1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/rest/admin/background_updates.py b/synapse/rest/admin/background_updates.py
index e9bce22a34..93a78db811 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/admin/background_updates.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/admin/background_updates.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class BackgroundUpdateStartJobRestServlet(RestServlet):
 
     def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
         self._auth = hs.get_auth()
-        self._store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self._store = hs.get_datastores().main
 
     async def on_POST(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> Tuple[int, JsonDict]:
         await assert_requester_is_admin(self._auth, request)