diff --git a/server/netty-server/sync/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/netty/sync/NettySyncServer.scala b/server/netty-server/sync/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/netty/sync/NettySyncServer.scala
index ea08ed5835..5901be3fa8 100644
--- a/server/netty-server/sync/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/netty/sync/NettySyncServer.scala
+++ b/server/netty-server/sync/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/netty/sync/NettySyncServer.scala
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ case class NettySyncServer(
     *   server binding, to be used to control stopping of the server or obtaining metadata like port.
     */
   def start()(using Ox): NettySyncServerBinding =
-    startUsingSocketOverride[InetSocketAddress](None, new OxDispatcher()) match
+    startUsingSocketOverride[InetSocketAddress](None, OxDispatcher.create) match
       case (socket, stop) =>
         NettySyncServerBinding(socket, stop)
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ case class NettySyncServer(
         NettySyncServerBinding(socket, stop)
 
   def startUsingDomainSocket(path: Path)(using Ox): NettySyncDomainSocketBinding =
-    startUsingSocketOverride(Some(new DomainSocketAddress(path.toFile)), new OxDispatcher()) match
+    startUsingSocketOverride(Some(new DomainSocketAddress(path.toFile)), OxDispatcher.create) match
       case (socket, stop) =>
         NettySyncDomainSocketBinding(socket, stop)
 
diff --git a/server/netty-server/sync/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/netty/sync/internal/ox/OxDispatcher.scala b/server/netty-server/sync/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/netty/sync/internal/ox/OxDispatcher.scala
index 9a9ad8207b..5762a0644d 100644
--- a/server/netty-server/sync/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/netty/sync/internal/ox/OxDispatcher.scala
+++ b/server/netty-server/sync/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/netty/sync/internal/ox/OxDispatcher.scala
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 package sttp.tapir.server.netty.sync.internal.ox
 
 import ox.*
-import ox.channels.Actor
+import ox.channels.{Actor, ActorRef}
 
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 import scala.concurrent.Promise
 
-/** A dispatcher that can start arbitrary forks. Useful when one needs to start an asynchronous task from a thread outside of an Ox scope.
-  * Normally Ox doesn't allow to start forks from other threads, for example in callbacks of external libraries. If you create an
-  * OxDispatcher inside a scope and pass it for potential handling on another thread, that thread can call
+/** A dispatcher that can start forks, within some "global" scope. Useful when one needs to start an asynchronous task from a thread outside
+  * of an Ox scope. Normally Ox doesn't allow to start forks from arbitrary threads, for example in callbacks of external libraries. If you
+  * create an `OxDispatcher` inside a scope and pass it for potential handling on another thread, that thread can call
   * {{{
   *   dispatcher.runAsync {
   *     // code to be executed in a fork
@@ -19,22 +19,29 @@ import scala.concurrent.Promise
   * }}}
   * WARNING! Dispatchers should only be used in special cases, where the proper structure of concurrency scopes cannot be preserved. One
   * such example is integration with callback-based systems like Netty, which runs handler methods on its event loop thread.
-  * @param ox
-  *   concurrency scope where a fork will be run, using a nested scope to isolate failures.
   */
-private[sync] class OxDispatcher()(using ox: Ox):
-  private class Runner:
-    def runAsync(thunk: Ox ?=> Unit, onError: Throwable => Unit, forkPromise: Promise[CancellableFork[Unit]]): Unit =
-      forkPromise
-        .success(forkCancellable {
-          try supervised(thunk)
-          catch case NonFatal(e) => onError(e)
-        })
-        .discard
-
-  private val actor = Actor.create(new Runner)
-
+private[sync] class OxDispatcher private (actor: ActorRef[OxDispatcherRunner]):
   def runAsync(thunk: Ox ?=> Unit)(onError: Throwable => Unit): Future[CancellableFork[Unit]] =
     val forkPromise = Promise[CancellableFork[Unit]]()
     actor.tell(_.runAsync(thunk, onError, forkPromise))
     forkPromise.future
+
+private trait OxDispatcherRunner:
+  def runAsync(thunk: Ox ?=> Unit, onError: Throwable => Unit, forkPromise: Promise[CancellableFork[Unit]]): Unit
+
+object OxDispatcher:
+  /** @param ox
+    *   concurrency scope where forks will be run, using a nested scope to isolate failures. The dispatcher will only be usable as long as
+    *   this scope doesn't complete.
+    */
+  def create(using ox: Ox): OxDispatcher =
+    val actor = Actor.create {
+      new OxDispatcherRunner:
+        def runAsync(thunk: Ox ?=> Unit, onError: Throwable => Unit, forkPromise: Promise[CancellableFork[Unit]]): Unit =
+          val fork = forkCancellable {
+            try supervised(thunk)
+            catch case NonFatal(e) => onError(e)
+          }
+          forkPromise.success(fork).discard
+    }
+    new OxDispatcher(actor)
diff --git a/server/netty-server/sync/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/netty/sync/NettySyncTestServerInterpreter.scala b/server/netty-server/sync/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/netty/sync/NettySyncTestServerInterpreter.scala
index 5bbdc005fe..7144039ab6 100644
--- a/server/netty-server/sync/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/netty/sync/NettySyncTestServerInterpreter.scala
+++ b/server/netty-server/sync/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/netty/sync/NettySyncTestServerInterpreter.scala
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ class NettySyncTestServerInterpreter(eventLoopGroup: NioEventLoopGroup)
   override def route(es: List[ServerEndpoint[OxStreams with WebSockets, Id]], interceptors: Interceptors): IdRoute = {
     val serverOptions: NettySyncServerOptions = interceptors(NettySyncServerOptions.customiseInterceptors).options
     supervised { // not a correct way, but this method is only used in a few tests which don't test anything related to scopes
-      NettySyncServerInterpreter(serverOptions).toRoute(es, new OxDispatcher())
+      NettySyncServerInterpreter(serverOptions).toRoute(es, OxDispatcher.create)
     }
   }
 
   def route(es: List[ServerEndpoint[OxStreams with WebSockets, Id]], interceptors: Interceptors)(using Ox): IdRoute = {
     val serverOptions: NettySyncServerOptions = interceptors(NettySyncServerOptions.customiseInterceptors).options
     supervised { // not a correct way, but this method is only used in a few tests which don't test anything related to scopes
-      NettySyncServerInterpreter(serverOptions).toRoute(es, new OxDispatcher())
+      NettySyncServerInterpreter(serverOptions).toRoute(es, OxDispatcher.create)
     }
   }