Django initialising AppConfig multiple times - python-3.x

Question

I wanted to use the ready() hook in my AppConfig to start django-rq scheduler job. However it does so multiple times, every times I start the server. I imagine that's due to threading however I can't seem to find a suitable workaround. This is my AppConfig:
class AnalyticsConfig(AppConfig):
name = 'analytics'
def ready(self):
print("Init scheduler")
from analytics.services import save_hits
scheduler = django_rq.get_scheduler('analytics')
scheduler.schedule(datetime.utcnow(), save_hits, interval=5)
Now when I do runserver, Init scheduler is displayed 3 times. I've done some digging and according to this question I started the server with --noreload which didn't help (I still got Init scheduler x3). I also tried putting
import os
if os.environ.get('RUN_MAIN', None) != 'true':
default_app_config = 'analytics.apps.AnalyticsConfig'
in my __init__.py however RUN_MAIN appears to be None every time.
Afterwards I created a FileLock class, to skip configuration after the first initialization, which looks like this:
class FileLock:
def __get__(self, instance, owner):
return os.access(f"{instance.__class__.__name__}.lock", os.F_OK)
def __set__(self, instance, value):
if not isinstance(value, bool):
raise AttributeError
if value:
f = open(f"{instance.__class__.__name__}.lock", 'w+')
f.close()
else:
os.remove(f"{instance.__class__.__name__}.lock")
def __delete__(self, obj):
raise AttributeError
class AnalyticsConfig(AppConfig):
name = 'analytics'
locked = FileLock()
def ready(self):
from analytics.services import save_hits
if not self.locked:
print("Init scheduler")
scheduler = django_rq.get_scheduler('analytics')
scheduler.schedule(datetime.utcnow(), save_hits, interval=5)
self.locked = True
This does work, however the lock is not destroyed after the app quits. I tried removing the .lock files in settings.py but it also runs multiple times, making this pointless.
My question is: How can I prevent django from calling ready() multiple times, or how otherwise can I teardown the .lock files after django exits or right after it boots?
I'm using python 3.8 and django 3.1.5