diff --git a/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Infrastructure/CompositionRoot.cs b/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Infrastructure/CompositionRoot.cs
index 47dbe99..e4ed4b1 100644
--- a/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Infrastructure/CompositionRoot.cs
+++ b/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Infrastructure/CompositionRoot.cs
@@ -24,13 +24,10 @@ public static class CompositionRoot
     /// <param name="services">
     /// The originating application services onto which to register the search dependencies.
     /// </param>
-    /// <param name="configuration">
-    /// The originating configuration block from which to derive search service settings.
-    /// </param>
     /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
     /// The exception thrown if no valid <see cref="IServiceCollection"/> is provisioned.
     /// </exception>
-    public static void AddCognitiveSearchAdaptorServices(this IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration)
+    public static void AddCognitiveSearchAdaptorServices(this IServiceCollection services)
     {
         if (services is null)
         {
diff --git a/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Infrastructure/Tests/Integration/TestHarness/CompositionRootServiceProvider.cs b/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Infrastructure/Tests/Integration/TestHarness/CompositionRootServiceProvider.cs
index 13fdce0..362562b 100644
--- a/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Infrastructure/Tests/Integration/TestHarness/CompositionRootServiceProvider.cs
+++ b/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Infrastructure/Tests/Integration/TestHarness/CompositionRootServiceProvider.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public IServiceProvider SetUpServiceProvider(IConfiguration config)
         services.AddSingleton<IConfiguration>(config);
 
         // this is the extension method to add all the dependencies
-        services.AddCognitiveSearchAdaptorServices(config);
+        services.AddCognitiveSearchAdaptorServices();
 
         // Replace Common.Infrastructure services with mocks
         services.RemoveAll<ISearchByKeywordService>();
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ public IServiceProvider SetUpServiceProvider(IConfiguration config)
                 .WithSearchResults()
                 .Create())
             .Create();
-        services.AddScoped<ISearchByKeywordService>(provider => mockSearchService);
+        services.AddScoped(provider => mockSearchService);
         services.RemoveAll<ISearchFilterExpressionsBuilder>();
         var mockFilterExpressionBuilder = new FilterExpressionBuilderTestDouble().Create();
-        services.AddScoped<ISearchFilterExpressionsBuilder>(provider => mockFilterExpressionBuilder);
+        services.AddScoped(provider => mockFilterExpressionBuilder);
 
         return services.BuildServiceProvider();
     }
diff --git a/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/SearchForEstablishments/ByKeyword/Usecase/SearchByKeywordUseCase.cs b/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/SearchForEstablishments/ByKeyword/Usecase/SearchByKeywordUseCase.cs
index e708f0a..98a5ec2 100644
--- a/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/SearchForEstablishments/ByKeyword/Usecase/SearchByKeywordUseCase.cs
+++ b/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/SearchForEstablishments/ByKeyword/Usecase/SearchByKeywordUseCase.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype.Common.CleanArchitecture.Application.UseCase;
 using Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype.SearchForEstablishments.ByKeyword.ServiceAdapters;
 using Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype.SearchForEstablishments.Models;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 
 namespace Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype.SearchForEstablishments.ByKeyword.Usecase;
 
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype.SearchForEstablishments.ByKeyword.Usecase;
 public sealed class SearchByKeywordUseCase : IUseCase<SearchByKeywordRequest, SearchByKeywordResponse>
 {
     private readonly ISearchServiceAdapter _searchServiceAdapter;
-    private readonly SearchByKeywordCriteria _searchByKeywordCriteriaOptions;
+    private readonly SearchByKeywordCriteria _searchByKeywordCriteria;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// The following dependencies include the core cognitive search service definition,
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ public sealed class SearchByKeywordUseCase : IUseCase<SearchByKeywordRequest, Se
     /// The concrete  implementation of the T:Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype.Search.ISearchServiceAdapter
     /// defined within, and injected by the IOC container.
     /// </param>
-    /// <param name="searchByKeywordCriteriaOptions">
+    /// <param name="searchByKeywordCriteria">
     /// The <see cref="SearchByKeywordCriteria"/> define the search fields and facets on
     /// which to conduct the underlying search. This is defined in configuration using
     /// the options pattern as follows (note: fields and facets used are for explanatory use only),
@@ -44,10 +43,10 @@ public sealed class SearchByKeywordUseCase : IUseCase<SearchByKeywordRequest, Se
     /// </param>
     public SearchByKeywordUseCase(
         ISearchServiceAdapter searchServiceAdapter,
-        IOptions<SearchByKeywordCriteria> searchByKeywordCriteriaOptions)
+        SearchByKeywordCriteria searchByKeywordCriteria)
     {
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(searchByKeywordCriteriaOptions);
-        _searchByKeywordCriteriaOptions = searchByKeywordCriteriaOptions.Value;
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(searchByKeywordCriteria);
+        _searchByKeywordCriteria = searchByKeywordCriteria;
         _searchServiceAdapter = searchServiceAdapter;
     }
 
@@ -77,8 +76,8 @@ public async Task<SearchByKeywordResponse> HandleRequest(SearchByKeywordRequest
                 await _searchServiceAdapter.SearchAsync(
                     new SearchServiceAdapterRequest(
                         request.SearchKeyword,
-                        _searchByKeywordCriteriaOptions.SearchFields,
-                        _searchByKeywordCriteriaOptions.Facets,
+                        _searchByKeywordCriteria.SearchFields,
+                        _searchByKeywordCriteria.Facets,
                         request.FilterRequests));
 
             return results switch
diff --git a/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/SearchForEstablishments/CompositionRoot.cs b/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/SearchForEstablishments/CompositionRoot.cs
index 147bf9f..fb72a75 100644
--- a/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/SearchForEstablishments/CompositionRoot.cs
+++ b/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/SearchForEstablishments/CompositionRoot.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype.SearchForEstablishments.Models;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 
 namespace Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype.SearchForEstablishments;
 
@@ -32,12 +33,17 @@ public static void AddSearchForEstablishmentServices(this IServiceCollection ser
             throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(services),
                 "A service collection is required to configure the search by keyword use-case.");
         }
+
         services.AddOptions<SearchByKeywordCriteria>()
            .Configure<IConfiguration>(
                (settings, configuration) =>
                    configuration
                        .GetSection(nameof(SearchByKeywordCriteria))
                        .Bind(settings));
+
+        services.AddSingleton(serviceProvider =>
+            serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IOptions<SearchByKeywordCriteria>>().Value);
+
         services.AddScoped<IUseCase<SearchByKeywordRequest, SearchByKeywordResponse>, SearchByKeywordUseCase>();
     }
 }
diff --git a/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Tests/Integration/CompositionRootTests.cs b/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Tests/Integration/CompositionRootTests.cs
index f68acdb..ad8006b 100644
--- a/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Tests/Integration/CompositionRootTests.cs
+++ b/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Tests/Integration/CompositionRootTests.cs
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ public async Task AddSearchForEstablishmentServices_CanCreateUsecase()
         var response = await usecase.HandleRequest(new SearchByKeywordRequest("searchkeyword"));
 
         response.Should().NotBeNull();
+        response.Status.Should().Be(SearchResponseStatus.Success);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Tests/SearchForEstablishments/ByKeyword/SearchByKeywordUseCaseTests.cs b/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Tests/SearchForEstablishments/ByKeyword/SearchByKeywordUseCaseTests.cs
index cb09a9a..fb02652 100644
--- a/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Tests/SearchForEstablishments/ByKeyword/SearchByKeywordUseCaseTests.cs
+++ b/Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype/Tests/SearchForEstablishments/ByKeyword/SearchByKeywordUseCaseTests.cs
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ namespace Dfe.Data.SearchPrototype.Tests.SearchForEstablishments.ByKeyword;
 public sealed class SearchByKeywordUseCaseTests
 {
     private readonly SearchByKeywordUseCase _useCase;
-    private ISearchServiceAdapter _searchServiceAdapter;
-    private SearchResults _searchResults;
-    private SearchByKeywordCriteria _options = SearchByKeywordCriteriaTestDouble.Create();
+    private readonly ISearchServiceAdapter _searchServiceAdapter;
+    private readonly SearchResults _searchResults;
+    private readonly SearchByKeywordCriteria _searchByKeywordCriteriaStub = SearchByKeywordCriteriaTestDouble.Create();
 
     public SearchByKeywordUseCaseTests()
     {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public SearchByKeywordUseCaseTests()
         _searchServiceAdapter =
             SearchServiceAdapterTestDouble.MockFor(_searchResults);
 
-        _useCase = new(_searchServiceAdapter, IOptionsTestDouble.IOptionsMockFor(_options));
+        _useCase = new(_searchServiceAdapter, _searchByKeywordCriteriaStub);
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ public async Task HandleRequest_ValidRequest_CallsAdapterWithMappedRequestParams
 
         // assert
         adapterRequest!.SearchKeyword.Should().Be(request.SearchKeyword);
-        adapterRequest!.SearchFields.Should().BeEquivalentTo(_options.SearchFields);
-        adapterRequest!.Facets.Should().BeEquivalentTo(_options.Facets);
+        adapterRequest!.SearchFields.Should().BeEquivalentTo(_searchByKeywordCriteriaStub.SearchFields);
+        adapterRequest!.Facets.Should().BeEquivalentTo(_searchByKeywordCriteriaStub.Facets);
         adapterRequest!.SearchFilterRequests.Should().BeEquivalentTo(request.FilterRequests);
     }