diff --git a/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Extensions/SptModExtensions.cs b/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Extensions/SptModExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9327f13d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Extensions/SptModExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using SPTarkov.Server.Core.Models.Spt.Mod;
+
+namespace SPTarkov.Server.Core.Extensions
+{
+    public static class SptModExtensions
+    {
+        public static string GetModPath(this SptMod sptMod)
+        {
+            var relativeModPath = Path.GetRelativePath(
+                    Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(),
+                    sptMod.Directory
+                )
+                .Replace('\\', '/');
+
+            return relativeModPath;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Loaders/BundleLoader.cs b/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Loaders/BundleLoader.cs
index b32c0bca..05249654 100644
--- a/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Loaders/BundleLoader.cs
+++ b/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Loaders/BundleLoader.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using SPTarkov.DI.Annotations;
+using SPTarkov.Server.Core.Extensions;
+using SPTarkov.Server.Core.Models.Spt.Mod;
 using SPTarkov.Server.Core.Models.Utils;
 using SPTarkov.Server.Core.Services;
 using SPTarkov.Server.Core.Utils;
-using SPTarkov.Server.Core.Utils.Cloners;
 
 namespace SPTarkov.Server.Core.Loaders;
 
@@ -18,40 +19,66 @@ namespace SPTarkov.Server.Core.Loaders;
     "Crc" : 1030040371,
     "Dependencies" : [ ]
 } */
-public class BundleInfo
+public class BundleInfo(string modPath, BundleManifestEntry bundle, uint bundleHash)
 {
-    public BundleInfo() { }
+    public string ModPath { get; private set; } = modPath;
 
-    public BundleInfo(string modPath, BundleManifestEntry bundle, uint bundleHash)
-    {
-        ModPath = modPath;
-        FileName = bundle.Key;
-        Bundle = bundle;
-        Crc = bundleHash;
-        Dependencies = bundle?.DependencyKeys ?? [];
-    }
+    public string FileName { get; private set; } = bundle.Key;
 
-    public string? ModPath { get; set; }
+    public BundleManifestEntry Bundle { get; private set; } = bundle;
 
-    public string FileName { get; set; }
+    public uint Crc { get; private set; } = bundleHash;
 
-    public BundleManifestEntry Bundle { get; set; }
-
-    public uint Crc { get; set; }
-
-    public List<string> Dependencies { get; set; }
+    public List<string> Dependencies { get; private set; } = bundle?.DependencyKeys ?? [];
 }
 
 [Injectable(InjectionType.Singleton)]
 public class BundleLoader(
     ISptLogger<BundleLoader> logger,
     JsonUtil jsonUtil,
-    FileUtil fileUtil,
-    BundleHashCacheService bundleHashCacheService,
-    ICloner cloner
+    BundleHashCacheService bundleHashCacheService
 )
 {
-    private readonly Dictionary<string, BundleInfo> _bundles = new();
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, BundleInfo> _bundles = [];
+
+    public async Task LoadBundlesAsync(SptMod mod)
+    {
+        var modPath = mod.GetModPath();
+
+        var modBundles = await jsonUtil.DeserializeFromFileAsync<BundleManifest>(
+            Path.Join(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), modPath, "bundles.json")
+        );
+
+        var bundleManifests = modBundles?.Manifest ?? [];
+
+        foreach (var bundleManifest in bundleManifests)
+        {
+            var relativeModPath = modPath.Replace('\\', '/');
+
+            var bundleLocalPath = Path.Join(relativeModPath, "bundles", bundleManifest.Key)
+                .Replace('\\', '/');
+
+            if (!File.Exists(bundleLocalPath))
+            {
+                logger.Warning(
+                    $"Could not find bundle {bundleManifest.Key} for mod {mod.ModMetadata.Name}"
+                );
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (!bundleHashCacheService.CalculateAndMatchHash(bundleLocalPath))
+            {
+                await bundleHashCacheService.CalculateAndStoreHash(bundleLocalPath);
+            }
+
+            var bundleHash = bundleHashCacheService.GetStoredValue(bundleLocalPath);
+
+            AddBundle(
+                bundleManifest.Key,
+                new BundleInfo(relativeModPath, bundleManifest, bundleHash)
+            );
+        }
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Handle singleplayer/bundles
@@ -71,39 +98,7 @@ public class BundleLoader(
 
     public BundleInfo? GetBundle(string bundleKey)
     {
-        return cloner.Clone(_bundles.GetValueOrDefault(bundleKey));
-    }
-
-    public void AddBundles(string modPath)
-    {
-        // modPath should be relative to the server exe - ./user/mods/Mod3
-        // TODO: make sure the mod is passing a path that is relative from the server exe
-
-        var modBundlesJson = fileUtil.ReadFile(
-            Path.Join(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), modPath, "bundles.json")
-        );
-        var modBundles = jsonUtil.Deserialize<BundleManifest>(modBundlesJson);
-        var bundleManifestArr = modBundles?.Manifest;
-
-        foreach (var bundleManifest in bundleManifestArr)
-        {
-            var relativeModPath = modPath.Replace('\\', '/');
-
-            var bundleLocalPath = Path.Join(relativeModPath, "bundles", bundleManifest.Key)
-                .Replace('\\', '/');
-
-            if (!bundleHashCacheService.CalculateAndMatchHash(bundleLocalPath))
-            {
-                bundleHashCacheService.CalculateAndStoreHash(bundleLocalPath);
-            }
-
-            var bundleHash = bundleHashCacheService.GetStoredValue(bundleLocalPath);
-
-            AddBundle(
-                bundleManifest.Key,
-                new BundleInfo(relativeModPath, bundleManifest, bundleHash)
-            );
-        }
+        return _bundles.GetValueOrDefault(bundleKey);
     }
 
     public void AddBundle(string key, BundleInfo bundle)
@@ -119,13 +114,13 @@ public class BundleLoader(
 public record BundleManifest
 {
     [JsonPropertyName("manifest")]
-    public List<BundleManifestEntry> Manifest { get; set; }
+    public List<BundleManifestEntry>? Manifest { get; set; }
 }
 
 public record BundleManifestEntry
 {
     [JsonPropertyName("key")]
-    public string Key { get; set; }
+    public required string Key { get; set; }
 
     [JsonPropertyName("dependencyKeys")]
     public List<string>? DependencyKeys { get; set; }
diff --git a/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Services/BundleHashCacheService.cs b/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Services/BundleHashCacheService.cs
index 69b7ec20..41a2b76f 100644
--- a/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Services/BundleHashCacheService.cs
+++ b/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Services/BundleHashCacheService.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class BundleHashCacheService(
 {
     protected const string _bundleHashCachePath = "./user/cache/";
     protected const string _cacheName = "bundleHashCache.json";
-    protected readonly Dictionary<string, uint> _bundleHashes = new();
+    protected readonly Dictionary<string, uint> _bundleHashes = [];
 
     public uint GetStoredValue(string key)
     {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class BundleHashCacheService(
         return value;
     }
 
-    public void StoreValue(string bundlePath, uint hash)
+    public async Task StoreValue(string bundlePath, uint hash)
     {
         _bundleHashes.Add(bundlePath, hash);
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class BundleHashCacheService(
             Directory.CreateDirectory(_bundleHashCachePath);
         }
 
-        fileUtil.WriteFile(
+        await fileUtil.WriteFileAsync(
             Path.Join(_bundleHashCachePath, _cacheName),
             jsonUtil.Serialize(_bundleHashes)
         );
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ public class BundleHashCacheService(
         return MatchWithStoredHash(BundlePath, CalculateHash(BundlePath));
     }
 
-    public void CalculateAndStoreHash(string BundlePath)
+    public async Task CalculateAndStoreHash(string BundlePath)
     {
-        StoreValue(BundlePath, CalculateHash(BundlePath));
+        await StoreValue(BundlePath, CalculateHash(BundlePath));
     }
 
     public uint CalculateHash(string BundlePath)
diff --git a/SPTarkov.Server/Services/SptServerBackgroundService.cs b/SPTarkov.Server/Services/SptServerBackgroundService.cs
index b5b03369..68b9a906 100644
--- a/SPTarkov.Server/Services/SptServerBackgroundService.cs
+++ b/SPTarkov.Server/Services/SptServerBackgroundService.cs
@@ -19,14 +19,7 @@ public class SptServerBackgroundService(
             {
                 if (mod.ModMetadata?.IsBundleMod == true)
                 {
-                    // Convert to relative path
-                    var relativeModPath = Path.GetRelativePath(
-                            Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(),
-                            mod.Directory
-                        )
-                        .Replace('\\', '/');
-
-                    bundleLoader.AddBundles(relativeModPath);
+                    await bundleLoader.LoadBundlesAsync(mod);
                 }
             }
         }