diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 12b0d5f267..c3af9f79f4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2373,6 +2373,7 @@ name = "ioxd_compactor"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
+ "backoff",
  "clap_blocks",
  "compactor",
  "data_types",
diff --git a/ioxd_compactor/Cargo.toml b/ioxd_compactor/Cargo.toml
index f1577a21ff..33cfe770ac 100644
--- a/ioxd_compactor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ioxd_compactor/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 # Workspace dependencies, in alphabetical order
+backoff = { path = "../backoff" }
 clap_blocks = { path = "../clap_blocks" }
 compactor = { path = "../compactor" }
 data_types = { path = "../data_types" }
diff --git a/ioxd_compactor/src/lib.rs b/ioxd_compactor/src/lib.rs
index 3f30e3e1a3..90af1b73a3 100644
--- a/ioxd_compactor/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ioxd_compactor/src/lib.rs
@@ -176,16 +176,19 @@ pub async fn create_compactor_server_type(
         compactor_config.input_file_count_threshold,
         compactor_config.hot_multiple,
     );
-    let compactor_handler = Arc::new(CompactorHandlerImpl::new(
+
+    let compactor = compactor::compact::Compactor::new(
         sequencers,
         catalog,
         parquet_store,
         exec,
         time_provider,
-        Arc::clone(&metric_registry),
+        backoff::BackoffConfig::default(),
         compactor_config,
-    ));
+        Arc::clone(&metric_registry),
+    );
 
+    let compactor_handler = Arc::new(CompactorHandlerImpl::new_with_compactor(compactor));
     let compactor = CompactorServer::new(metric_registry, compactor_handler);
     Ok(Arc::new(CompactorServerType::new(compactor, common_state)))
 }