diff --git a/code/__compile_options.dm b/code/__compile_options.dm
index 83e2c5c35088..471caf6300f7 100644
--- a/code/__compile_options.dm
+++ b/code/__compile_options.dm
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@
  * ## Sections follow
  */
 
+// ## assets
+
+/// If defined, we will NOT defer asset generation till later in the game, and will instead do it all at once, during initiialize
+// #define DO_NOT_DEFER_ASSETS
+
 // ## AI Holders
 
 /**
diff --git a/code/__global_init.dm b/code/__global_init.dm
index 08cc2aa8b61c..7183a88dd474 100644
--- a/code/__global_init.dm
+++ b/code/__global_init.dm
@@ -24,3 +24,16 @@ var/world_log_redirected = FALSE
 
 /datum/world_log_shunter/New()
 	world.ensure_logging_active()
+
+var/datum/world_debug_enabler/world_debug_enabler = new
+
+/datum/world_debug_enabler/proc/debug_loop()
+	set waitfor = FALSE
+	debug_loop_impl()
+
+/**
+ * the sole job of this is keep ticking so the debug server can still do stuff while no clients are conencted
+ */
+/datum/world_debug_enabler/proc/debug_loop_impl()
+	while(TRUE)
+		sleep(world.tick_lag)
diff --git a/code/game/world.dm b/code/game/world.dm
index b6340de0bbdd..3b2410bf8639 100644
--- a/code/game/world.dm
+++ b/code/game/world.dm
@@ -201,10 +201,6 @@ GLOBAL_LIST(topic_status_cache)
 	HandleTestRun()
 	#endif
 
-	#ifdef AUTOWIKI
-	// setup_autowiki()
-	#endif
-
 /world/proc/HandleTestRun()
 	//trigger things to run the whole process
 	Master.sleep_offline_after_initializations = FALSE
@@ -657,3 +653,4 @@ GLOBAL_LIST(topic_status_cache)
 	if (dll)
 		LIBCALL(dll, "auxtools_init")()
 		enable_debugging()
+		world_debug_enabler.debug_loop()