diff --git a/src/router/run.rs b/src/router/run.rs
index 8afb2dc3..4d06442f 100644
--- a/src/router/run.rs
+++ b/src/router/run.rs
@@ -6,14 +6,12 @@ use tracing::{debug, error, info};
 
 extern crate conduit_admin as admin;
 extern crate conduit_core as conduit;
-extern crate conduit_database as database;
 extern crate conduit_service as service;
 
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 
 use conduit::{debug_info, trace, Error, Result, Server};
-use database::KeyValueDatabase;
-use service::{services, Services};
+use service::services;
 
 use crate::{layers, serve};
 
@@ -58,15 +56,10 @@ pub(crate) async fn run(server: Arc<Server>) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 /// Async initializations
 #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
-#[allow(clippy::let_underscore_must_use)]
 pub(crate) async fn start(server: Arc<Server>) -> Result<(), Error> {
 	debug!("Starting...");
-	let d = Arc::new(KeyValueDatabase::load_or_create(&server).await?);
-	let s = Box::new(Services::build(server, d.clone()).await?);
-	_ = service::SERVICES
-		.write()
-		.expect("write locked")
-		.insert(Box::leak(s));
+
+	service::init(&server).await?;
 	services().start().await?;
 
 	#[cfg(feature = "systemd")]
@@ -84,23 +77,10 @@ pub(crate) async fn stop(_server: Arc<Server>) -> Result<(), Error> {
 	// Wait for all completions before dropping or we'll lose them to the module
 	// unload and explode.
 	services().shutdown().await;
-
 	// Deactivate services(). Any further use will panic the caller.
-	let s = service::SERVICES
-		.write()
-		.expect("write locked")
-		.take()
-		.unwrap();
+	service::fini();
 
-	let s: *mut Services = std::ptr::from_ref(s).cast_mut();
-	//SAFETY: Services was instantiated in start() and leaked into the SERVICES
-	// global perusing as 'static for the duration of run_server(). Now we reclaim
-	// it to drop it before unloading the module. If this is not done there will be
-	// multiple instances after module reload.
-	let s = unsafe { Box::from_raw(s) };
 	debug!("Cleaning up...");
-	// Drop it so we encounter any trouble before the infolog message
-	drop(s);
 
 	#[cfg(feature = "systemd")]
 	sd_notify::notify(true, &[sd_notify::NotifyState::Stopping]).expect("failed to notify systemd of stopping state");
diff --git a/src/service/mod.rs b/src/service/mod.rs
index 028ed959..2178316a 100644
--- a/src/service/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/mod.rs
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ pub mod users;
 
 extern crate conduit_core as conduit;
 extern crate conduit_database as database;
-use std::sync::RwLock;
+use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 
-pub(crate) use conduit::{config, debug_error, debug_info, debug_warn, utils, Config, Error, PduCount, Result};
+pub(crate) use conduit::{config, debug_error, debug_info, debug_warn, utils, Config, Error, PduCount, Result, Server};
 pub(crate) use database::KeyValueDatabase;
 pub use globals::{server_is_ours, user_is_local};
 pub use pdu::PduEvent;
@@ -30,7 +30,35 @@ pub(crate) use crate as service;
 conduit::mod_ctor! {}
 conduit::mod_dtor! {}
 
-pub static SERVICES: RwLock<Option<&'static Services>> = RwLock::new(None);
+static SERVICES: RwLock<Option<&Services>> = RwLock::new(None);
+
+#[allow(clippy::let_underscore_must_use)]
+pub async fn init(server: &Arc<Server>) -> Result<()> {
+	let d = Arc::new(KeyValueDatabase::load_or_create(server).await?);
+	let s = Box::new(Services::build(server.clone(), d.clone()).await?);
+	_ = SERVICES.write().expect("write locked").insert(Box::leak(s));
+
+	Ok(())
+}
+
+pub fn fini() {
+	// Deactivate services(). Any further use will panic the caller.
+	let s = SERVICES
+		.write()
+		.expect("write locked")
+		.take()
+		.expect("services initialized");
+
+	let s: *mut Services = std::ptr::from_ref(s).cast_mut();
+	//SAFETY: Services was instantiated in init() and leaked into the SERVICES
+	// global perusing as 'static for the duration of service. Now we reclaim
+	// it to drop it before unloading the module. If this is not done there wil
+	// be multiple instances after module reload.
+	let s = unsafe { Box::from_raw(s) };
+
+	// Drop it so we encounter any trouble before the infolog message
+	drop(s);
+}
 
 #[must_use]
 pub fn services() -> &'static Services {