diff --git a/mountpoint-s3/examples/fs_benchmark.rs b/mountpoint-s3/examples/fs_benchmark.rs
index a8cfc0f8d..1ebaeaa4b 100644
--- a/mountpoint-s3/examples/fs_benchmark.rs
+++ b/mountpoint-s3/examples/fs_benchmark.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use fuser::{BackgroundSession, MountOption, Session};
 use mountpoint_s3::fuse::S3FuseFilesystem;
 use mountpoint_s3::prefetch::default_prefetch;
-use mountpoint_s3::S3FilesystemConfig;
+use mountpoint_s3::{S3Filesystem, S3FilesystemConfig};
 use mountpoint_s3_client::config::{EndpointConfig, S3ClientConfig};
 use mountpoint_s3_client::S3CrtClient;
 use mountpoint_s3_crt::common::rust_log_adapter::RustLogAdapter;
@@ -169,12 +169,9 @@ fn mount_file_system(
         mountpoint.to_str().unwrap()
     );
     let prefetcher = default_prefetch(runtime, Default::default());
-    let session = Session::new(
-        S3FuseFilesystem::new(client, prefetcher, bucket_name, &Default::default(), filesystem_config),
-        mountpoint,
-        &options,
-    )
-    .expect("Should have created FUSE session successfully");
+    let fs = S3Filesystem::new(client, prefetcher, bucket_name, &Default::default(), filesystem_config);
+    let session = Session::new(S3FuseFilesystem::new(fs), mountpoint, &options)
+        .expect("Should have created FUSE session successfully");
 
     BackgroundSession::new(session).expect("Should have started FUSE session successfully")
 }
diff --git a/mountpoint-s3/src/cli.rs b/mountpoint-s3/src/cli.rs
index 07dfb5830..e578d22e5 100644
--- a/mountpoint-s3/src/cli.rs
+++ b/mountpoint-s3/src/cli.rs
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ use nix::unistd::ForkResult;
 use regex::Regex;
 use sysinfo::{RefreshKind, System};
 
-use crate::build_info;
 use crate::data_cache::{CacheLimit, DiskDataCache, DiskDataCacheConfig, ExpressDataCache, ManagedCacheDir};
-use crate::fs::{CacheConfig, S3FilesystemConfig, ServerSideEncryption, TimeToLive};
+use crate::fs::{CacheConfig, ServerSideEncryption, TimeToLive};
 use crate::fuse::session::FuseSession;
 use crate::fuse::S3FuseFilesystem;
 use crate::logging::{init_logging, prepare_log_file_name, LoggingConfig};
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ use crate::mem_limiter::MINIMUM_MEM_LIMIT;
 use crate::prefetch::{caching_prefetch, default_prefetch, Prefetch};
 use crate::prefix::Prefix;
 use crate::s3::S3Personality;
-use crate::{autoconfigure, metrics};
+use crate::{autoconfigure, build_info, metrics, S3Filesystem, S3FilesystemConfig};
 
 const CLIENT_OPTIONS_HEADER: &str = "Client options";
 const MOUNT_OPTIONS_HEADER: &str = "Mount options";
@@ -928,9 +927,10 @@ where
     Prefetcher: Prefetch + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
     tracing::trace!(?filesystem_config, "creating file system");
-    let fs = S3FuseFilesystem::new(client, prefetcher, bucket_name, prefix, filesystem_config);
+    let fs = S3Filesystem::new(client, prefetcher, bucket_name, prefix, filesystem_config);
+    let fuse_fs = S3FuseFilesystem::new(fs);
     tracing::debug!(?fuse_session_config, "creating fuse session");
-    let session = Session::new(fs, &fuse_session_config.mount_point, &fuse_session_config.options)
+    let session = Session::new(fuse_fs, &fuse_session_config.mount_point, &fuse_session_config.options)
         .context("Failed to create FUSE session")?;
     let session = FuseSession::new(session, fuse_session_config.max_threads).context("Failed to start FUSE session")?;
 
diff --git a/mountpoint-s3/src/fuse.rs b/mountpoint-s3/src/fuse.rs
index 2df0ef311..f89d04d89 100644
--- a/mountpoint-s3/src/fuse.rs
+++ b/mountpoint-s3/src/fuse.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ use std::time::SystemTime;
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use tracing::{field, instrument, Instrument};
 
-use crate::fs::{DirectoryEntry, DirectoryReplier, InodeNo, S3Filesystem, S3FilesystemConfig, ToErrno};
+use crate::fs::{DirectoryEntry, DirectoryReplier, InodeNo, S3Filesystem, ToErrno};
 use crate::prefetch::Prefetch;
-use crate::prefix::Prefix;
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 use fuser::ReplyXTimes;
 use fuser::{
@@ -76,15 +75,7 @@ where
     Client: ObjectClient + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
     Prefetcher: Prefetch,
 {
-    pub fn new(
-        client: Client,
-        prefetcher: Prefetcher,
-        bucket: &str,
-        prefix: &Prefix,
-        config: S3FilesystemConfig,
-    ) -> Self {
-        let fs = S3Filesystem::new(client, prefetcher, bucket, prefix, config);
-
+    pub fn new(fs: S3Filesystem<Client, Prefetcher>) -> Self {
         Self { fs }
     }
 }
diff --git a/mountpoint-s3/tests/common/fuse.rs b/mountpoint-s3/tests/common/fuse.rs
index 68adc376b..97fc302e2 100644
--- a/mountpoint-s3/tests/common/fuse.rs
+++ b/mountpoint-s3/tests/common/fuse.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use mountpoint_s3::data_cache::DataCache;
 use mountpoint_s3::fuse::S3FuseFilesystem;
 use mountpoint_s3::prefetch::{Prefetch, PrefetcherConfig};
 use mountpoint_s3::prefix::Prefix;
-use mountpoint_s3::S3FilesystemConfig;
+use mountpoint_s3::{S3Filesystem, S3FilesystemConfig};
 use mountpoint_s3_client::config::S3ClientAuthConfig;
 use mountpoint_s3_client::types::{ObjectPart, PutObjectParams};
 use mountpoint_s3_client::ObjectClient;
@@ -110,7 +110,13 @@ where
 
     let prefix = Prefix::new(prefix).expect("valid prefix");
     let session = Session::new(
-        S3FuseFilesystem::new(client, prefetcher, bucket, &prefix, filesystem_config),
+        S3FuseFilesystem::new(S3Filesystem::new(
+            client,
+            prefetcher,
+            bucket,
+            &prefix,
+            filesystem_config,
+        )),
         mount_dir,
         &options,
     )