diff --git a/server/lib/offlineThresholds.ts b/server/lib/offlineThresholds.ts
index abcfd6993..ad1738a4e 100644
--- a/server/lib/offlineThresholds.ts
+++ b/server/lib/offlineThresholds.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@ export type OfflineThresholds = {
     remoteExitNodeMs: number;
 };
 
-export const DEFAULT_OFFLINE_THRESHOLDS: OfflineThresholds = {
-    checkIntervalMs: 30 * 1000, // 30 seconds
-    newtMs: 2 * 60 * 1000, // 2 minutes
-    newtWireguardMs: 8 * 60 * 1000, // 8 minutes
-    olmMs: 2 * 60 * 1000, // 2 minutes
-    remoteExitNodeMs: 2 * 60 * 1000 // 2 minutes
-};
-
 export function getOfflineThresholds(): OfflineThresholds {
     const offlineChecker = config.getRawConfig().offline_checker;
 
diff --git a/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts b/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
index 8ec49b038..d53045a9f 100644
--- a/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
+++ b/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,16 @@ import { configFilePath1, configFilePath2 } from "./consts";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import stoi from "./stoi";
 import { getEnvOrYaml, readEnvOrFile } from "./getEnvOrYaml";
-import { DEFAULT_OFFLINE_THRESHOLDS } from "@server/lib/offlineThresholds";
+// type-only: offlineThresholds imports config, which imports this file
+import type { OfflineThresholds } from "@server/lib/offlineThresholds";
+
+export const DEFAULT_OFFLINE_THRESHOLDS: OfflineThresholds = {
+    checkIntervalMs: 30 * 1000, // 30 seconds
+    newtMs: 2 * 60 * 1000, // 2 minutes
+    newtWireguardMs: 8 * 60 * 1000, // 8 minutes
+    olmMs: 2 * 60 * 1000, // 2 minutes
+    remoteExitNodeMs: 2 * 60 * 1000 // 2 minutes
+};
 
 const portSchema = z.number().positive().gt(0).lte(65535);