diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/server/config/CmsConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/server/config/CmsConfig.java
index ab0bea2c4..ee7fce822 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/server/config/CmsConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/server/config/CmsConfig.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public CmsConfig(Config appConfig) {
 
     protected List<Module> getAppGuiceModules(Config appConfig) {
         return Arrays.asList(
-                new CmsGuiceModule(appConfig),
+                new CmsGuiceModule(appConfig, objectMapper),
                 new CmsMyBatisModule(),
                 new BackstopperRiposteConfigGuiceModule(),
                 new CmsFlywayModule()
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/server/config/guice/CmsGuiceModule.java b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/server/config/guice/CmsGuiceModule.java
index 53edc7259..bec30fd1f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/server/config/guice/CmsGuiceModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/server/config/guice/CmsGuiceModule.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.nike.cerberus.server.config.guice;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.inject.name.Names;
 import com.nike.backstopper.apierror.projectspecificinfo.ProjectApiErrors;
 import com.nike.cerberus.config.CmsEnvPropertiesLoader;
@@ -96,12 +97,14 @@ public class CmsGuiceModule extends AbstractModule {
     private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());
 
     private Config appConfig;
+    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
 
-    public CmsGuiceModule(Config appConfig) {
+    public CmsGuiceModule(Config appConfig, ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
         if (appConfig == null)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("appConfig cannot be null");
 
         this.appConfig = appConfig;
+        this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -110,8 +113,9 @@ protected void configure() {
 
         bind(UrlResolver.class).to(CmsVaultUrlResolver.class);
         bind(VaultCredentialsProvider.class).to(CmsVaultCredentialsProvider.class);
+        bind(ObjectMapper.class).toInstance(objectMapper);
 
-        String className = this.appConfig.getString("cms.auth.connector");
+        String className = this.appConfig.getString(AUTH_CONNECTOR_IMPL_KEY);
         try
         {
             Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(className);