diff --git a/internal/proxy/healthcheckmanager.go b/internal/proxy/healthcheckmanager.go
index d6d841e..93825af 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/healthcheckmanager.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/healthcheckmanager.go
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ type HealthCheckManager struct {
 }
 
 func NewHealthCheckManager(config HealthCheckManagerConfig) *HealthCheckManager {
-	hcs := []*HealthChecker{}
-
 	hcm := &HealthCheckManager{
 		metricRPCProviderInfo: promauto.NewGaugeVec(
 			prometheus.GaugeOpts{
@@ -75,11 +73,9 @@ func NewHealthCheckManager(config HealthCheckManagerConfig) *HealthCheckManager
 			panic(err)
 		}
 
-		hcs = append(hcs, hc)
+		hcm.hcs = append(hcm.hcs, hc)
 	}
 
-	hcm.hcs = hcs
-
 	return hcm
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/proxy/proxy.go b/internal/proxy/proxy.go
index 98dc83b..91d7a0c 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ type Proxy struct {
 	metricResponseStatus *prometheus.CounterVec
 }
 
-func NewProxy(proxyConfig Config, healthCheckManager *HealthCheckManager) *Proxy {
+func NewProxy(config Config, hcm *HealthCheckManager) *Proxy {
 	proxy := &Proxy{
-		config:             proxyConfig,
-		healthcheckManager: healthCheckManager,
+		config:             config,
+		healthcheckManager: hcm,
 		metricResponseTime: promauto.NewHistogramVec(
 			prometheus.HistogramOpts{
 				Name: "zeroex_rpc_gateway_request_duration_seconds",