diff --git a/frigate/events/cleanup.py b/frigate/events/cleanup.py
index 1ac03b2ed..d13a96dcf 100644
--- a/frigate/events/cleanup.py
+++ b/frigate/events/cleanup.py
@@ -324,6 +324,10 @@ class EventCleanup(threading.Thread):
         return events_to_update
 
     def run(self) -> None:
+        if self.config.safe_mode:
+            logger.info("Safe mode enabled, skipping event cleanup")
+            return
+
         # only expire events every 5 minutes
         while not self.stop_event.wait(300):
             events_with_expired_clips = self.expire_clips()
diff --git a/frigate/record/cleanup.py b/frigate/record/cleanup.py
index 94dd43eba..0e401e8ff 100644
--- a/frigate/record/cleanup.py
+++ b/frigate/record/cleanup.py
@@ -350,6 +350,10 @@ class RecordingCleanup(threading.Thread):
         logger.debug("End expire recordings.")
 
     def run(self) -> None:
+        if self.config.safe_mode:
+            logger.info("Safe mode enabled, skipping recording cleanup")
+            return
+
         # on startup sync recordings with disk if enabled
         if self.config.record.sync_recordings:
             sync_recordings(limited=False)
diff --git a/frigate/storage.py b/frigate/storage.py
index feabe06ff..1234ef088 100644
--- a/frigate/storage.py
+++ b/frigate/storage.py
@@ -272,6 +272,10 @@ class StorageMaintainer(threading.Thread):
 
     def run(self):
         """Check every 5 minutes if storage needs to be cleaned up."""
+        if self.config.safe_mode:
+            logger.info("Safe mode enabled, skipping storage maintenance")
+            return
+
         self.calculate_camera_bandwidth()
         while not self.stop_event.wait(300):
             if not self.camera_storage_stats or True in [