diff --git a/lib/src/RestApi.cpp b/lib/src/RestApi.cpp
index fc5c141..8c882d0 100644
--- a/lib/src/RestApi.cpp
+++ b/lib/src/RestApi.cpp
@@ -6,15 +6,13 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-void RestApi::start_rest_api(WriterManager& writer_manager, uint16_t port)
+void RestApi::start_rest_api(crow::SimpleApp app, WriterManager& writer_manager, uint16_t port)
 {
 
     #ifdef DEBUG_OUTPUT
         cout << "[rest_interface::start_rest_api] Starting rest interface on port " << port << endl;
     #endif
 
-    crow::SimpleApp app;
-
     CROW_ROUTE(app, "/kill")([&](){
         writer_manager.kill();
 
diff --git a/lib/src/RestApi.hpp b/lib/src/RestApi.hpp
index 01c0259..5029870 100644
--- a/lib/src/RestApi.hpp
+++ b/lib/src/RestApi.hpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace RestApi
 {
-    void start_rest_api(WriterManager& writer_manager, uint16_t port);
+    void start_rest_api(crow::SimpleApp app, WriterManager& writer_manager, uint16_t port);
 }
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif