diff --git a/backfill/backfill.go b/backfill/backfill.go
index 85377cb8..66543201 100644
--- a/backfill/backfill.go
+++ b/backfill/backfill.go
@@ -196,11 +196,11 @@ func NewBackfiller(
 	}
 }
 
-// Start starts the backfill processor routine
-func (b *Backfiller) Start() {
+// StartWithLogger starts the backfill processor routine with a custom logger
+func (b *Backfiller) StartWithLogger(log *slog.Logger) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	log := slog.With("source", "backfiller", "name", b.Name)
+	log = log.With("source", "backfiller", "name", b.Name)
 	log.Info("starting backfill processor")
 
 	sem := semaphore.NewWeighted(int64(b.ParallelBackfills))
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@ func (b *Backfiller) Start() {
 	}
 }
 
+// Start starts the backfill processor routine
+func (b *Backfiller) Start() {
+	b.StartWithLogger(slog.Default())
+}
+
 // Stop stops the backfill processor
 func (b *Backfiller) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
 	log := slog.With("source", "backfiller", "name", b.Name)
@@ -351,7 +356,7 @@ type FetchRepoError struct {
 }
 
 func (e *FetchRepoError) Error() string {
-	reason := "unknown error"
+	var reason string
 	if e.StatusCode == http.StatusBadRequest {
 		reason = "repo not found"
 	} else {
diff --git a/backfill/gormstore.go b/backfill/gormstore.go
index 514e5756..e3c394a4 100644
--- a/backfill/gormstore.go
+++ b/backfill/gormstore.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (s *Gormstore) loadJobs(ctx context.Context, limit int) error {
 	retryableIndexClause := ""
 
 	// If the DB is a SQLite DB, we can use INDEXED BY to speed up the query
-	if s.db.Dialector.Name() == "sqlite" {
+	if s.db.Name() == "sqlite" {
 		enqueuedIndexClause = "INDEXED BY enqueued_job_idx"
 		retryableIndexClause = "INDEXED BY retryable_job_idx"
 	}