diff --git a/backend/src/app/http.clj b/backend/src/app/http.clj
index cf212609c..4c35c39c7 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/http.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/http.clj
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@
                 ::wrk/executor]))
 
 (defmethod ig/init-key ::server
-  [_ {:keys [::handler ::router ::host ::port] :as cfg}]
+  [_ {:keys [::handler ::router ::host ::port ::wrk/executor] :as cfg}]
   (l/info :hint "starting http server" :port port :host host)
   (let [options {:http/port port
                  :http/host host
                  :http/max-body-size (::max-body-size cfg)
                  :http/max-multipart-body-size (::max-multipart-body-size cfg)
                  :xnio/io-threads (::io-threads cfg)
-                 :xnio/dispatch (::wrk/executor cfg)
+                 :xnio/dispatch executor
                  :ring/async true}
 
         handler (cond
diff --git a/backend/src/app/main.clj b/backend/src/app/main.clj
index 9e6da0164..17344c73e 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/main.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/main.clj
@@ -239,8 +239,7 @@
    {::http/port                    (cf/get :http-server-port)
     ::http/host                    (cf/get :http-server-host)
     ::http/router                  (ig/ref ::http/router)
-    ::http/metrics                 (ig/ref ::mtx/metrics)
-    ::http/executor                (ig/ref ::wrk/executor)
+    ::wrk/executor                 (ig/ref ::wrk/executor)
     ::http/io-threads              (cf/get :http-server-io-threads)
     ::http/max-body-size           (cf/get :http-server-max-body-size)
     ::http/max-multipart-body-size (cf/get :http-server-max-multipart-body-size)}