diff --git a/apps/rl/llama3_8b.yaml b/apps/rl/llama3_8b.yaml
index ac4635575..45b5eca28 100644
--- a/apps/rl/llama3_8b.yaml
+++ b/apps/rl/llama3_8b.yaml
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ trainer:
     flavor: 8B
     tokenizer_path: /tmp/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
 
-  processes:
-    scheduler: local # local | mast (not supported yet)
-    num_hosts: 1
-    with_gpus: True
-    num_procs: 4
 
   optimizer:
     name: AdamW
@@ -65,11 +60,6 @@ replay_buffer:
   batch_size: 2
   max_policy_age: 2
   seed: None
-  processes:
-    scheduler: local # local | mast (not supported yet)
-    num_hosts: 1
-    with_gpus: False
-    num_procs: 1
 
 # policy:
 #   scheduler:
diff --git a/apps/rl/main.py b/apps/rl/main.py
index 1e5e6f116..02255b063 100644
--- a/apps/rl/main.py
+++ b/apps/rl/main.py
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@
 import sys
 
 from forge.actors import ReplayBuffer, RLTrainer
-
 from forge.cli.config import parse
-from forge.controller import spawn_actors
+from forge.controller.service import ServiceConfig, shutdown_service, spawn_service
 from omegaconf import DictConfig
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -25,32 +24,23 @@
 
 
 async def run(cfg: DictConfig):
-    trainer, buffer = await asyncio.gather(
-        spawn_actors(
-            name="trainer",
-            actor_cls=RLTrainer,
-            cfg=cfg.trainer,
-            processes=cfg.trainer.pop("processes"),
-            set_address=True,
+    trainer, replay_buffer = await asyncio.gather(
+        spawn_service(
+            ServiceConfig(procs_per_replica=1, with_gpus=True, num_replicas=4),
+            RLTrainer,
+            **cfg.trainer,
         ),
-        spawn_actors(
-            name="replay_buffer",
-            actor_cls=ReplayBuffer,
-            cfg=cfg.replay_buffer,
-            processes=cfg.replay_buffer.pop("processes"),
+        spawn_service(
+            ServiceConfig(procs_per_replica=1, num_replicas=1),
+            ReplayBuffer,
+            **cfg.replay_buffer,
         ),
     )
-    print("Actors spawned")
-
-    # Initialize everything
-    await asyncio.gather(
-        buffer.setup.call(),
-        trainer.setup.call(),
-    )
-    print("Setup done")
+    print("Services initialized....")
 
     print("shutting down...")
-    await asyncio.gather(*[a.mesh.stop() for a in [trainer]])
+    await shutdown_service(trainer)
+    await shutdown_service(replay_buffer)
 
 
 @parse