diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/server/server.py b/llama_stack/distribution/server/server.py
index 16c0fd0e02..1438137808 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/server/server.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/server/server.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     get_provider_registry,
 )
 
-from llama_stack.distribution.utils.config_dirs import DISTRIBS_BASE_DIR
+from llama_stack.distribution.store.registry import create_dist_registry
 
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.telemetry.tracing import (
     end_trace,
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
 from llama_stack.distribution.datatypes import *  # noqa: F403
 from llama_stack.distribution.request_headers import set_request_provider_data
 from llama_stack.distribution.resolver import resolve_impls
-from llama_stack.distribution.store import CachedDiskDistributionRegistry
-from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore import kvstore_impl, SqliteKVStoreConfig
 
 from .endpoints import get_all_api_endpoints
 
@@ -281,21 +279,8 @@ def main(
         config = StackRunConfig(**yaml.safe_load(fp))
 
     app = FastAPI()
-    # instantiate kvstore for storing and retrieving distribution metadata
-    if config.metadata_store:
-        dist_kvstore = asyncio.run(kvstore_impl(config.metadata_store))
-    else:
-        dist_kvstore = asyncio.run(
-            kvstore_impl(
-                SqliteKVStoreConfig(
-                    db_path=(
-                        DISTRIBS_BASE_DIR / config.image_name / "kvstore.db"
-                    ).as_posix()
-                )
-            )
-        )
 
-    dist_registry = CachedDiskDistributionRegistry(dist_kvstore)
+    dist_registry, dist_kvstore = asyncio.run(create_dist_registry(config))
 
     impls = asyncio.run(resolve_impls(config, get_provider_registry(), dist_registry))
     if Api.telemetry in impls:
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/store/registry.py b/llama_stack/distribution/store/registry.py
index 994fb475c6..897bb90d04 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/store/registry.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/store/registry.py
@@ -9,9 +9,17 @@
 
 import pydantic
 
-from llama_stack.distribution.datatypes import RoutableObjectWithProvider
+from llama_stack.distribution.datatypes import (
+    RoutableObjectWithProvider,
+    StackRunConfig,
+)
+from llama_stack.distribution.utils.config_dirs import DISTRIBS_BASE_DIR
 
-from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore import KVStore
+from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore import (
+    KVStore,
+    kvstore_impl,
+    SqliteKVStoreConfig,
+)
 
 
 class DistributionRegistry(Protocol):
@@ -133,3 +141,21 @@ async def register(self, obj: RoutableObjectWithProvider) -> bool:
             self.cache[obj.identifier].append(obj)
 
         return success
+
+
+async def create_dist_registry(
+    config: StackRunConfig,
+) -> tuple[CachedDiskDistributionRegistry, KVStore]:
+    # instantiate kvstore for storing and retrieving distribution metadata
+    if config.metadata_store:
+        dist_kvstore = await kvstore_impl(config.metadata_store)
+    else:
+        dist_kvstore = await kvstore_impl(
+            SqliteKVStoreConfig(
+                db_path=(
+                    DISTRIBS_BASE_DIR / config.image_name / "kvstore.db"
+                ).as_posix()
+            )
+        )
+
+    return CachedDiskDistributionRegistry(dist_kvstore), dist_kvstore