diff --git a/guix-data-service/web/controller.scm b/guix-data-service/web/controller.scm
index c69f9e6..cb94263 100644
--- a/guix-data-service/web/controller.scm
+++ b/guix-data-service/web/controller.scm
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@
 
          (resource-pools
           `(("normal" . ,(connection-pool))
-            ("reserved" . ,(reserved-connection-pool))))
+            ("reserved" . ,(reserved-connection-pool))
+            ("background" . ,(background-connection-pool))))
 
          (resource-pool-metrics
           `((resources . ,(make-gauge-metric