diff --git a/hbs2-peer/app/PeerMain.hs b/hbs2-peer/app/PeerMain.hs
index 7cd85bc7..01b14495 100644
--- a/hbs2-peer/app/PeerMain.hs
+++ b/hbs2-peer/app/PeerMain.hs
@@ -559,6 +559,8 @@ runPeer opts = U.handle (\e -> myException e
     pause @'Seconds 600
     liftIO $ Cache.purgeExpired nbcache
 
+  rce <- refChanWorkerEnv conf
+
   let refChanHeadAdapter = RefChanHeadAdapter
                            { _refChanHeadOnHead = dontHandle
                            }
@@ -784,7 +786,7 @@ runPeer opts = U.handle (\e -> myException e
                 peerThread "reflogWorker" (reflogWorker @e conf rwa)
 
                 -- FIXME: reflogWorker-env
-                peerThread "refChanWorker" (refChanWorker @e)
+                peerThread "refChanWorker" (refChanWorker @e rce)
 
                 peerThread "ping pong" $ forever $ do
                           cmd <- liftIO $ atomically $ readTQueue rpcQ
diff --git a/hbs2-peer/app/RefChan.hs b/hbs2-peer/app/RefChan.hs
index a324fc50..c6758e53 100644
--- a/hbs2-peer/app/RefChan.hs
+++ b/hbs2-peer/app/RefChan.hs
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ import PeerConfig
 import Control.Monad
 
 
+data RefChanWorkerEnv e = RefChanWorkerEnv
+
+refChanWorkerEnv :: forall m e . MonadIO m
+                 => PeerConfig
+                 -> m (RefChanWorkerEnv e)
+
+refChanWorkerEnv _ = pure $ RefChanWorkerEnv @e
+
 refChanWorker :: forall e s m . ( MonadIO m, MyPeer e
                                 , HasStorage m
                                 , Signatures s
@@ -26,9 +34,10 @@ refChanWorker :: forall e s m . ( MonadIO m, MyPeer e
                                 , IsRefPubKey s
                                 , Pretty (AsBase58 (PubKey 'Sign s))
                                 )
-             => m ()
+             => RefChanWorkerEnv e
+             -> m ()
 
-refChanWorker = forever do
+refChanWorker _ = forever do
   pause @'Seconds 10
   debug "I'm refchan worker"