core2Module.js");
 const { TemplateModule } = require("./src/modules/template/TemplateModule.js");
 const { PuterFSModule } = require("./src/modules/puterfs/PuterFSModule.js");
 const { PerfMonModule } = require("./src/modules/perfmon/PerfMonModule.js");
+const { AppsModule } = require("./src/modules/apps/AppsModule.js");
 
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ module.exports = {
         CoreModule,
         WebModule,
         TemplateModule,
+        AppsModule,
     ],
 
     // Pre-built modules
diff --git a/src/backend/src/CoreModule.js b/src/backend/src/CoreModule.js
index d921bca02..b4f6d2757 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/CoreModule.js
+++ b/src/backend/src/CoreModule.js
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ const install_legacy = async ({ services }) => {
     const { OperationTraceService } = require('./services/OperationTraceService');
     const { ClientOperationService } = require('./services/ClientOperationService');
     const { EngPortalService } = require('./services/EngPortalService');
-    const { AppInformationService } = require('./services/AppInformationService');
     const { FileCacheService } = require('./services/file-cache/FileCacheService');
 
     // === Services which do not yet extend BaseService ===
@@ -381,7 +380,6 @@ const install_legacy = async ({ services }) => {
     services.registerService('operationTrace', OperationTraceService);
     services.registerService('file-cache', FileCacheService);
     services.registerService('client-operation', ClientOperationService);
-    services.registerService('app-information', AppInformationService);
     services.registerService('engineering-portal', EngPortalService);
 
 };
diff --git a/src/backend/src/services/AppInformationService.js b/src/backend/src/modules/apps/AppInformationService.js
similarity index 99%
rename from src/backend/src/services/AppInformationService.js
rename to src/backend/src/modules/apps/AppInformationService.js
index 511bd8d14..d79af231a 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/services/AppInformationService.js
+++ b/src/backend/src/modules/apps/AppInformationService.js
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@
  */
 const { asyncSafeSetInterval } = require('@heyputer/putility').libs.promise;
 const { MINUTE, SECOND } = require("@heyputer/putility").libs.time;
-const { origin_from_url } = require("../util/urlutil");
-const { DB_READ } = require("./database/consts");
-
-const uuidv4 = require('uuid').v4;
+const { origin_from_url } = require("../../util/urlutil");
+const { DB_READ } = require("../../services/database/consts");
+const BaseService = require('../../services/BaseService');
 
 
 /**
@@ -35,15 +34,15 @@ const uuidv4 = require('uuid').v4;
 * up-to-date information about applications, facilitating features like app listings,
 * recent apps, and tag-based app discovery.
 */
-class AppInformationService {
-    constructor ({ services }) {
-        this.services = services;
-        this.log = services.get('log-service').create('app-info');
-
+class AppInformationService extends BaseService {
+    _construct () {
         this.collections = {};
         this.collections.recent = [];
 
         this.tags = {};
+    }
+    
+    ['on_boot.consolidation'] () {
 
         // MySQL date format mapping for different groupings
         this.mysqlDateFormats = {
diff --git a/src/backend/src/modules/apps/AppsModule.js b/src/backend/src/modules/apps/AppsModule.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fd1dac19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/src/modules/apps/AppsModule.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const { AdvancedBase } = require("@heyputer/putility");
+
+class AppsModule extends AdvancedBase {
+    async install (context) {
+        const services = context.get('services');
+
+        const { AppInformationService } = require('./AppInformationService');
+        services.registerService('app-information', AppInformationService);
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+    AppsModule
+};