diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/InstanceFactory.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/InstanceFactory.cs
index 7f621333e8..2b24bcb6cb 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/InstanceFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/InstanceFactory.cs
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components
 							configuration, // watchdog doesn't need itself as an event consumer
 							remoteDeploymentManagerFactory,
 							metadata,
-							metadata.DreamDaemonSettings);
+							metadata.DreamDaemonSettings!);
 						try
 						{
 							eventConsumer.SetWatchdog(watchdog);
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/IWatchdogFactory.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/IWatchdogFactory.cs
index eff60cf711..308cd3db54 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/IWatchdogFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/IWatchdogFactory.cs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ using Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Events;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Session;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.IO;
 
-#nullable disable
-
 namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Watchdog
 {
 	/// <summary>