diff --git a/airbyte-server/src/main/java/io/airbyte/server/DatabaseEventListener.java b/airbyte-server/src/main/java/io/airbyte/server/DatabaseEventListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..099802225be9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-server/src/main/java/io/airbyte/server/DatabaseEventListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
+ */
+
+package io.airbyte.server;
+
+import io.airbyte.db.check.DatabaseCheckException;
+import io.airbyte.db.check.DatabaseMigrationCheck;
+import io.micronaut.context.event.StartupEvent;
+import io.micronaut.core.annotation.Order;
+import io.micronaut.runtime.event.annotation.EventListener;
+import jakarta.inject.Named;
+import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+@Singleton
+public class DatabaseEventListener {
+
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());
+
+  private final DatabaseMigrationCheck configsMigrationCheck;
+
+  private final DatabaseMigrationCheck jobsMigrationCheck;
+
+  public DatabaseEventListener(
+                               @Named("configsDatabaseMigrationCheck") final DatabaseMigrationCheck configsMigrationCheck,
+                               @Named("jobsDatabaseMigrationCheck") final DatabaseMigrationCheck jobsMigrationCheck) {
+    this.configsMigrationCheck = configsMigrationCheck;
+    this.jobsMigrationCheck = jobsMigrationCheck;
+  }
+
+  @EventListener
+  @Order(1)
+  public void onStartup(final StartupEvent event) {
+    log.info("Checking configs database flyway migration version...");
+    try {
+      configsMigrationCheck.check();
+    } catch (final DatabaseCheckException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+
+    log.info("Checking jobs database flyway migration version...");
+    try {
+      jobsMigrationCheck.check();
+    } catch (final DatabaseCheckException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/airbyte-server/src/main/java/io/airbyte/server/config/HelperBeanFactory.java b/airbyte-server/src/main/java/io/airbyte/server/config/HelperBeanFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1f7b478f5acf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-server/src/main/java/io/airbyte/server/config/HelperBeanFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
+ */
+
+package io.airbyte.server.config;
+
+import io.airbyte.config.persistence.ConfigRepository;
+import io.airbyte.persistence.job.JobPersistence;
+import io.airbyte.persistence.job.WorkspaceHelper;
+import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Factory;
+import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
+
+@Factory
+public class HelperBeanFactory {
+
+  @Singleton
+  public WorkspaceHelper workspaceHelper(final ConfigRepository configRepository, final JobPersistence jobPersistence) {
+    return new WorkspaceHelper(configRepository, jobPersistence);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/airbyte-server/src/main/resources/application.yml b/airbyte-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 72826a35be1bc..3b6c04b20adf0 100644
--- a/airbyte-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/airbyte-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ airbyte:
       initialization-timeout-ms: ${JOBS_DATABASE_INITIALIZATION_TIMEOUT_MS:60000}
       minimum-migration-version: ${JOBS_DATABASE_MINIMUM_FLYWAY_MIGRATION_VERSION}
   version: ${AIRBYTE_VERSION}
-  workspace:
-    root: ${WORKSPACE_ROOT}
   secret:
     persistence: ${SECRET_PERSISTENCE:TESTING_CONFIG_DB_TABLE}
     store: