diff --git a/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/checker.rs b/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/checker.rs
index eaa651bf1f..53f9cc5a41 100644
--- a/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/checker.rs
+++ b/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/checker.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
-use iox_catalog::interface::ParquetFileRepo;
+use iox_catalog::interface::{Catalog, ParquetFileRepo};
 use object_store::ObjectMeta;
 use observability_deps::tracing::*;
 use snafu::prelude::*;
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
 pub(crate) enum Error {
-    #[snafu(display("Could not create the catalog"))]
-    CreatingCatalog {
-        source: clap_blocks::catalog_dsn::Error,
-    },
-
     #[snafu(display("Expected a file name"))]
     FileNameMissing,
 
@@ -34,13 +29,11 @@ pub(crate) enum Error {
 pub(crate) type Result<T, E = Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
 
 pub(crate) async fn perform(
-    args: Arc<crate::Args>,
+    catalog: Arc<dyn Catalog>,
     cutoff: DateTime<Utc>,
     mut items: mpsc::Receiver<ObjectMeta>,
     deleter: mpsc::Sender<ObjectMeta>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    let catalog = args.catalog().await.context(CreatingCatalogSnafu)?;
-
     let mut repositories = catalog.repositories().await;
     let parquet_files = repositories.parquet_files();
 
diff --git a/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/deleter.rs b/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/deleter.rs
index 8c8b2619e6..3b88c08040 100644
--- a/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/deleter.rs
+++ b/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/deleter.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
-use object_store::ObjectMeta;
+use object_store::{DynObjectStore, ObjectMeta};
 use observability_deps::tracing::*;
 use snafu::prelude::*;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 
 pub(crate) async fn perform(
-    args: Arc<crate::Args>,
+    object_store: Arc<DynObjectStore>,
+    dry_run: bool,
     mut items: mpsc::Receiver<ObjectMeta>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    let object_store = args
-        .object_store()
-        .await
-        .context(CreatingObjectStoreSnafu)?;
-    let dry_run = args.dry_run;
-
     while let Some(item) = items.recv().await {
         let path = item.location;
         if dry_run {
@@ -35,11 +30,6 @@ pub(crate) async fn perform(
 
 #[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
 pub(crate) enum Error {
-    #[snafu(display("Could not create the object store"))]
-    CreatingObjectStore {
-        source: clap_blocks::object_store::ParseError,
-    },
-
     #[snafu(display("{path} could not be deleted"))]
     Deleting {
         source: object_store::Error,
diff --git a/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/lister.rs b/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/lister.rs
index bf154d885a..243ba16313 100644
--- a/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/lister.rs
+++ b/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/lister.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
 use futures::prelude::*;
-use object_store::ObjectMeta;
+use object_store::{DynObjectStore, ObjectMeta};
 use observability_deps::tracing::*;
 use snafu::prelude::*;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 
 pub(crate) async fn perform(
-    args: Arc<crate::Args>,
+    object_store: Arc<DynObjectStore>,
     checker: mpsc::Sender<ObjectMeta>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    let object_store = args
-        .object_store()
-        .await
-        .context(CreatingObjectStoreSnafu)?;
-
     let mut items = object_store.list(None).await.context(ListingSnafu)?;
 
     while let Some(item) = items.next().await {
@@ -27,11 +22,6 @@ pub(crate) async fn perform(
 
 #[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
 pub(crate) enum Error {
-    #[snafu(display("Could not create the object store"))]
-    CreatingObjectStore {
-        source: clap_blocks::object_store::ParseError,
-    },
-
     #[snafu(display("The prefix could not be listed"))]
     Listing { source: object_store::Error },
 
diff --git a/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/main.rs b/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/main.rs
index 5f69c79a64..8f1548f99c 100644
--- a/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/main.rs
+++ b/iox_objectstore_garbage_collect/src/main.rs
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
 
 #[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
 async fn inner_main(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
-    let args = Arc::new(args);
+    let object_store = args.object_store()?;
+    let catalog = args.catalog().await?;
 
-    let cutoff = args.cutoff().context(ParsingCutoffSnafu)?;
+    let dry_run = args.dry_run;
+    let cutoff = args.cutoff()?;
     info!(
         cutoff_arg = %args.cutoff,
         cutoff_parsed = %cutoff,
@@ -75,9 +77,9 @@ async fn inner_main(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
     let (tx1, rx1) = mpsc::channel(BATCH_SIZE);
     let (tx2, rx2) = mpsc::channel(BATCH_SIZE);
 
-    let lister = tokio::spawn(lister::perform(args.clone(), tx1));
-    let checker = tokio::spawn(checker::perform(args.clone(), cutoff, rx1, tx2));
-    let deleter = tokio::spawn(deleter::perform(args.clone(), rx2));
+    let lister = tokio::spawn(lister::perform(Arc::clone(&object_store), tx1));
+    let checker = tokio::spawn(checker::perform(catalog, cutoff, rx1, tx2));
+    let deleter = tokio::spawn(deleter::perform(object_store, dry_run, rx2));
 
     let (lister, checker, deleter) = futures::join!(lister, checker, deleter);
 
@@ -115,27 +117,44 @@ pub struct Args {
 }
 
 impl Args {
-    async fn object_store(
-        &self,
-    ) -> Result<Arc<DynObjectStore>, clap_blocks::object_store::ParseError> {
-        make_object_store(&self.object_store)
+    fn object_store(&self) -> Result<Arc<DynObjectStore>> {
+        make_object_store(&self.object_store).context(CreatingObjectStoreSnafu)
     }
 
-    async fn catalog(&self) -> Result<Arc<dyn Catalog>, clap_blocks::catalog_dsn::Error> {
+    async fn catalog(&self) -> Result<Arc<dyn Catalog>> {
         let metrics = metric::Registry::default().into();
 
         self.catalog_dsn
             .get_catalog("iox_objectstore_garbage_collect", metrics)
             .await
+            .context(CreatingCatalogSnafu)
     }
 
-    fn cutoff(&self) -> Result<DateTime<Utc>, chrono_english::DateError> {
-        parse_date_string(&self.cutoff, Utc::now(), Dialect::Us)
+    fn cutoff(&self) -> Result<DateTime<Utc>> {
+        let argument = &self.cutoff;
+        parse_date_string(argument, Utc::now(), Dialect::Us)
+            .context(ParsingCutoffSnafu { argument })
     }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
 enum Error {
+    #[snafu(display("Could not create the object store"))]
+    CreatingObjectStore {
+        source: clap_blocks::object_store::ParseError,
+    },
+
+    #[snafu(display("Could not create the catalog"))]
+    CreatingCatalog {
+        source: clap_blocks::catalog_dsn::Error,
+    },
+
+    #[snafu(display(r#"Could not parse the cutoff "{argument}""#))]
+    ParsingCutoff {
+        source: chrono_english::DateError,
+        argument: String,
+    },
+
     #[snafu(display("The lister task failed"))]
     #[snafu(context(false))]
     Lister { source: lister::Error },
@@ -153,9 +172,6 @@ enum Error {
     Deleter { source: deleter::Error },
     #[snafu(display("The deleter task panicked"))]
     DeleterPanic { source: tokio::task::JoinError },
-
-    #[snafu(display("Could not parse the cutoff argument"))]
-    ParsingCutoff { source: chrono_english::DateError },
 }
 
 type Result<T, E = Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;