diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 25dd063..09e2bb0 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -168,6 +168,13 @@ where
 
             let server = self.clone();
             let listener_clone = listener.clone();
+            let s = server.clone();
+            let conn = Connection {
+                consensus: s.consensus.clone(),
+                mempool: s.mempool.clone(),
+                info: s.info.clone(),
+                snapshot: s.snapshot.clone(),
+            };
             tokio::spawn(async move {
                 let s = server.clone();
                 backoff::future::retry::<_, BoxError, _, _, _>(
@@ -175,12 +182,6 @@ where
                     || async {
                         match listener_clone.accept().await {
                             Ok((socket, _addr)) => {
-                                let conn = Connection {
-                                    consensus: s.consensus.clone(),
-                                    mempool: s.mempool.clone(),
-                                    info: s.info.clone(),
-                                    snapshot: s.snapshot.clone(),
-                                };
 
                                 if let Err(e) = conn.run(socket).await {
                                     match e.downcast::<tower::load_shed::error::Overloaded>() {