diff --git a/api/src/base.ts b/api/src/base.ts
index b4e285ef..5a24d0e4 100644
--- a/api/src/base.ts
+++ b/api/src/base.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export const base = new Elysia({ name: "base" })
 	.as("plugin");
 
 export const prefix = process.env.KYOO_PREFIX ?? "";
-export const app = new Elysia({ prefix })
+export const handlers = new Elysia({ prefix })
 	.use(base)
 	.use(auth)
 	.guard(
diff --git a/api/src/index.ts b/api/src/index.ts
index 1769ddaf..3eeb325f 100644
--- a/api/src/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { swagger } from "@elysiajs/swagger";
 import Elysia from "elysia";
-import { app } from "./base";
+import { handlers } from "./base";
 import { processImages } from "./controllers/seed/images";
 import { migrate } from "./db";
 import { comment } from "./utils";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ await migrate();
 // run image processor task in background
 processImages();
 
-new Elysia()
+const app = new Elysia()
 	.use(
 		swagger({
 			scalarConfig: {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ new Elysia()
 			},
 		}),
 	)
-	.use(app)
+	.use(handlers)
 	.listen(3567);
 
 console.log(`Api running at ${app.server?.hostname}:${app.server?.port}`);