diff --git a/pingora-core/src/server/mod.rs b/pingora-core/src/server/mod.rs
index b22d40215..751120701 100644
--- a/pingora-core/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/pingora-core/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ impl Server {
     /// Command line options can either be passed by parsing the command line arguments via
     /// `Opt::from_args()`, or be generated by other means.
     pub fn new(opt: impl Into<Option<Opt>>) -> Result<Server> {
+        let opt = opt.into();
         let (tx, rx) = watch::channel(false);
 
         let conf = if let Some(opt) = opt.as_ref() {