diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index f936cd1a3a..8ba10df263 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@ require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 $request = \GuzzleHttp\Psr7\ServerRequest::fromGlobals();
 
 $dice = (new Dice())->addRules(include __DIR__ . '/static/dependencies.config.php');
-/** @var \Friendica\Core\Addon\Capability\ICanLoadAddons $addonLoader */
-$addonLoader = $dice->create(\Friendica\Core\Addon\Capability\ICanLoadAddons::class);
-$dice = $dice->addRules($addonLoader->getActiveAddonConfig('dependencies'));
-$dice = $dice->addRule(Friendica\App\Mode::class, ['call' => [['determineRunMode', [false, $request->getServerParams()], Dice::CHAIN_CALL]]]);
-
-\Friendica\DI::init($dice);
-
-\Friendica\Core\Logger\Handler\ErrorHandler::register($dice->create(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface::class));
 
 $a = \Friendica\App::fromDice($dice);
 
diff --git a/src/App.php b/src/App.php
index bc3efde176..e3a9ac0936 100644
--- a/src/App.php
+++ b/src/App.php
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ class App
 
 	public function processRequest(ServerRequestInterface $request, float $start_time): void
 	{
+		$this->setupContainerForRunningFrontend($request);
+
 		$this->requestId = $this->container->create(Request::class)->getRequestId();
 		$this->auth      = $this->container->create(Authentication::class);
 		$this->config    = $this->container->create(IManageConfigValues::class);
@@ -152,6 +154,18 @@ class App
 		);
 	}
 
+	private function setupContainerForRunningFrontend(ServerRequestInterface $request): void
+	{
+		/** @var \Friendica\Core\Addon\Capability\ICanLoadAddons $addonLoader */
+		$addonLoader = $this->container->create(\Friendica\Core\Addon\Capability\ICanLoadAddons::class);
+		$this->container = $this->container->addRules($addonLoader->getActiveAddonConfig('dependencies'));
+		$this->container = $this->container->addRule(\Friendica\App\Mode::class, ['call' => [['determineRunMode', [false, $request->getServerParams()], Dice::CHAIN_CALL]]]);
+
+		\Friendica\DI::init($this->container);
+
+		\Friendica\Core\Logger\Handler\ErrorHandler::register($this->container->create(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface::class));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Load the whole app instance
 	 */