diff --git a/src/api/api.dependencies.ts b/src/api/api.dependencies.ts
index 5615ef5..db32b7d 100644
--- a/src/api/api.dependencies.ts
+++ b/src/api/api.dependencies.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Container, Result, Route, UnknownObject } from '@alien-worlds/api-core';
 import { DatabaseConfigBuilder, Dependencies } from '../common';
 import { Api } from './api';
+import { ApiConfig } from './api.types';
 
 /**
  * An abstract class representing a Api dependencies.
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ import { Api } from './api';
 export abstract class ApiDependencies extends Dependencies {
   public api: Api;
   public ioc: Container;
+  public setupIoc: (config: ApiConfig, container: Container) => Promise<void>;
+  public routesProvider: (container: Container) => Route[];
   public databaseConfigBuilder: DatabaseConfigBuilder;
 
   public abstract initialize(
diff --git a/src/api/start-api.ts b/src/api/start-api.ts
index 5465dd1..a4fe4c9 100644
--- a/src/api/start-api.ts
+++ b/src/api/start-api.ts
@@ -6,15 +6,14 @@ import { ApiCommandOptions } from './api.types';
 import { buildApiConfig } from '../config';
 import { ApiDependencies } from './api.dependencies';
 
-export const startApi = async (
-  dependencies: ApiDependencies,
-  routes: Route[] = [],
-  ...args: string[]
-) => {
-  const { api, databaseConfigBuilder } = dependencies;
+export const startApi = async (dependencies: ApiDependencies, ...args: string[]) => {
+  const { api, ioc, databaseConfigBuilder, routesProvider, setupIoc } = dependencies;
   const vars = new ConfigVars();
   const options = apiCommand.parse(args).opts<ApiCommandOptions>();
   const config = buildApiConfig(vars, databaseConfigBuilder, options);
+  const routes = routesProvider(ioc);
+
+  await setupIoc(config, ioc);
 
   api.setup(config);