diff --git a/src/node/api/server.ts b/src/node/api/server.ts
index 10061530e..7c3e6c8a2 100644
--- a/src/node/api/server.ts
+++ b/src/node/api/server.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ interface LoginPayload extends PostData {
 export class ApiHttpProvider extends HttpProvider {
   private readonly ws = new ws.Server({ noServer: true })
 
-  public constructor(private readonly server: HttpServer, options: HttpProviderOptions) {
+  public constructor(options: HttpProviderOptions, private readonly server: HttpServer) {
     super(options)
   }
 
diff --git a/src/node/entry.ts b/src/node/entry.ts
index 4a77e98e6..fa9a9916e 100644
--- a/src/node/entry.ts
+++ b/src/node/entry.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ export interface Args {
 }
 
 const main = async (args: Args = {}): Promise<void> => {
+  const auth = args.auth || AuthType.Password
+  const originalPassword = auth === AuthType.Password && (process.env.PASSWORD || (await generatePassword()))
+
   // Spawn the main HTTP server.
   const options = {
     basePath: args["base-path"],
@@ -28,6 +31,8 @@ const main = async (args: Args = {}): Promise<void> => {
     host: args.host || (args.auth === AuthType.Password && typeof args.cert !== "undefined" ? "0.0.0.0" : "localhost"),
     port: typeof args.port !== "undefined" ? parseInt(args.port, 10) : 8080,
     socket: args.socket,
+    auth,
+    password: originalPassword ? hash(originalPassword) : undefined,
   }
   if (!options.cert && typeof options.cert !== "undefined") {
     const { cert, certKey } = await generateCertificate()
@@ -37,17 +42,9 @@ const main = async (args: Args = {}): Promise<void> => {
   const httpServer = new HttpServer(options)
 
   // Register all the providers.
-  // TODO: Might be cleaner to be able to register with just the class name
-  //       then let HttpServer instantiate with the common arguments.
-  const auth = args.auth || AuthType.Password
-  const originalPassword = auth === AuthType.Password && (process.env.PASSWORD || (await generatePassword()))
-  const password = originalPassword && hash(originalPassword)
-  httpServer.registerHttpProvider("/", new MainHttpProvider({ base: "/", auth, password }))
-  httpServer.registerHttpProvider("/api", new ApiHttpProvider(httpServer, { base: "/", auth, password }))
-  httpServer.registerHttpProvider(
-    "/vscode-embed",
-    new VscodeHttpProvider([], { base: "/vscode-embed", auth, password })
-  )
+  httpServer.registerHttpProvider("/", MainHttpProvider)
+  httpServer.registerHttpProvider("/api", ApiHttpProvider, httpServer)
+  httpServer.registerHttpProvider("/vscode-embed", VscodeHttpProvider, [])
 
   ipcMain().onDispose(() => httpServer.dispose())
 
diff --git a/src/node/http.ts b/src/node/http.ts
index 3982bdb20..1588776eb 100644
--- a/src/node/http.ts
+++ b/src/node/http.ts
@@ -88,10 +88,12 @@ export interface HttpStringFileResponse extends HttpResponse {
 }
 
 export interface HttpServerOptions {
+  readonly auth?: AuthType
   readonly basePath?: string
   readonly cert?: string
   readonly certKey?: string
   readonly host?: string
+  readonly password?: string
   readonly port?: number
   readonly socket?: string
 }
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ interface ProviderRoute {
 export interface HttpProviderOptions {
   readonly base: string
   readonly auth: AuthType
-  readonly password: string | false
+  readonly password?: string
 }
 
 /**
@@ -320,6 +322,14 @@ export class Heart {
   }
 }
 
+export interface HttpProvider0<T> {
+  new (options: HttpProviderOptions): T
+}
+
+export interface HttpProvider1<A1, T> {
+  new (options: HttpProviderOptions, a1: A1): T
+}
+
 /**
  * An HTTP server. Its main role is to route incoming HTTP requests to the
  * appropriate provider for that endpoint then write out the response. It also
@@ -372,7 +382,14 @@ export class HttpServer {
   /**
    * Register a provider for a top-level endpoint.
    */
-  public registerHttpProvider<T extends HttpProvider>(endpoint: string, provider: T): void {
+  public registerHttpProvider<T extends HttpProvider>(endpoint: string, provider: HttpProvider0<T>): void
+  public registerHttpProvider<A1, T extends HttpProvider>(
+    endpoint: string,
+    provider: HttpProvider1<A1, T>,
+    a1: A1
+  ): void
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  public registerHttpProvider(endpoint: string, provider: any, a1?: any): void {
     endpoint = endpoint.replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, "")
     if (this.providers.has(`/${endpoint}`)) {
       throw new Error(`${endpoint} is already registered`)
@@ -380,7 +397,17 @@ export class HttpServer {
     if (/\//.test(endpoint)) {
       throw new Error(`Only top-level endpoints are supported (got ${endpoint})`)
     }
-    this.providers.set(`/${endpoint}`, provider)
+    this.providers.set(
+      `/${endpoint}`,
+      new provider(
+        {
+          auth: this.options.auth || AuthType.None,
+          base: endpoint,
+          password: this.options.password,
+        },
+        a1
+      )
+    )
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/node/vscode/server.ts b/src/node/vscode/server.ts
index 8b3d077c7..e0c736374 100644
--- a/src/node/vscode/server.ts
+++ b/src/node/vscode/server.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class VscodeHttpProvider extends HttpProvider {
   private _vscode?: Promise<cp.ChildProcess>
   private workbenchOptions?: WorkbenchOptions
 
-  public constructor(private readonly args: string[], options: HttpProviderOptions) {
+  public constructor(options: HttpProviderOptions, private readonly args: string[]) {
     super(options)
     this.vsRootPath = path.resolve(this.rootPath, "lib/vscode")
     this.serverRootPath = path.join(this.vsRootPath, "out/vs/server")