diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/config.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/config.ts
index 9b0eb8dcd0..5b09d66608 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/config.ts
@@ -84,51 +84,66 @@ export class ObservableConfigProxy implements Config {
   has(key: string): boolean {
     return this.select(false)?.has(key) ?? false;
   }
+
   keys(): string[] {
     return this.select(false)?.keys() ?? [];
   }
+
   get<T = JsonValue>(key?: string): T {
     return this.select(true).get(key);
   }
+
   getOptional<T = JsonValue>(key?: string): T | undefined {
     return this.select(false)?.getOptional(key);
   }
+
   getConfig(key: string): Config {
     return new ObservableConfigProxy(this.logger, this, key);
   }
+
   getOptionalConfig(key: string): Config | undefined {
     if (this.select(false)?.has(key)) {
       return new ObservableConfigProxy(this.logger, this, key);
     }
     return undefined;
   }
+
   getConfigArray(key: string): Config[] {
     return this.select(true).getConfigArray(key);
   }
+
   getOptionalConfigArray(key: string): Config[] | undefined {
     return this.select(false)?.getOptionalConfigArray(key);
   }
+
   getNumber(key: string): number {
     return this.select(true).getNumber(key);
   }
+
   getOptionalNumber(key: string): number | undefined {
     return this.select(false)?.getOptionalNumber(key);
   }
+
   getBoolean(key: string): boolean {
     return this.select(true).getBoolean(key);
   }
+
   getOptionalBoolean(key: string): boolean | undefined {
     return this.select(false)?.getOptionalBoolean(key);
   }
+
   getString(key: string): string {
     return this.select(true).getString(key);
   }
+
   getOptionalString(key: string): string | undefined {
     return this.select(false)?.getOptionalString(key);
   }
+
   getStringArray(key: string): string[] {
     return this.select(true).getStringArray(key);
   }
+
   getOptionalStringArray(key: string): string[] | undefined {
     return this.select(false)?.getOptionalStringArray(key);
   }
@@ -184,6 +199,7 @@ export async function loadBackendConfig(options: {
         }
       }),
     },
+    remote: { reloadIntervalSeconds: 10 },
   });
 
   options.logger.info(
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/loader.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/loader.ts
index 338f199132..b8fab12917 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/loader.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import {
   applyConfigTransforms,
   createIncludeTransform,
   createSubstitutionTransform,
-  EnvFunc,
   isValidUrl,
   readEnvConfig,
 } from './lib';
@@ -51,29 +50,6 @@ export type LoadConfigOptionsRemote = {
   reloadIntervalSeconds: number;
 };
 
-/** @public */
-export type RemoteConfigProp = {
-  /**
-   * URL of the remote config
-   */
-  url: string;
-
-  /**
-   * Contents of the remote config
-   */
-  content: string | null;
-
-  /**
-   * An optional new ETag header value. Used when checking for updated config.
-   */
-  newETag?: string;
-
-  /**
-   * An optional old ETag header value. Used when checking for updated config
-   */
-  oldETag?: string;
-};
-
 /**
  * Options that control the loading of configuration files in the backend.
  *
@@ -229,7 +205,10 @@ export async function loadConfig(
     try {
       remoteConfigs = await loadRemoteConfigFiles();
     } catch (error) {
-      throw new ForwardedError(`Failed to read remote configuration file, ${error}`);
+      throw new ForwardedError(
+        `Failed to read remote configuration file`,
+        error,
+      );
     }
   }