diff --git a/cmd/serve.go b/cmd/serve.go
index 5afef9f..717e50e 100644
--- a/cmd/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/serve.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func init() {
 	events.MustViperFlagsForSubscriber(viper.GetViper(), serveCmd.Flags())
 
 	serveCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSlice("events-topics", []string{}, "event topics to subscribe to")
-	viperx.MustBindFlag(viper.GetViper(), "events.topics", serveCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("events-topics"))
+	viperx.MustBindFlag(viper.GetViper(), "events.subscriber.topics", serveCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("events-topics"))
 
 	oauth2x.MustViperFlags(viper.GetViper(), serveCmd.Flags())
 	permissions.MustViperFlags(viper.GetViper(), serveCmd.Flags())
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ func serve(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 		logger.Fatalw("error initializing service", "error", err)
 	}
 
-	subscriber, err := pubsub.NewSubscriber(cmd.Context(), config.AppConfig.Events.Subscriber, service,
+	subscriber, err := pubsub.NewSubscriber(cmd.Context(), config.AppConfig.Events.Subscriber.SubscriberConfig, service,
 		pubsub.WithLogger(logger),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalw("unable to initialize event subscriber", "error", err)
 	}
 
-	for _, topic := range viper.GetStringSlice("events.topics") {
+	for _, topic := range config.AppConfig.Events.Subscriber.Topics {
 		if err := subscriber.Subscribe(topic); err != nil {
 			logger.Fatalw("error subscribing to topic: "+topic, "topic", topic, "error", err)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 7967d2b..cb7ee37 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -29,10 +29,16 @@ var AppConfig struct {
 // EventsConfig defines the configuration setting up both subscriptions and publishing
 type EventsConfig struct {
 	Publisher  events.PublisherConfig
-	Subscriber events.SubscriberConfig
+	Subscriber SubscriberConfig
 }
 
 // OIDCClientConfig defines the configuration for OIDC Client Credentials.
 type OIDCClientConfig struct {
 	Client oauth2x.Config
 }
+
+// SubscriberConfig extends events SubscriberConfig by adding topics.
+type SubscriberConfig struct {
+	events.SubscriberConfig `mapstructure:",squash"`
+	Topics                  []string
+}