diff --git a/pingora-core/src/server/mod.rs b/pingora-core/src/server/mod.rs
index 42735507..75112070 100644
--- a/pingora-core/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/pingora-core/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ 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: Option<Opt>) -> Result<Server> {
+    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() {