diff --git a/cmd/mautrix-signal/main.go b/cmd/mautrix-signal/main.go
index 5fe7117f..93a03c7d 100644
--- a/cmd/mautrix-signal/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mautrix-signal/main.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ var m = mxmain.BridgeMain{
 	Description: "A Matrix-Signal puppeting bridge.",
 	Version:     "0.7.0",
 
-	Connector: connector.NewConnector(),
+	Connector: &connector.SignalConnector{},
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/pkg/connector/config.go b/pkg/connector/config.go
index 0d98583c..ec47f34d 100644
--- a/pkg/connector/config.go
+++ b/pkg/connector/config.go
@@ -84,5 +84,5 @@ func upgradeConfig(helper up.Helper) {
 }
 
 func (s *SignalConnector) GetConfig() (string, any, up.Upgrader) {
-	return ExampleConfig, s.Config, up.SimpleUpgrader(upgradeConfig)
+	return ExampleConfig, &s.Config, up.SimpleUpgrader(upgradeConfig)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/connector/connector.go b/pkg/connector/connector.go
index bb982382..e5995ad6 100644
--- a/pkg/connector/connector.go
+++ b/pkg/connector/connector.go
@@ -34,18 +34,12 @@ type SignalConnector struct {
 	MsgConv *msgconv.MessageConverter
 	Store   *store.Container
 	Bridge  *bridgev2.Bridge
-	Config  *SignalConfig
+	Config  SignalConfig
 }
 
 var _ bridgev2.NetworkConnector = (*SignalConnector)(nil)
 var _ bridgev2.MaxFileSizeingNetwork = (*SignalConnector)(nil)
 
-func NewConnector() *SignalConnector {
-	return &SignalConnector{
-		Config: &SignalConfig{},
-	}
-}
-
 var signalGeneralCaps = &bridgev2.NetworkGeneralCapabilities{
 	DisappearingMessages: true,
 	AggressiveUpdateInfo: true,