diff --git a/desktop/app/src/init.tsx b/desktop/app/src/init.tsx
index 6578d06d7..96c71e6a2 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/init.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/init.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ async function getFlipperServer(
   const execPath =
     process.execPath || (await electronIpcClient.send('getProcess')).execPath;
   const appPath = await electronIpcClient.send('getPath', 'app');
-  const staticPath = getStaticDir(appPath);
+  const staticPath = getStaticPath(appPath);
   const isProduction = !/node_modules[\\/]electron[\\/]/.test(execPath);
   const env = process.env;
   const environmentInfo = await getEnvironmentInfo(
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ async function getFlipperServer(
       }
 
       const {readyForIncomingConnections} = await startServer({
-        staticDir: staticPath,
+        staticPath,
         entry: 'index.web.dev.html',
         tcp: false,
         port,
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ async function getFlipperServer(
         false,
         keytar,
         'embedded',
-        environmentInfo.isHeadlessBuild,
+        environmentInfo,
       );
 
       const companionEnv = await initCompanionEnv(server);
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ start().catch((e) => {
     'Failed to start Flipper desktop: ' + e;
 });
 
-function getStaticDir(appPath: string) {
+function getStaticPath(appPath: string) {
   let _staticPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'static');
   // fs.existSync used here, as fs-extra doesn't resovle properly in the app.asar
   /* eslint-disable node/no-sync*/
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/server/startFlipperServer.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/server/startFlipperServer.tsx
index e687d761f..989989579 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/server/startFlipperServer.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/server/startFlipperServer.tsx
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ import {
   parseEnvironmentVariables,
   getLogger,
   FlipperServerType,
+  EnvironmentInfo,
 } from 'flipper-common';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import {KeytarModule} from '../utils/keytar';
 import {FlipperServerImpl} from '../FlipperServerImpl';
-import {getEnvironmentInfo} from '../utils/environmentInfo';
 import {getGatekeepers} from '../gk';
 import {loadLauncherSettings} from '../utils/launcherSettings';
 import {loadProcessConfig} from '../utils/processConfig';
@@ -26,25 +26,23 @@ import {loadSettings} from '../utils/settings';
 /**
  * Creates an instance of FlipperServer (FlipperServerImpl). This is the
  * server used by clients to connect to.
- * @param rootDir Application path.
+ * @param rootPath Application path.
  * @param staticPath Static assets path.
  * @param settingsString Optional settings used to override defaults.
  * @param enableLauncherSettings Optional launcher settings used to override defaults.
  * @returns
  */
 export async function startFlipperServer(
-  rootDir: string,
+  rootPath: string,
   staticPath: string,
   settingsString: string,
   enableLauncherSettings: boolean,
   keytarModule: KeytarModule,
   type: FlipperServerType,
-  isHeadless: boolean,
+  environmentInfo: EnvironmentInfo,
 ): Promise<FlipperServerImpl> {
   const execPath = process.execPath;
-  const appPath = rootDir;
-  const isProduction =
-    process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'development' && process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test';
+  const appPath = rootPath;
   const env = process.env;
   let desktopPath = path.resolve(os.homedir(), 'Desktop');
 
@@ -53,18 +51,10 @@ export async function startFlipperServer(
     console.warn('Failed to find desktop path, falling back to homedir');
     desktopPath = os.homedir();
   }
-
-  const environmentInfo = await getEnvironmentInfo(
-    appPath,
-    isProduction,
-    isHeadless,
-  );
-
   return new FlipperServerImpl(
     {
       environmentInfo,
       env: parseEnvironmentVariables(process.env),
-      // TODO: make username parameterizable
       gatekeepers: getGatekeepers(environmentInfo.os.unixname),
       paths: {
         appPath,
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/server/startServer.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/server/startServer.tsx
index cf0840763..f25222172 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/server/startServer.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/server/startServer.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import {validateAuthToken} from '../utils/certificateUtils';
 
 type Config = {
   port: number;
-  staticDir: string;
+  staticPath: string;
   entry: string;
   tcp: boolean;
 };
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ async function startHTTPServer(config: Config): Promise<{
   });
 
   app.get('/', (_req, res) => {
-    fs.readFile(path.join(config.staticDir, config.entry), (_err, content) => {
+    fs.readFile(path.join(config.staticPath, config.entry), (_err, content) => {
       res.end(content);
     });
   });
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ async function startHTTPServer(config: Config): Promise<{
     res.end('flipper-ok');
   });
 
-  app.use(express.static(config.staticDir));
+  app.use(express.static(config.staticPath));
 
   return startProxyServer(config, app);
 }
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server/src/index.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server/src/index.tsx
index bd13d5f0a..5cdc13081 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server/src/index.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server/src/index.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import yargs from 'yargs';
 import open from 'open';
 import {initCompanionEnv} from 'flipper-server-companion';
-import {startFlipperServer, startServer} from 'flipper-server-core';
+import {
+  getEnvironmentInfo,
+  startFlipperServer,
+  startServer,
+} from 'flipper-server-core';
 import {isTest} from 'flipper-common';
 import exitHook from 'exit-hook';
 import {getAuthToken} from 'flipper-server-core';
@@ -76,19 +80,19 @@ console.log(
   }`,
 );
 
-const rootDir = argv.bundler
+const rootPath = argv.bundler
   ? path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..')
   : path.resolve(__dirname, '..'); // in pre packaged versions of the server, static is copied inside the package
-const staticDir = path.join(rootDir, 'static');
+const staticPath = path.join(rootPath, 'static');
 
 async function start() {
-  const enhanceLogger = await initializeLogger(staticDir);
+  const enhanceLogger = await initializeLogger(staticPath);
 
   let keytar: any = undefined;
   try {
     if (!isTest()) {
       const keytarPath = path.join(
-        staticDir,
+        staticPath,
         'native-modules',
         `keytar-${process.platform}-${process.arch}.node`,
       );
@@ -104,20 +108,29 @@ async function start() {
   }
 
   const {app, server, socket, readyForIncomingConnections} = await startServer({
-    staticDir,
+    staticPath,
     entry: `index.web${argv.bundler ? '.dev' : ''}.html`,
     port: argv.port,
     tcp: argv.tcp,
   });
 
+  const isProduction =
+    process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'development' && process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test';
+
+  const environmentInfo = await getEnvironmentInfo(
+    rootPath,
+    isProduction,
+    true,
+  );
+
   const flipperServer = await startFlipperServer(
-    rootDir,
-    staticDir,
+    rootPath,
+    staticPath,
     argv.settingsString,
     argv.launcherSettings,
     keytar,
     'external',
-    true,
+    environmentInfo,
   );
 
   exitHook(async () => {
@@ -142,7 +155,7 @@ async function start() {
   await flipperServer.connect();
 
   if (argv.bundler) {
-    await attachDevServer(app, server, socket, rootDir);
+    await attachDevServer(app, server, socket, rootPath);
   }
   await readyForIncomingConnections(flipperServer, companionEnv);
 }