diff --git a/src/main/java/kinosearch/webapp/WebApp.java b/src/main/java/kinosearch/webapp/WebApp.java
index 0086a5d..2c00f72 100644
--- a/src/main/java/kinosearch/webapp/WebApp.java
+++ b/src/main/java/kinosearch/webapp/WebApp.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Log;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Slf4jLog;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener;
 import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext;
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ public class WebApp {
     private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WebApp.class);
     private final String host;
     private final int port;
+    @Autowired
+    private ApplicationContext rootContext;
 
     public WebApp(String host, int port) {
         this.host = host;
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ public class WebApp {
 
     private WebApplicationContext getContext() {
         AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext();
+        context.setParent(rootContext);
         context.setConfigLocation("kinosearch.webapp");
         return context;
     }