diff --git a/src/LinkValidator/LinkValidator.csproj b/src/LinkValidator/LinkValidator.csproj
index a312450..51611f6 100644
--- a/src/LinkValidator/LinkValidator.csproj
+++ b/src/LinkValidator/LinkValidator.csproj
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
         <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+        <PublishAot>true</PublishAot>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/LinkValidator/Program.cs b/src/LinkValidator/Program.cs
index 71c2e26..9d3a114 100644
--- a/src/LinkValidator/Program.cs
+++ b/src/LinkValidator/Program.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ public static async Task<int> Main(string[] args)
                 return;
             }
 
-            var system = ActorSystem.Create("CrawlerSystem", "akka.loglevel = INFO");
+            var system = ActorSystem.Create("CrawlerSystem",
+                BootstrapSetup.Create().WithActorRefProvider(ProviderSelection.Local.Instance)
+                    .WithConfig("akka.loglevel = INFO"));
             var absoluteUri = new AbsoluteUri(new Uri(url));
             var results = await CrawlWebsite(system, absoluteUri);
             var markdown = GenerateMarkdown(absoluteUri, results);