diff --git a/config/env/dev.json b/config/env/dev.json
index f0e9ed76..4ed6032c 100644
--- a/config/env/dev.json
+++ b/config/env/dev.json
@@ -72,7 +72,13 @@
       "host": "@@DB_HOST",
       "user": "@@DB_USERNAME",
       "password": "@@DB_PASSWORD",
-      "port": "@@DB_PORT"
+      "port": "@@DB_PORT",
+      "replicaDatabase": "@@REPLICA_DB_NAME",
+      "replicaHost": "@@REPLICA_DB_HOST",
+      "replicaUser": "@@REPLICA_DB_USERNAME",
+      "replicaPassword": "@@REPLICA_DB_PASSWORD",
+      "replicaPort": "@@REPLICA_DB_PORT",
+      "replicaConnectionString": "@@REPLICA_DB_CONNECTION_STRING"
     }
   },
   "replica_db": {
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index e31ebdb2..69da5bb6 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ type DependenciesContext = {
 type ProvidedContext = {
   anchorService: AnchorService
   requestRepository: RequestRepository
+  replicationRequestRepository: ReplicationRequestRepository
   anchorRepository: AnchorRepository
   transactionRepository: TransactionRepository
   blockchainService: BlockchainService
@@ -98,9 +99,9 @@ export class CeramicAnchorApp {
       // register repositories
       .provideClass('metadataRepository', MetadataRepository)
       .provideFactory('requestRepository', RequestRepository.make)
+      .provideClass('replicationRequestRepository', ReplicationRequestRepository)
       .provideClass('anchorRepository', AnchorRepository)
       .provideClass('transactionRepository', TransactionRepository)
-      .provideClass('replicationRequestRepository', ReplicationRequestRepository)
       // register services
       .provideFactory('blockchainService', EthereumBlockchainService.make)
       .provideClass('eventProducerService', HTTPEventProducerService)