diff --git a/src/lib/db/transaction.ts b/src/lib/db/transaction.ts
index 574126966bd8..b26231356b13 100644
--- a/src/lib/db/transaction.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db/transaction.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
+import { IUnleashConfig } from 'lib/server-impl';
 
 export type KnexTransaction = Knex.Transaction;
 
@@ -26,7 +27,15 @@ export const createKnexTransactionStarter = (
     return transaction;
 };
 
-export type DbServiceFactory<S> = (db: Knex) => S;
+export type DeferredServiceFactory<S> = (db: Knex) => S;
+/**
+ * Services need to be instantiated with a knex instance on a per-transaction basis.
+ * Limiting the input parameters, makes sure we don't inject already instantiated services
+ * that might be bound to a different transaction.
+ */
+export type ServiceFactory<S> = (
+    config: IUnleashConfig,
+) => DeferredServiceFactory<S>;
 export type WithTransactional<S> = S & {
     transactional: <R>(fn: (service: S) => R) => Promise<R>;
 };
diff --git a/src/lib/features/export-import-toggles/createExportImportService.ts b/src/lib/features/export-import-toggles/createExportImportService.ts
index 00ee8da651c1..01d6155f4454 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/export-import-toggles/createExportImportService.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/export-import-toggles/createExportImportService.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import {
     createFakePrivateProjectChecker,
     createPrivateProjectChecker,
 } from '../private-project/createPrivateProjectChecker';
-import { DbServiceFactory } from 'lib/db/transaction';
+import { DeferredServiceFactory } from 'lib/db/transaction';
 import { DependentFeaturesReadModel } from '../dependent-features/dependent-features-read-model';
 import { FakeDependentFeaturesReadModel } from '../dependent-features/fake-dependent-features-read-model';
 import {
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export const createFakeExportImportTogglesService = (
 
 export const deferredExportImportTogglesService = (
     config: IUnleashConfig,
-): DbServiceFactory<ExportImportService> => {
+): DeferredServiceFactory<ExportImportService> => {
     return (db: Db) => {
         const { eventBus, getLogger, flagResolver } = config;
         const importTogglesStore = new ImportTogglesStore(db);