diff --git a/authserv/server.py b/authserv/server.py
index 109a1fb2aa360d47d681ce7e57accac8bd5cb708..00d4b911e1c32515204fa66bab8661e97a332019 100644
--- a/authserv/server.py
+++ b/authserv/server.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def run_werkzeug(addr, port, ssl_ca, ssl_cert, ssl_key, dh_params):
         ssl_ctx = openssl.create_server_context(
             ssl_cert, ssl_key, ssl_ca, dhparams)
     logging.info('starting werkzeug server on %s:%d', addr, port)
-    app.run(host=addr, port=port, use_reloader=False, ssl_context=ssl_ctx)
+    create_app().run(host=addr, port=port, use_reloader=False, ssl_context=ssl_ctx)
 
 
 def run_gevent(addr, port, ssl_ca, ssl_cert, ssl_key, dh_params):
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def run_gevent(addr, port, ssl_ca, ssl_cert, ssl_key, dh_params):
             'ssl_version': ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1,
         }
     logging.info('starting gevent server on %s:%d', addr, port)
-    WSGIServer((addr, port), app.wsgi_app, **ssl_args).serve_forever()
+    WSGIServer((addr, port), create_app().wsgi_app, **ssl_args).serve_forever()
 
 
 def run(engines, addr, port, ssl_ca, ssl_cert, ssl_key, dh_params):