diff --git a/cmd/api-server/commons/commons.go b/cmd/api-server/commons/commons.go
index 12b7d70c8d..1b68a3ed17 100644
--- a/cmd/api-server/commons/commons.go
+++ b/cmd/api-server/commons/commons.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/cloud"
 	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/configmap"
 	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/dbmigrator"
+	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/event"
+	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/event/bus"
+	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/event/kind/slack"
 	kubeexecutor "github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/executor"
 	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/featureflags"
 	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/imageinspector"
@@ -317,6 +321,48 @@ func ReadProContext(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, grpcClient cloud.Te
 	return proContext
 }
 
+func MustCreateSlackLoader(cfg *config.Config, envs map[string]string) *slack.SlackLoader {
+	slackTemplate, err := parser.LoadConfigFromStringOrFile(
+		cfg.SlackTemplate,
+		cfg.TestkubeConfigDir,
+		"slack-template.json",
+		"slack template",
+	)
+	ExitOnError("Creating slack loader", err)
+
+	slackConfig, err := parser.LoadConfigFromStringOrFile(cfg.SlackConfig, cfg.TestkubeConfigDir, "slack-config.json", "slack config")
+	ExitOnError("Creating slack loader", err)
+
+	return slack.NewSlackLoader(slackTemplate, slackConfig, cfg.TestkubeClusterName, cfg.TestkubeDashboardURI,
+		testkube.AllEventTypes, envs)
+}
+
+func MustCreateNATSConnection(cfg *config.Config) *nats.EncodedConn {
+	// if embedded NATS server is enabled, we'll replace connection with one to the embedded server
+	if cfg.NatsEmbedded {
+		_, nc, err := event.ServerWithConnection(cfg.NatsEmbeddedStoreDir)
+		ExitOnError("Creating NATS connection", err)
+
+		log.DefaultLogger.Info("Started embedded NATS server")
+
+		conn, err := nats.NewEncodedConn(nc, nats.JSON_ENCODER)
+		ExitOnError("Creating NATS connection", err)
+		return conn
+	}
+
+	conn, err := bus.NewNATSEncodedConnection(bus.ConnectionConfig{
+		NatsURI:            cfg.NatsURI,
+		NatsSecure:         cfg.NatsSecure,
+		NatsSkipVerify:     cfg.NatsSkipVerify,
+		NatsCertFile:       cfg.NatsCertFile,
+		NatsKeyFile:        cfg.NatsKeyFile,
+		NatsCAFile:         cfg.NatsCAFile,
+		NatsConnectTimeout: cfg.NatsConnectTimeout,
+	})
+	ExitOnError("Creating NATS connection", err)
+	return conn
+}
+
 // Components
 
 func CreateImageInspector(cfg *config.Config, configMapClient configmap.Interface, secretClient secret.Interface) imageinspector.Inspector {
diff --git a/cmd/api-server/main.go b/cmd/api-server/main.go
index 9f9d319fa8..e3568e67ec 100644
--- a/cmd/api-server/main.go
+++ b/cmd/api-server/main.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/cors"
-	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
 	executorsclientv1 "github.com/kubeshop/testkube-operator/pkg/client/executors/v1"
@@ -33,12 +32,9 @@ import (
 	domainstorage "github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/storage"
 	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/storage/minio"
 
-	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/api/v1/testkube"
-	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/event/kind/slack"
-
 	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/internal/common"
-	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/internal/config"
 	parser "github.com/kubeshop/testkube/internal/template"
+	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/api/v1/testkube"
 	"github.com/kubeshop/testkube/pkg/version"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
@@ -121,8 +117,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	secretManager := secretmanager.New(clientset, secretConfig)
 
-	nc, err := newNATSEncodedConnection(cfg)
-	commons.ExitOnError("Creating NATS connection", err)
+	nc := commons.MustCreateNATSConnection(cfg)
 	eventBus := bus.NewNATSBus(nc)
 	if cfg.Trace {
 		eventBus.TraceEvents()
@@ -158,8 +153,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	inspector := commons.CreateImageInspector(cfg, configMapClient, secretClient)
 
-	slackLoader, err := newSlackLoader(cfg, envs)
-	commons.ExitOnError("Creating slack loader", err)
+	slackLoader := commons.MustCreateSlackLoader(cfg, envs)
 
 	var deprecatedRepositories commons.DeprecatedRepositories
 	var testWorkflowResultsRepository testworkflow2.Repository
@@ -548,47 +542,3 @@ func main() {
 		log.DefaultLogger.Fatalf("Testkube is shutting down: %v", err)
 	}
 }
-
-func newNATSEncodedConnection(cfg *config.Config) (*nats.EncodedConn, error) {
-	// if embedded NATS server is enabled, we'll replace connection with one to the embedded server
-	if cfg.NatsEmbedded {
-		_, nc, err := event.ServerWithConnection(cfg.NatsEmbeddedStoreDir)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		log.DefaultLogger.Info("Started embedded NATS server")
-
-		return nats.NewEncodedConn(nc, nats.JSON_ENCODER)
-	}
-
-	return bus.NewNATSEncodedConnection(bus.ConnectionConfig{
-		NatsURI:            cfg.NatsURI,
-		NatsSecure:         cfg.NatsSecure,
-		NatsSkipVerify:     cfg.NatsSkipVerify,
-		NatsCertFile:       cfg.NatsCertFile,
-		NatsKeyFile:        cfg.NatsKeyFile,
-		NatsCAFile:         cfg.NatsCAFile,
-		NatsConnectTimeout: cfg.NatsConnectTimeout,
-	})
-}
-
-func newSlackLoader(cfg *config.Config, envs map[string]string) (*slack.SlackLoader, error) {
-	slackTemplate, err := parser.LoadConfigFromStringOrFile(
-		cfg.SlackTemplate,
-		cfg.TestkubeConfigDir,
-		"slack-template.json",
-		"slack template",
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	slackConfig, err := parser.LoadConfigFromStringOrFile(cfg.SlackConfig, cfg.TestkubeConfigDir, "slack-config.json", "slack config")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return slack.NewSlackLoader(slackTemplate, slackConfig, cfg.TestkubeClusterName, cfg.TestkubeDashboardURI,
-		testkube.AllEventTypes, envs), nil
-}