diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts
index 79e8b0b945..7dda1b833b 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export async function startStandaloneServer(
   const techdocsGenerator = new TechdocsGenerator(logger, config);
   generators.register('techdocs', techdocsGenerator);
 
-  const publisher = new LocalPublish(logger);
+  const publisher = new LocalPublish(logger, config);
 
   const dockerClient = new Docker();
 
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/local.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/local.test.ts
index d97a4014f6..199e6346e8 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/local.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/local.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
 import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 import { LocalPublish } from './local';
 
 const createMockEntity = (annotations = {}) => {
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ const logger = getVoidLogger();
 
 describe('local publisher', () => {
   it('should publish generated documentation dir', async () => {
-    const publisher = new LocalPublish(logger);
+    const testConfig = ConfigReader.fromConfigs([{ context: '', data: {} }]);
+    const publisher = new LocalPublish(logger, testConfig);
 
     const mockEntity = createMockEntity();