diff --git a/src/controllers/cron/update_local_smartapi.ts b/src/controllers/cron/update_local_smartapi.ts
index b52a79b..502e806 100644
--- a/src/controllers/cron/update_local_smartapi.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/cron/update_local_smartapi.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import validUrl from "valid-url";
 import SMARTAPI_EXCLUSIONS from "../../config/smartapi_exclusions";
 import getSmartApiOverrideConfig from "../../config/smartapi_overrides";
 import { SmartApiOverrides } from "../../types";
+import apiList from "../../config/api_list";
+import MetaKG, { SmartAPISpec } from "@biothings-explorer/smartapi-kg";
+import { redisClient } from "@biothings-explorer/utils";
 
 const userAgent = `BTE/${process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" ? "prod" : "dev"} Node/${process.version} ${
   process.platform
@@ -325,7 +328,13 @@ async function updateSmartAPISpecs() {
   await fs.writeFile(localFilePath, JSON.stringify({ hits: hits }));
   const predicatesInfo = await getOpsFromPredicatesEndpoints(res.data.hits);
   await fs.writeFile(predicatesFilePath, JSON.stringify(predicatesInfo));
-}
+
+  // Create a new metakg
+  const metakg = new MetaKG();
+  metakg.constructMetaKGSync(true, { predicates: predicatesInfo, smartapiSpecs: { hits: hits as any }, apiList });
+  global.metakg = metakg;
+  global.smartapi = { hits };
+};
 
 async function getAPIOverrides(data: { total?: number; hits: any }, overrides: SmartApiOverrides) {
   // if only_overrides is enabled, only overridden apis are used
diff --git a/src/controllers/threading/threadHandler.ts b/src/controllers/threading/threadHandler.ts
index e62d232..7f91bb3 100644
--- a/src/controllers/threading/threadHandler.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/threading/threadHandler.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { Telemetry } from "@biothings-explorer/utils";
 import ErrorHandler from "../../middlewares/error";
 import { Request, Response } from "express";
 import { BullJob, PiscinaWaitTime, ThreadPool } from "../../types";
-import { TaskInfo, InnerTaskData } from "@biothings-explorer/types";
+import { TaskInfo, InnerTaskData, QueryHandlerOptions } from "@biothings-explorer/types";
 import { DialHome, TrapiQuery, TrapiResponse } from "@biothings-explorer/types";
 import { Queue } from "bull";
 
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ async function queueTaskToWorkers(pool: Piscina, taskInfo: TaskInfo, route: stri
     const { traceparent, tracestate } = otelData;
 
     const taskData: InnerTaskData = { req: taskInfo, route, traceparent, tracestate, port: toWorker };
+    taskData.req.data.options = {...taskData.req.data.options, metakg: global.metakg?.ops, smartapi: global.smartapi} as QueryHandlerOptions;
 
     // Propagate data between task runner and bull job
     if (job) taskData.job = { jobId: job.id, queueName: job.queue.name };