diff --git a/src/components/Editor.vue b/src/components/Editor.vue
index 3546ecf5e24..d3124aa28dc 100644
--- a/src/components/Editor.vue
+++ b/src/components/Editor.vue
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ export default {
 		// });
 		this.$providers = []
 		this.$editor = null
+		this.$api = null
 		this.$syncService = null
 		this.$attachmentResolver = null
 	},
@@ -379,16 +380,20 @@ export default {
 			}
 			const guestName = localStorage.getItem('nick') ? localStorage.getItem('nick') : ''
 
-			this.$syncService = new SyncService({
+			this.$api = new SessionApi({
 				guestName,
 				shareToken: this.shareToken,
 				filePath: this.relativePath,
-				baseVersionEtag: this.$baseVersionEtag,
 				forceRecreate: this.forceRecreate,
+			})
+
+			this.$syncService = new SyncService({
+				baseVersionEtag: this.$baseVersionEtag,
 				serialize: this.isRichEditor
 					? (content) => createMarkdownSerializer(this.$editor.schema).serialize(content ?? this.$editor.state.doc)
 					: (content) => serializePlainText(content ?? this.$editor.state.doc),
 				getDocumentState: () => getDocumentState(this.$ydoc),
+				api: this.$api,
 			})
 
 			this.listenSyncServiceEvents()
diff --git a/src/services/SyncService.js b/src/services/SyncService.js
index f424767bebb..669731503d7 100644
--- a/src/services/SyncService.js
+++ b/src/services/SyncService.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import debounce from 'debounce'
 
 import PollingBackend from './PollingBackend.js'
 import Outbox from './Outbox.ts'
-import SessionApi, { Connection } from './SessionApi.js'
+import { Connection } from './SessionApi.js'
 import { documentStateToStep } from '../helpers/yjs.js'
 import { logger } from '../helpers/logger.js'
 
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ class SyncService {
 	#connection
 	#outbox = new Outbox()
 
-	constructor({ baseVersionEtag, serialize, getDocumentState, ...options }) {
+	constructor({ baseVersionEtag, serialize, getDocumentState, api }) {
 		/** @type {import('mitt').Emitter<import('./SyncService').EventTypes>} _bus */
 		this._bus = mitt()
 
 		this.serialize = serialize
 		this.getDocumentState = getDocumentState
-		this._api = new SessionApi(options)
+		this._api = api
 		this.#connection = null
 
 		this.stepClientIDs = []
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ class SyncService {
 		this.baseVersionEtag = this.#connection.document.baseVersionEtag
 		this.emit('opened', this.connectionState)
 		this.emit('loaded', this.connectionState)
+
 		return this.connectionState
 	}