diff --git a/src/components/archive_synchronizer.py b/src/components/archive_synchronizer.py
index 0eb3577..92dd4fa 100644
--- a/src/components/archive_synchronizer.py
+++ b/src/components/archive_synchronizer.py
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@ class ArchiveSynchronizer(Component):
 
         self._do_set_period({"period": float(self.config[self.name]["poll_time"])})
         self.hold_time = round(float(self.config[self.name]["hold_time"]) * 1000)
-        self.gcs_client = storage.Client.from_service_account_json(self.config[self.name]["service_account_json"])
-        self.gcs_client._http.mount("", HTTPAdapter(max_retries=Retry(total=0)))  # this seems to be useless
-        self.gcs_client._http.adapters.move_to_end("", last=False)  # this seems to be useless
-        self.bucket_id = self.config[self.name]["bucket_id"]
+        if self.name == "archive_synchronizer":
+            self.gcs_client = storage.Client.from_service_account_json(self.config[self.name]["service_account_json"])
+            self.gcs_client._http.mount("", HTTPAdapter(max_retries=Retry(total=0)))  # this seems to be useless
+            self.gcs_client._http.adapters.move_to_end("", last=False)  # this seems to be useless
+            self.bucket_id = self.config[self.name]["bucket_id"]
         self.gcs_bucket = None
 
     @db.connection_context()