diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts
index f2b35b296a..27a19588c4 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default async function createPlugin({
   // collator gathers entities from techdocs.
   indexBuilder.addCollator({
     defaultRefreshIntervalSeconds: 600,
-    collator: DefaultTechDocsCollator.fromConfig(config, { discovery, logger }),
+    collator: DefaultTechDocsCollator.fromConfig(config, { discovery, logger, tokenManager }),
   });
 
   // The scheduler controls when documents are gathered from collators and sent