diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts
index 9df4570963..aa0538a6d8 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ import { useHotCleanup } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 
 export default async function createPlugin({
   logger,
+  config,
   database,
 }: PluginEnvironment) {
-  const locationReader = new LocationReaders(logger);
+  const locationReader = new LocationReaders({ logger, config });
 
   const db = await DatabaseManager.createDatabase(database, { logger });
   const entitiesCatalog = new DatabaseEntitiesCatalog(db);