diff --git a/pkg/icingadb/history/sla.go b/pkg/icingadb/history/sla.go
index e0d269043..6b53f5fde 100644
--- a/pkg/icingadb/history/sla.go
+++ b/pkg/icingadb/history/sla.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package history
 
 import (
+	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/contracts"
 	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/icingadb/types"
 	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/icingadb/v1/history"
 	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/redis"
@@ -8,7 +9,14 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 )
 
-var slaStateStructify = structify.MakeMapStructifier(reflect.TypeOf((*history.SlaHistoryState)(nil)).Elem(), "json")
+var slaStateStructify = structify.MakeMapStructifier(
+	reflect.TypeOf((*history.SlaHistoryState)(nil)).Elem(),
+	"json",
+	func(a any) {
+		if initer, ok := a.(contracts.Initer); ok {
+			initer.Init()
+		}
+	})
 
 func stateHistoryToSlaEntity(entry redis.XMessage) ([]history.UpserterEntity, error) {
 	slaStateInterface, err := slaStateStructify(entry.Values)
diff --git a/pkg/icingadb/history/sync.go b/pkg/icingadb/history/sync.go
index e7c3b4316..c370991f5 100644
--- a/pkg/icingadb/history/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/icingadb/history/sync.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package history
 import (
 	"context"
 	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/com"
+	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/contracts"
 	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/database"
 	v1types "github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/icingadb/v1"
 	v1 "github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/icingadb/v1/history"
@@ -177,7 +178,14 @@ type stageFunc func(ctx context.Context, s Sync, key string, in <-chan redis.XMe
 // For each history event it receives, it parses that event into a new instance of that entity type and writes it to
 // the database. It writes exactly one entity to the database for each history event.
 func writeOneEntityStage(structPtr interface{}) stageFunc {
-	structifier := structify.MakeMapStructifier(reflect.TypeOf(structPtr).Elem(), "json")
+	structifier := structify.MakeMapStructifier(
+		reflect.TypeOf(structPtr).Elem(),
+		"json",
+		func(a any) {
+			if initer, ok := a.(contracts.Initer); ok {
+				initer.Init()
+			}
+		})
 
 	return writeMultiEntityStage(func(entry redis.XMessage) ([]v1.UpserterEntity, error) {
 		ptr, err := structifier(entry.Values)
@@ -313,7 +321,14 @@ func userNotificationStage(ctx context.Context, s Sync, key string, in <-chan re
 		UserIds       types.String `structify:"users_notified_ids"`
 	}
 
-	structifier := structify.MakeMapStructifier(reflect.TypeOf((*NotificationHistory)(nil)).Elem(), "structify")
+	structifier := structify.MakeMapStructifier(
+		reflect.TypeOf((*NotificationHistory)(nil)).Elem(),
+		"structify",
+		func(a any) {
+			if initer, ok := a.(contracts.Initer); ok {
+				initer.Init()
+			}
+		})
 
 	return writeMultiEntityStage(func(entry redis.XMessage) ([]v1.UpserterEntity, error) {
 		rawNotificationHistory, err := structifier(entry.Values)
diff --git a/pkg/icingadb/runtime_updates.go b/pkg/icingadb/runtime_updates.go
index 92e734c9e..fd2dcd3dc 100644
--- a/pkg/icingadb/runtime_updates.go
+++ b/pkg/icingadb/runtime_updates.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/com"
 	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/common"
+	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/contracts"
 	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/database"
 	v1 "github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/icingadb/v1"
 	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/icingaredis/telemetry"
@@ -95,7 +96,14 @@ func (r *RuntimeUpdates) Sync(
 
 		g.Go(structifyStream(
 			ctx, updateMessages, upsertEntities, upsertedFifo, deleteIds, deletedFifo,
-			structify.MakeMapStructifier(reflect.TypeOf(s.Entity()).Elem(), "json"),
+			structify.MakeMapStructifier(
+				reflect.TypeOf(s.Entity()).Elem(),
+				"json",
+				func(a any) {
+					if initer, ok := a.(contracts.Initer); ok {
+						initer.Init()
+					}
+				}),
 		))
 
 		g.Go(func() error {
@@ -155,7 +163,14 @@ func (r *RuntimeUpdates) Sync(
 		updateMessagesByKey["icinga:"+strcase.Delimited(cv.Name(), ':')] = updateMessages
 		g.Go(structifyStream(
 			ctx, updateMessages, upsertEntities, nil, deleteIds, nil,
-			structify.MakeMapStructifier(reflect.TypeOf(cv.Entity()).Elem(), "json"),
+			structify.MakeMapStructifier(
+				reflect.TypeOf(cv.Entity()).Elem(),
+				"json",
+				func(a any) {
+					if initer, ok := a.(contracts.Initer); ok {
+						initer.Init()
+					}
+				}),
 		))
 
 		customvars, flatCustomvars, errs := v1.ExpandCustomvars(ctx, upsertEntities)
diff --git a/pkg/structify/structify.go b/pkg/structify/structify.go
index 2b2b5bbbe..94d75267e 100644
--- a/pkg/structify/structify.go
+++ b/pkg/structify/structify.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package structify
 import (
 	"encoding"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/contracts"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/constraints"
 	"reflect"
@@ -27,17 +26,15 @@ type MapStructifier = func(map[string]interface{}) (interface{}, error)
 // MakeMapStructifier builds a function which parses a map's string values into a new struct of type t
 // and returns a pointer to it. tag specifies which tag connects struct fields to map keys.
 // MakeMapStructifier panics if it detects an unsupported type (suitable for usage in init() or global vars).
-func MakeMapStructifier(t reflect.Type, tag string) MapStructifier {
+func MakeMapStructifier(t reflect.Type, tag string, initer func(any)) MapStructifier {
 	tree := buildStructTree(t, tag)
 
 	return func(kv map[string]interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 		vPtr := reflect.New(t)
 		ptr := vPtr.Interface()
-
-		if initer, ok := ptr.(contracts.Initer); ok {
-			initer.Init()
+		if initer != nil {
+			initer(ptr)
 		}
-
 		vPtrElem := vPtr.Elem()
 		err := errors.Wrapf(structifyMapByTree(kv, tree, vPtrElem, vPtrElem, new([]int)), "can't structify map %#v by tree %#v", kv, tree)