diff --git a/app/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/di/AppModule.kt b/app/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/di/AppModule.kt
index e50fac659..24a95d21a 100644
--- a/app/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/di/AppModule.kt
+++ b/app/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/di/AppModule.kt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ internal val appModules = module {
         databaseModule,
         dataModule,
         dataStoreModule(),
-        *networkModule().toTypedArray(),
+        networkModule,
     )
     includes(featureModules)
     includes(appViewModelModule)
diff --git a/core/database/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/database/di/DatabaseModule.kt b/core/database/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/database/di/DatabaseModule.kt
index 3654250b3..f92ae2852 100644
--- a/core/database/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/database/di/DatabaseModule.kt
+++ b/core/database/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/database/di/DatabaseModule.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ import com.google.samples.apps.nowinandroid.core.database.dao.TopicFtsDao
 import com.google.samples.apps.nowinandroid.core.database.dao.TopicFtsDaoInterface
 import com.google.samples.apps.nowinandroid.core.di.coroutineDispatcherModule
 import org.koin.core.module.Module
+import org.koin.core.module.dsl.factoryOf
+import org.koin.core.module.dsl.singleOf
+import org.koin.dsl.bind
 import org.koin.dsl.module
 
 internal expect val driverModule: Module
@@ -41,34 +44,15 @@ internal val schemaModule = module {
 }
 
 internal val dbModule = module {
-    single { (driver: SqlDriver) ->
-        NiaDatabase(driver)
-    }
+    single { NiaDatabase(get()) }
 }
 
 internal val daoModule = module {
-    factory<TopicDaoInterface> { (database: NiaDatabase) ->
-        TopicDao(database, get())
-    }
-
-    factory <NewsResourceDaoInterface> { (database: NiaDatabase) ->
-        NewsResourceDao(database, get())
-    }
-
-    factory<TopicFtsDaoInterface> { (database: NiaDatabase) ->
-        TopicFtsDao(database, get())
-    }
-
-    factory<NewsResourceFtsDaoInterface> { (database: NiaDatabase) ->
-        NewsResourceFtsDao(database, get())
-    }
-
-    factory<RecentSearchQueryDaoInterface> { (database: NiaDatabase) ->
-        RecentSearchQueryDao(
-            database,
-            get(),
-        )
-    }
+    singleOf(::TopicDao) bind TopicDaoInterface::class
+    singleOf(::NewsResourceDao) bind NewsResourceDaoInterface::class
+    singleOf(::TopicFtsDao) bind TopicFtsDaoInterface::class
+    singleOf(::NewsResourceFtsDao) bind NewsResourceFtsDaoInterface::class
+    singleOf(::RecentSearchQueryDao) bind RecentSearchQueryDaoInterface::class
 }
 
 val databaseModule: Module get() = module {
diff --git a/core/database/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/database/di/Database.jvm.kt b/core/database/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/database/di/Database.jvm.kt
index 8218e101c..e18b482a5 100644
--- a/core/database/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/database/di/Database.jvm.kt
+++ b/core/database/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/database/di/Database.jvm.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ import org.koin.dsl.module
 import java.util.Properties
 
 internal actual val driverModule = module {
-    single<SqlDriver> { (schema: SqlSchema<AsyncValue<Unit>>) ->
+    single<SqlDriver> {
+        val schema: SqlSchema<AsyncValue<Unit>> = get()
         JdbcSqliteDriver(
             url = JdbcSqliteDriver.IN_MEMORY,
             properties = Properties().apply { put("foreign_keys", "true") },
diff --git a/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/network/di/NetworkModule.kt b/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/network/di/NetworkModule.kt
index d9006fe1b..d379443da 100644
--- a/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/network/di/NetworkModule.kt
+++ b/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/network/di/NetworkModule.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.google.samples.apps.nowinandroid.core.network.di
 
 import com.google.samples.apps.nowinandroid.core.network.BuildKonfig
+import com.google.samples.apps.nowinandroid.core.network.NiaNetworkDataSource
 import com.google.samples.apps.nowinandroid.core.network.retrofit.RetrofitNiaNetwork
 import de.jensklingenberg.ktorfit.Ktorfit
 import de.jensklingenberg.ktorfit.converter.CallConverterFactory
@@ -25,11 +26,10 @@ import de.jensklingenberg.ktorfit.ktorfit
 import io.ktor.client.HttpClient
 import io.ktor.client.plugins.contentnegotiation.ContentNegotiation
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
-import org.koin.core.annotation.ComponentScan
-import org.koin.core.annotation.Module
+import org.koin.core.module.Module
 import org.koin.core.module.dsl.singleOf
+import org.koin.dsl.bind
 import org.koin.dsl.module
-import org.koin.ksp.generated.module
 
 internal val jsonModule = module {
     single<Json> {
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ internal val jsonModule = module {
 internal val ktorfitModule = module {
     single<Ktorfit> {
         ktorfit {
-            baseUrl(BuildKonfig.BACKEND_URL)
+            // TODO use the correct URL
+            baseUrl("https://${BuildKonfig.BACKEND_URL}/")
             httpClient(
                 HttpClient {
                     install(ContentNegotiation) {
@@ -56,12 +57,9 @@ internal val ktorfitModule = module {
             )
         }
     }
-
-    singleOf(::RetrofitNiaNetwork)
 }
 
-fun networkModule() = listOf(NetworkModule().module, jsonModule, ktorfitModule)
-
-@Module
-@ComponentScan
-class NetworkModule
+val networkModule: Module = module {
+    includes(jsonModule, ktorfitModule)
+    singleOf(::RetrofitNiaNetwork) bind NiaNetworkDataSource::class
+}
diff --git a/secrets.defaults.properties b/secrets.defaults.properties
index 3b5457bd9..cdf0f60fe 100644
--- a/secrets.defaults.properties
+++ b/secrets.defaults.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ## This file provides default values to modules using the secrets-gradle-plugin. It is necessary
 # because the secrets properties file is not under source control so CI builds will fail without
 # default values.
-BACKEND_URL="http://example.com"
\ No newline at end of file
+BACKEND_URL="http://example.com/"
\ No newline at end of file