diff --git a/cmd/dendritejs-pinecone/main.go b/cmd/dendritejs-pinecone/main.go
index 8bcb063e..d83e9ce0 100644
--- a/cmd/dendritejs-pinecone/main.go
+++ b/cmd/dendritejs-pinecone/main.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func startup() {
 		base, userAPI, rsAPI,
 	)
 	rsAPI.SetAppserviceAPI(asQuery)
-	fedSenderAPI := federationapi.NewInternalAPI(base, federation, rsAPI, base.Caches, true)
+	fedSenderAPI := federationapi.NewInternalAPI(base, federation, rsAPI, base.Caches, keyRing, true)
 	rsAPI.SetFederationAPI(fedSenderAPI, keyRing)
 
 	monolith := setup.Monolith{
diff --git a/cmd/dendritejs/main.go b/cmd/dendritejs/main.go
index 789ea98e..13a0872d 100644
--- a/cmd/dendritejs/main.go
+++ b/cmd/dendritejs/main.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func main() {
 		base, userAPI, rsAPI,
 	)
 	rsAPI.SetAppserviceAPI(asQuery)
-	fedSenderAPI := federationapi.NewInternalAPI(base, federation, rsAPI, base.Caches, true)
+	fedSenderAPI := federationapi.NewInternalAPI(base, federation, rsAPI, base.Caches, keyRing, true)
 	rsAPI.SetFederationAPI(fedSenderAPI, keyRing)
 	p2pPublicRoomProvider := NewLibP2PPublicRoomsProvider(node, fedSenderAPI, federation)