diff --git a/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Api/Startup.cs b/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Api/Startup.cs
index 8d00a9b2f..271dbb4f7 100644
--- a/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Api/Startup.cs
+++ b/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Api/Startup.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using FilterLists.Archival.Application;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ public class Startup
     {
         public static void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
+            services.AddApplicationServices();
         }
 
         public static void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
diff --git a/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Application/FilterLists.Archival.Application.csproj b/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Application/FilterLists.Archival.Application.csproj
index f09aae8e8..c730ec1ab 100644
--- a/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Application/FilterLists.Archival.Application.csproj
+++ b/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Application/FilterLists.Archival.Application.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.1</TargetFramework>
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="MediatR.Extensions.Microsoft.DependencyInjection" Version="8.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.FxCopAnalyzers" Version="3.3.0">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
diff --git a/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Application/ServiceCollectionExtension.cs b/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Application/ServiceCollectionExtension.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..360942232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Application/ServiceCollectionExtension.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure;
+using MediatR;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+
+namespace FilterLists.Archival.Application
+{
+    public static class ServiceCollectionExtension
+    {
+        public static void AddApplicationServices(this IServiceCollection services)
+        {
+            services.AddMediatR(typeof(ServiceCollectionExtension).Assembly);
+            services.AddInfrastructureServices();
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure.csproj b/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure.csproj
index ade8fe069..747a00669 100644
--- a/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure.csproj
+++ b/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.1</TargetFramework>
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="3.1.8" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/ServiceCollectionExtension.cs b/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/ServiceCollectionExtension.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f7ffec47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/archival/src/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/ServiceCollectionExtension.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+
+namespace FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure
+{
+    public static class ServiceCollectionExtension
+    {
+        public static void AddInfrastructureServices(this IServiceCollection services)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
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