diff --git a/lib/realtime/monitoring/erl_sys_mon.ex b/lib/realtime/monitoring/erl_sys_mon.ex
index 58975a04e..32a4f857b 100644
--- a/lib/realtime/monitoring/erl_sys_mon.ex
+++ b/lib/realtime/monitoring/erl_sys_mon.ex
@@ -7,17 +7,20 @@ defmodule Realtime.ErlSysMon do
 
   require Logger
 
-  @defults [
+  @defaults [
     :busy_dist_port,
     :busy_port,
     {:long_gc, 250},
     {:long_schedule, 100},
     {:long_message_queue, {0, 1_000}}
   ]
-  def start_link(args \\ @defults), do: GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, args)
+
+  def start_link(args), do: GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, args)
 
   def init(args) do
-    :erlang.system_monitor(self(), args)
+    config = Keyword.get(args, :config, @defaults)
+    :erlang.system_monitor(self(), config)
+
     {:ok, []}
   end
 
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 1974b462d..bdb3ca508 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ defmodule Realtime.MixProject do
   def project do
     [
       app: :realtime,
-      version: "2.56.7",
+      version: "2.56.8",
       elixir: "~> 1.17.3",
       elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env()),
       start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
diff --git a/test/realtime/monitoring/erl_sys_mon_test.exs b/test/realtime/monitoring/erl_sys_mon_test.exs
index 8c1dd8821..cb832c760 100644
--- a/test/realtime/monitoring/erl_sys_mon_test.exs
+++ b/test/realtime/monitoring/erl_sys_mon_test.exs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-defmodule Realtime.ErlSysMonTest do
+defmodule Realtime.Monitoring.ErlSysMonTest do
   use ExUnit.Case, async: true
   import ExUnit.CaptureLog
   alias Realtime.ErlSysMon
 
   describe "system monitoring" do
     test "logs system monitor events" do
-      start_supervised!({ErlSysMon, [{:long_message_queue, {1, 10}}]})
+      start_supervised!({ErlSysMon, config: [{:long_message_queue, {1, 10}}]})
 
       assert capture_log(fn ->
                Task.async(fn -> Enum.map(1..100_000, &send(self(), &1)) end)