diff --git a/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts b/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts
index db92d79d71..51ab665026 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ async function createSearchEngine(
   }
 
   if (await PgSearchEngine.supported(env.database)) {
-    return await PgSearchEngine.from({
+    return await PgSearchEngine.fromConfig({
       database: env.database,
       config: env.config,
     });
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.test.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.test.ts
index c1ed730053..5ad9d12897 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.test.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 import { DatabaseStore } from '../database';
-import { PgSearchHighlightConfig } from '../types';
+import { PgSearchHighlightOptions } from '../types';
 import {
   ConcretePgSearchQuery,
   decodePageCursor,
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ import {
 } from './PgSearchEngine';
 import { PgSearchEngineIndexer } from './PgSearchEngineIndexer';
 
-const highlightOptions: PgSearchHighlightConfig = {
+const highlightOptions: PgSearchHighlightOptions = {
   preTag: '<tag>',
   postTag: '</tag>',
   useHighlight: true,
@@ -47,6 +48,13 @@ describe('PgSearchEngine', () => {
   const tx: any = {} as any;
   let searchEngine: PgSearchEngine;
   let database: jest.Mocked<DatabaseStore>;
+  const config = {
+    search: {
+      pg: {
+        highlightOptions,
+      },
+    },
+  };
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     database = {
@@ -57,7 +65,7 @@ describe('PgSearchEngine', () => {
       completeInsert: jest.fn(),
       prepareInsert: jest.fn(),
     };
-    searchEngine = new PgSearchEngine(database);
+    searchEngine = new PgSearchEngine(database, new ConfigReader(config));
   });
 
   describe('translator', () => {
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.ts
index d0c1571991..b6e57552ba 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
 } from '../database';
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
-import { PgSearchHighlightConfig, PgSearchHighlightOptions } from '../types';
+import { PgSearchHighlightOptions, PgSearchOptions } from '../types';
 
 export type ConcretePgSearchQuery = {
   pgQuery: PgSearchQuery;
@@ -36,36 +36,46 @@ export type ConcretePgSearchQuery = {
 };
 
 export class PgSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
-  private readonly highlightOptions: PgSearchHighlightConfig;
-
-  constructor(
-    private readonly databaseStore: DatabaseStore,
-    highlightOptions?: PgSearchHighlightOptions,
-  ) {
+  private readonly highlightOptions: PgSearchHighlightOptions;
+  constructor(private readonly databaseStore: DatabaseStore, config: Config) {
     const uuidTag = uuid();
-    this.highlightOptions = {
+    const highlightConfig = config.getOptionalConfig(
+      'search.pg.highlightOptions',
+    );
+
+    const highlightOptions: PgSearchHighlightOptions = {
       preTag: `<${uuidTag}>`,
       postTag: `</${uuidTag}>`,
-      useHighlight: true,
-      maxWords: 35,
-      minWords: 15,
-      shortWord: 3,
-      highlightAll: false,
-      maxFragments: 0,
-      fragmentDelimiter: ' ... ',
-      ...highlightOptions,
+      useHighlight: highlightConfig?.getOptionalBoolean('useHighlight') ?? true,
+      maxWords: highlightConfig?.getOptionalNumber('maxWords') ?? 35,
+      minWords: highlightConfig?.getOptionalNumber('minWords') ?? 15,
+      shortWord: highlightConfig?.getOptionalNumber('shortWord') ?? 3,
+      highlightAll:
+        highlightConfig?.getOptionalBoolean('highlightAll') ?? false,
+      maxFragments: highlightConfig?.getOptionalNumber('maxFragments') ?? 0,
+      fragmentDelimiter:
+        highlightConfig?.getOptionalString('fragmentDelimiter') ?? ' ... ',
     };
+    this.highlightOptions = highlightOptions;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated This will be removed in a future release, please us fromConfig instead
+   */
   static async from(options: {
     database: PluginDatabaseManager;
     config: Config;
   }): Promise<PgSearchEngine> {
     return new PgSearchEngine(
       await DatabaseDocumentStore.create(await options.database.getClient()),
-      options.config.getOptional<PgSearchHighlightOptions>(
-        'search.pg.highlightOptions',
-      ),
+      options.config,
+    );
+  }
+
+  static async fromConfig({ config, database }: PgSearchOptions) {
+    return new PgSearchEngine(
+      await DatabaseDocumentStore.create(await database.getClient()),
+      config,
     );
   }
 
@@ -75,7 +85,7 @@ export class PgSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
 
   translator(
     query: SearchQuery,
-    options: PgSearchHighlightConfig,
+    options: PgSearchHighlightOptions,
   ): ConcretePgSearchQuery {
     const pageSize = 25;
     const { page } = decodePageCursor(query.pageCursor);
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.test.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.test.ts
index 693a3ea3c0..f4b3e6fb0b 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.test.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
  */
 import { TestDatabaseId, TestDatabases } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
 import { IndexableDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
-import { PgSearchHighlightConfig } from '../types';
+import { PgSearchHighlightOptions } from '../types';
 import { DatabaseDocumentStore } from './DatabaseDocumentStore';
 
-const highlightOptions: PgSearchHighlightConfig = {
+const highlightOptions: PgSearchHighlightOptions = {
   preTag: '<tag>',
   postTag: '</tag>',
   useHighlight: false,
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.ts
index 1695db3cf5..040145f7b8 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.ts
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@ export class DatabaseDocumentStore implements DatabaseStore {
 
   async query(
     tx: Knex.Transaction,
-    { types, pgTerm, fields, offset, limit, options }: PgSearchQuery,
+    searchQuery: PgSearchQuery,
   ): Promise<DocumentResultRow[]> {
+    const { types, pgTerm, fields, offset, limit, options } = searchQuery;
     // Builds a query like:
     // SELECT ts_rank_cd(body, query) AS rank, type, document,
     // ts_headline('english', document, query) AS highlight
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/types.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/types.ts
index d572eba146..43bda32050 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/types.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 import { IndexableDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
-import { PgSearchHighlightConfig } from '../types';
+import { PgSearchHighlightOptions } from '../types';
 
 export interface PgSearchQuery {
   fields?: Record<string, string | string[]>;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export interface PgSearchQuery {
   pgTerm?: string;
   offset: number;
   limit: number;
-  options: PgSearchHighlightConfig;
+  options: PgSearchHighlightOptions;
 }
 
 export interface DatabaseStore {
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/index.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/index.ts
index fbc52735dd..4cb54f9676 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/index.ts
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@
 
 export * from './database';
 export * from './PgSearchEngine';
+export type { PgSearchHighlightOptions } from './types';
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/types.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/types.ts
index 9ad56b9b12..5e32c69e7a 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/types.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,22 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { PluginDatabaseManager } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
+
+/**
+ * Options to instantiate PgSearchEngine
+ * @public
+ */
+export type PgSearchOptions = {
+  config: Config;
+  database: PluginDatabaseManager;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Options for highlighting search terms
+ * @public
+ */
 export type PgSearchHighlightOptions = {
   useHighlight?: boolean;
   maxWords?: number;
@@ -22,19 +38,6 @@ export type PgSearchHighlightOptions = {
   highlightAll?: boolean;
   maxFragments?: number;
   fragmentDelimiter?: string;
-};
-
-/**
- * @public
- */
-export type PgSearchHighlightConfig = {
-  useHighlight: boolean;
-  maxWords: number;
-  minWords: number;
-  shortWord: number;
-  highlightAll: boolean;
-  maxFragments: number;
-  fragmentDelimiter: string;
   preTag: string;
   postTag: string;
 };