diff --git a/common/src/storage/db.rs b/common/src/storage/db.rs
index f91135a..6c97c92 100644
--- a/common/src/storage/db.rs
+++ b/common/src/storage/db.rs
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ impl SurrealDbClient {
     ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let db = connect(address).await?;
 
-        // Sign in to database
-        db.signin(Root { username, password }).await?;
+        // Skip sign-in for in-memory engine (no auth support)
+        if !address.starts_with("mem://") {
+            db.signin(Root { username, password }).await?;
+        }
 
         // Set namespace
         db.use_ns(namespace).use_db(database).await?;
diff --git a/main/src/bootstrap.rs b/main/src/bootstrap.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4272ed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/bootstrap.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use async_openai::Client;
+use common::{
+    storage::{
+        db::SurrealDbClient,
+        store::StorageManager,
+    },
+    utils::{
+        config::{get_config, AppConfig},
+        embedding::EmbeddingProvider,
+    },
+};
+use retrieval_pipeline::reranking::RerankerPool;
+use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, prelude::*, EnvFilter};
+
+pub struct SharedServices {
+    pub db: Arc<SurrealDbClient>,
+    pub openai_client: Arc<Client<async_openai::config::OpenAIConfig>>,
+    pub embedding_provider: Arc<EmbeddingProvider>,
+    pub storage: StorageManager,
+    pub reranker_pool: Option<Arc<RerankerPool>>,
+    pub config: AppConfig,
+}
+
+pub async fn init() -> anyhow::Result<SharedServices> {
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(fmt::layer().with_writer(std::io::stderr))
+        .with(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+        .try_init()
+        .ok();
+
+    let config = get_config()?;
+    init_with_config(config).await
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn init_with_config(config: AppConfig) -> anyhow::Result<SharedServices> {
+    let db = Arc::new(
+        SurrealDbClient::new(
+            &config.surrealdb_address,
+            &config.surrealdb_username,
+            &config.surrealdb_password,
+            &config.surrealdb_namespace,
+            &config.surrealdb_database,
+        )
+        .await?,
+    );
+
+    db.apply_migrations().await?;
+
+    let openai_client = Arc::new(Client::with_config(
+        async_openai::config::OpenAIConfig::new()
+            .with_api_key(&config.openai_api_key)
+            .with_api_base(&config.openai_base_url),
+    ));
+
+    let embedding_provider = Arc::new(
+        EmbeddingProvider::from_config(&config, Some(Arc::clone(&openai_client))).await?,
+    );
+
+    let reranker_pool = RerankerPool::maybe_from_config(&config)?;
+
+    let storage = StorageManager::new(&config).await?;
+
+    Ok(SharedServices {
+        db,
+        openai_client,
+        embedding_provider,
+        storage,
+        reranker_pool,
+        config,
+    })
+}
diff --git a/main/src/main.rs b/main/src/main.rs
index 3d1018e..9083d10 100644
--- a/main/src/main.rs
+++ b/main/src/main.rs
@@ -1,27 +1,24 @@
+mod bootstrap;
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
 use api_router::{api_routes_v1, api_state::ApiState};
 use axum::{extract::FromRef, Router};
 use common::{
     storage::{
-        db::SurrealDbClient,
         indexes::ensure_runtime,
-        store::StorageManager,
         types::{
             knowledge_entity::KnowledgeEntity, system_settings::SystemSettings,
             text_chunk::TextChunk,
         },
     },
-    utils::{config::get_config, embedding::EmbeddingProvider},
 };
 use html_router::{
     html_routes,
     html_state::{HtmlState, StateResources},
 };
 use ingestion_pipeline::{pipeline::IngestionPipeline, run_worker_loop};
-use retrieval_pipeline::reranking::RerankerPool;
-use std::sync::Arc;
 use tracing::{error, info, warn};
-use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, prelude::*, EnvFilter};
-
 use tokio::task::LocalSet;
 
 fn spawn_server_thread(
@@ -44,87 +41,21 @@ fn spawn_server_thread(
     })
 }
 
-async fn run_worker(
-    config: common::utils::config::AppConfig,
-    reranker_pool: Option<Arc<RerankerPool>>,
-    storage: StorageManager,
-) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let worker_db = Arc::new(
-        SurrealDbClient::new(
-            &config.surrealdb_address,
-            &config.surrealdb_username,
-            &config.surrealdb_password,
-            &config.surrealdb_namespace,
-            &config.surrealdb_database,
-        )
-        .await?,
-    );
-
-    let openai_client = Arc::new(async_openai::Client::with_config(
-        async_openai::config::OpenAIConfig::new()
-            .with_api_key(&config.openai_api_key)
-            .with_api_base(&config.openai_base_url),
-    ));
-
-    let embedding_provider = Arc::new(
-        EmbeddingProvider::from_config(&config, Some(Arc::clone(&openai_client))).await?,
-    );
-
-    let ingestion_pipeline = Arc::new(
-        IngestionPipeline::new(
-            Arc::clone(&worker_db),
-            openai_client,
-            config,
-            reranker_pool,
-            storage,
-            embedding_provider,
-        )?,
-    );
-
-    info!("Starting worker process");
-    run_worker_loop(worker_db, ingestion_pipeline).await
-}
-
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(fmt::layer().with_writer(std::io::stderr))
-        .with(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
-        .try_init()
-        .ok();
+    let services = bootstrap::init().await?;
 
-    let config = get_config()?;
+    let session_store = Arc::new(services.db.create_session_store().await?);
 
-    let db = Arc::new(
-        SurrealDbClient::new(
-            &config.surrealdb_address,
-            &config.surrealdb_username,
-            &config.surrealdb_password,
-            &config.surrealdb_namespace,
-            &config.surrealdb_database,
-        )
-        .await?,
-    );
-
-    db.apply_migrations().await?;
-
-    let session_store = Arc::new(db.create_session_store().await?);
-    let openai_client = Arc::new(async_openai::Client::with_config(
-        async_openai::config::OpenAIConfig::new()
-            .with_api_key(&config.openai_api_key)
-            .with_api_base(&config.openai_base_url),
-    ));
-
-    let embedding_provider =
-        Arc::new(EmbeddingProvider::from_config(&config, Some(Arc::clone(&openai_client))).await?);
     info!(
-        embedding_backend = ?config.embedding_backend,
-        embedding_dimension = embedding_provider.dimension(),
+        embedding_backend = ?services.config.embedding_backend,
+        embedding_dimension = services.embedding_provider.dimension(),
         "Embedding provider initialized"
     );
 
     let (settings, dimensions_changed) =
-        SystemSettings::sync_from_embedding_provider(&db, &embedding_provider).await?;
+        SystemSettings::sync_from_embedding_provider(&services.db, &services.embedding_provider)
+            .await?;
 
     if dimensions_changed {
         warn!(
@@ -134,7 +65,8 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
         info!("Re-embedding TextChunks");
         if let Err(e) =
-            TextChunk::update_all_embeddings_with_provider(&db, &embedding_provider).await
+            TextChunk::update_all_embeddings_with_provider(&services.db, &services.embedding_provider)
+                .await
         {
             error!(
                 "Failed to re-embed TextChunks: {}. Search results may be stale.",
@@ -144,7 +76,8 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
         info!("Re-embedding KnowledgeEntities");
         if let Err(e) =
-            KnowledgeEntity::update_all_embeddings_with_provider(&db, &embedding_provider).await
+            KnowledgeEntity::update_all_embeddings_with_provider(&services.db, &services.embedding_provider)
+                .await
         {
             error!(
                 "Failed to re-embed KnowledgeEntities: {}. Search results may be stale.",
@@ -155,24 +88,20 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         info!("Re-embedding complete.");
     }
 
-    ensure_runtime(&db, settings.embedding_dimensions as usize).await?;
+    ensure_runtime(&services.db, settings.embedding_dimensions as usize).await?;
 
-    let reranker_pool = RerankerPool::maybe_from_config(&config)?;
-
-    let storage = StorageManager::new(&config).await?;
-
-        let html_state = HtmlState::new_with_resources(StateResources {
-        db,
-        openai_client,
+    let html_state = HtmlState::new_with_resources(StateResources {
+        db: Arc::clone(&services.db),
+        openai_client: Arc::clone(&services.openai_client),
         session_store,
-        storage: storage.clone(),
-        config: config.clone(),
-        reranker_pool: reranker_pool.clone(),
-        embedding_provider: Arc::clone(&embedding_provider),
+        storage: services.storage.clone(),
+        config: services.config.clone(),
+        reranker_pool: services.reranker_pool.clone(),
+        embedding_provider: Arc::clone(&services.embedding_provider),
         template_engine: None,
     });
 
-    let api_state = ApiState::new(&config, storage.clone()).await?;
+    let api_state = ApiState::new(&services.config, services.storage.clone()).await?;
 
     let app = Router::new()
         .nest("/api/v1", api_routes_v1(&api_state))
@@ -182,15 +111,28 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             html_state,
         });
 
-    info!("Starting server listening on 0.0.0.0:{}", config.http_port);
-    let serve_address = format!("0.0.0.0:{}", config.http_port);
+    info!(
+        "Starting server listening on 0.0.0.0:{}",
+        services.config.http_port
+    );
+    let serve_address = format!("0.0.0.0:{}", services.config.http_port);
     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(serve_address).await?;
 
     let server_handle = spawn_server_thread(listener, app);
 
+    let ingestion_pipeline = Arc::new(IngestionPipeline::new(
+        Arc::clone(&services.db),
+        Arc::clone(&services.openai_client),
+        services.config.clone(),
+        services.reranker_pool.clone(),
+        services.storage,
+        Arc::clone(&services.embedding_provider),
+    )?);
+
     let local = LocalSet::new();
     local.spawn_local(async move {
-        if let Err(e) = run_worker(config, reranker_pool, storage).await {
+        info!("Starting worker process");
+        if let Err(e) = run_worker_loop(services.db, ingestion_pipeline).await {
             error!("Worker error: {}", e);
         }
     });
@@ -222,7 +164,7 @@ mod tests {
         store::StorageManager,
         types::{system_settings::SystemSettings, user::User},
     };
-    use common::utils::config::{AppConfig, PdfIngestMode, StorageKind};
+    use common::utils::config::{AppConfig, EmbeddingBackend, PdfIngestMode, StorageKind};
     use std::{path::Path, sync::Arc};
     use tower::ServiceExt;
     use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -240,6 +182,7 @@ mod tests {
             openai_base_url: "https://example.com".into(),
             storage: StorageKind::Local,
             pdf_ingest_mode: PdfIngestMode::LlmFirst,
+            embedding_backend: EmbeddingBackend::Hashed,
             ..Default::default()
         }
     }
@@ -252,37 +195,25 @@ mod tests {
             .expect("failed to create temp data directory");
 
         let config = smoke_test_config(namespace, &database, &data_dir);
-        let db = Arc::new(SurrealDbClient::memory(namespace, &database).await?);
-        db.apply_migrations().await?;
+        let services = crate::bootstrap::init_with_config(config.clone()).await?;
 
-        let session_store = Arc::new(db.create_session_store().await?);
-        let openai_client = Arc::new(async_openai::Client::with_config(
-            async_openai::config::OpenAIConfig::new()
-                .with_api_key(&config.openai_api_key)
-                .with_api_base(&config.openai_base_url),
-        ));
+        let session_store = Arc::new(services.db.create_session_store().await?);
 
-        let storage = StorageManager::new(&config).await?;
-
-        let embedding_provider = Arc::new(
-            common::utils::embedding::EmbeddingProvider::new_hashed(384)?,
-        );
-
-    let html_state = HtmlState::new_with_resources(StateResources {
-            db: Arc::clone(&db),
-            openai_client,
+        let html_state = HtmlState::new_with_resources(StateResources {
+            db: Arc::clone(&services.db),
+            openai_client: Arc::clone(&services.openai_client),
             session_store,
-            storage: storage.clone(),
-            config: config.clone(),
-            reranker_pool: None,
-            embedding_provider,
+            storage: services.storage.clone(),
+            config: services.config.clone(),
+            reranker_pool: services.reranker_pool.clone(),
+            embedding_provider: Arc::clone(&services.embedding_provider),
             template_engine: None,
         });
 
         let api_state = ApiState {
-            db: Arc::clone(&db),
-            config: config.clone(),
-            storage,
+            db: Arc::clone(&services.db),
+            config: services.config.clone(),
+            storage: services.storage,
         };
 
         let app = Router::new()
diff --git a/main/src/server.rs b/main/src/server.rs
index 1a1e047..462fea9 100644
--- a/main/src/server.rs
+++ b/main/src/server.rs
@@ -1,85 +1,39 @@
+mod bootstrap;
+
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use api_router::{api_routes_v1, api_state::ApiState};
 use axum::{extract::FromRef, Router};
-use common::{
-    storage::{db::SurrealDbClient, store::StorageManager, types::system_settings::SystemSettings},
-    utils::{config::get_config, embedding::EmbeddingProvider},
-};
+use common::storage::types::system_settings::SystemSettings;
 use html_router::{
     html_routes,
     html_state::{HtmlState, StateResources},
 };
-use retrieval_pipeline::reranking::RerankerPool;
 use tracing::info;
-use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, prelude::*, EnvFilter};
 
 #[tokio::main(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    // Set up tracing
-    tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(fmt::layer().with_writer(std::io::stderr))
-        .with(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
-        .try_init()
-        .ok();
+    let services = bootstrap::init().await?;
 
-    // Get config
-    let config = get_config()?;
+    let session_store = Arc::new(services.db.create_session_store().await?);
 
-    // Set up router states
-    let db = Arc::new(
-        SurrealDbClient::new(
-            &config.surrealdb_address,
-            &config.surrealdb_username,
-            &config.surrealdb_password,
-            &config.surrealdb_namespace,
-            &config.surrealdb_database,
-        )
-        .await?,
-    );
-
-    // Ensure db is initialized
-    db.apply_migrations().await?;
-
-    let session_store = Arc::new(db.create_session_store().await?);
-    let openai_client = Arc::new(async_openai::Client::with_config(
-        async_openai::config::OpenAIConfig::new()
-            .with_api_key(&config.openai_api_key)
-            .with_api_base(&config.openai_base_url),
-    ));
-
-    let reranker_pool = RerankerPool::maybe_from_config(&config)?;
-
-    // Create global storage manager
-    let storage = StorageManager::new(&config).await?;
-
-    // Create embedding provider based on config
-    let embedding_provider =
-        Arc::new(EmbeddingProvider::from_config(&config, Some(Arc::clone(&openai_client))).await?);
-    info!(
-        embedding_backend = ?config.embedding_backend,
-        embedding_dimension = embedding_provider.dimension(),
-        "Embedding provider initialized"
-    );
-
-    // Sync SystemSettings with provider's dimensions/backend for visibility
     let (_settings, _dimensions_changed) =
-        SystemSettings::sync_from_embedding_provider(&db, &embedding_provider).await?;
+        SystemSettings::sync_from_embedding_provider(&services.db, &services.embedding_provider)
+            .await?;
 
     let html_state = HtmlState::new_with_resources(StateResources {
-        db,
-        openai_client,
+        db: Arc::clone(&services.db),
+        openai_client: Arc::clone(&services.openai_client),
         session_store,
-        storage: storage.clone(),
-        config: config.clone(),
-        reranker_pool,
-        embedding_provider,
+        storage: services.storage.clone(),
+        config: services.config.clone(),
+        reranker_pool: services.reranker_pool.clone(),
+        embedding_provider: Arc::clone(&services.embedding_provider),
         template_engine: None,
     });
 
-    let api_state = ApiState::new(&config, storage).await?;
+    let api_state = ApiState::new(&services.config, services.storage).await?;
 
-    // Create Axum router
     let app = Router::new()
         .nest("/api/v1", api_routes_v1(&api_state))
         .merge(html_routes(&html_state))
@@ -88,8 +42,11 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             html_state,
         });
 
-    info!("Starting server listening on 0.0.0.0:{}", config.http_port);
-    let serve_address = format!("0.0.0.0:{}", config.http_port);
+    info!(
+        "Starting server listening on 0.0.0.0:{}",
+        services.config.http_port
+    );
+    let serve_address = format!("0.0.0.0:{}", services.config.http_port);
     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(serve_address).await?;
     axum::serve(listener, app).await?;
 
diff --git a/main/src/worker.rs b/main/src/worker.rs
index 1e076c6..4e34332 100644
--- a/main/src/worker.rs
+++ b/main/src/worker.rs
@@ -1,64 +1,27 @@
+mod bootstrap;
+
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use common::{
-    storage::db::SurrealDbClient,
-    storage::store::StorageManager,
-    utils::{config::get_config, embedding::EmbeddingProvider},
-};
 use ingestion_pipeline::{pipeline::IngestionPipeline, run_worker_loop};
-use retrieval_pipeline::reranking::RerankerPool;
 use tracing::info;
-use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, prelude::*, EnvFilter};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    // Set up tracing
-    tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(fmt::layer())
-        .with(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
-        .try_init()
-        .ok();
+    let services = bootstrap::init().await?;
 
-    let config = get_config()?;
-
-    let db = Arc::new(
-        SurrealDbClient::new(
-            &config.surrealdb_address,
-            &config.surrealdb_username,
-            &config.surrealdb_password,
-            &config.surrealdb_namespace,
-            &config.surrealdb_database,
-        )
-        .await?,
-    );
-
-    let openai_client = Arc::new(async_openai::Client::with_config(
-        async_openai::config::OpenAIConfig::new()
-            .with_api_key(&config.openai_api_key)
-            .with_api_base(&config.openai_base_url),
-    ));
-
-    let reranker_pool = RerankerPool::maybe_from_config(&config)?;
-
-    // Create embedding provider based on config
-    let embedding_provider =
-        Arc::new(EmbeddingProvider::from_config(&config, Some(Arc::clone(&openai_client))).await?);
     info!(
-        embedding_backend = ?config.embedding_backend,
+        embedding_backend = ?services.config.embedding_backend,
         "Embedding provider initialized for worker"
     );
 
-    // Create global storage manager
-    let storage = StorageManager::new(&config).await?;
-
     let ingestion_pipeline = Arc::new(IngestionPipeline::new(
-        Arc::clone(&db),
-        Arc::clone(&openai_client),
-        config,
-        reranker_pool,
-        storage,
-        embedding_provider,
+        Arc::clone(&services.db),
+        Arc::clone(&services.openai_client),
+        services.config.clone(),
+        services.reranker_pool.clone(),
+        services.storage,
+        Arc::clone(&services.embedding_provider),
     )?);
 
-    run_worker_loop(db, ingestion_pipeline).await
+    run_worker_loop(services.db, ingestion_pipeline).await
 }