diff --git a/bin/tootctl b/bin/tootctl
index a9ebb22c6dc..9c7ae8b8712 100755
--- a/bin/tootctl
+++ b/bin/tootctl
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ require_relative '../config/boot'
 require_relative '../lib/cli'
 
 begin
-  Mastodon::CLI.start(ARGV)
+  Chewy.strategy(:mastodon) do
+    Mastodon::CLI.start(ARGV)
+  end
 rescue Interrupt
   exit(130)
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/chewy.rb b/config/initializers/chewy.rb
index 752fc3c6dfe..2a91efefc8d 100644
--- a/config/initializers/chewy.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/chewy.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Chewy.settings = {
 # cycle, which takes care of checking if Elasticsearch is enabled
 # or not. However, mind that for the Rails console, the :urgent
 # strategy is set automatically with no way to override it.
-Chewy.root_strategy              = :mastodon
 Chewy.request_strategy           = :mastodon
 Chewy.use_after_commit_callbacks = false
 
diff --git a/lib/mastodon/sidekiq_middleware.rb b/lib/mastodon/sidekiq_middleware.rb
index c75e8401f5f..9832e1a27c9 100644
--- a/lib/mastodon/sidekiq_middleware.rb
+++ b/lib/mastodon/sidekiq_middleware.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 class Mastodon::SidekiqMiddleware
   BACKTRACE_LIMIT = 3
 
-  def call(*)
-    yield
+  def call(*, &block)
+    Chewy.strategy(:mastodon, &block)
   rescue Mastodon::HostValidationError
     # Do not retry
   rescue => e