diff --git a/cmd/frontend/main.go b/cmd/frontend/main.go
index 7c4f0fb7d..f7a82ee34 100644
--- a/cmd/frontend/main.go
+++ b/cmd/frontend/main.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func main() {
 			Addr: cfg.RedisHAHost + ":" + cfg.RedisHAPort,
 		})
 	}
-	server, err := frontend.NewServer(frontend.ServerConfig{
+	config := frontend.ServerConfig{
 		DataSource:           ds,
 		Queue:                fetchQueue,
 		CompletionClient:     haClient,
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ func main() {
 		ThirdPartyPath:       *thirdPartyPath,
 		DevMode:              *devMode,
 		AppVersionLabel:      cfg.AppVersionLabel(),
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf(ctx, "frontend.NewServer: %v", err)
 	}
 	router := dcensus.NewRouter(frontend.TagRoute)
 	var cacheClient *redis.Client
@@ -112,7 +109,10 @@ func main() {
 			Addr: cfg.RedisCacheHost + ":" + cfg.RedisCachePort,
 		})
 	}
-	server.Install(router.Handle, cacheClient)
+	server, err := frontend.CreateAndInstallServer(config, router.Handle, cacheClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf(ctx, "frontend.NewServer: %v", err)
+	}
 	views := append(dcensus.ServerViews,
 		postgres.SearchLatencyDistribution,
 		postgres.SearchResponseCount,
diff --git a/internal/frontend/server.go b/internal/frontend/server.go
index cc54d5765..bd699f69e 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/server.go
+++ b/internal/frontend/server.go
@@ -449,3 +449,18 @@ func parsePageTemplates(base template.TrustedSource) (map[string]*template.Templ
 	}
 	return templates, nil
 }
+
+// CreateAndInstallServer creates a new server object, and installs and registers the routes given to it.
+func CreateAndInstallServer(config ServerConfig, handle func(string, http.Handler), redisClient *redis.Client)(*Server, error){
+	server, err := NewServer(config)
+	if err != nil{
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if redisClient != nil{
+		server.Install(handle, redisClient)
+	}else{
+		server.Install(handle, nil)
+	}
+
+	return server, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/frontend/server_test.go b/internal/frontend/server_test.go
index fb67bb12f..45147b42e 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/server_test.go
+++ b/internal/frontend/server_test.go
@@ -997,19 +997,19 @@ func newTestServer(t *testing.T, proxyModules []*proxy.TestModule, experimentNam
 			return FetchAndUpdateState(ctx, mpath, version, proxyClient, sourceClient, testDB)
 		})
 
-	s, err := NewServer(ServerConfig{
+	config := ServerConfig{
 		DataSource:           testDB,
 		Queue:                q,
 		TaskIDChangeInterval: 10 * time.Minute,
 		StaticPath:           template.TrustedSourceFromConstant("../../content/static"),
 		ThirdPartyPath:       "../../third_party",
 		AppVersionLabel:      "",
-	})
+	}
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	s, err := CreateAndInstallServer(config, mux.Handle, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	mux := http.NewServeMux()
-	s.Install(mux.Handle, nil)
 
 	var exps []*internal.Experiment
 	for _, n := range experimentNames {
diff --git a/internal/testing/integration/frontend_test.go b/internal/testing/integration/frontend_test.go
index f8c974e9f..889c94c2a 100644
--- a/internal/testing/integration/frontend_test.go
+++ b/internal/testing/integration/frontend_test.go
@@ -166,23 +166,22 @@ func TestModulePackageDirectoryResolution(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TODO(https://github.com/golang/go/issues/40096): factor out this code reduce
-// duplication
 func setupFrontend(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, q queue.Queue) *httptest.Server {
 	t.Helper()
-	s, err := frontend.NewServer(frontend.ServerConfig{
+	config := frontend.ServerConfig{
 		DataSource:           testDB,
 		TaskIDChangeInterval: 10 * time.Minute,
 		StaticPath:           template.TrustedSourceFromConstant("../../../content/static"),
 		ThirdPartyPath:       "../../../third_party",
 		AppVersionLabel:      "",
 		Queue:                q,
-	})
+	}
+
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	s, err := frontend.CreateAndInstallServer(config, mux.Handle, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	mux := http.NewServeMux()
-	s.Install(mux.Handle, nil)
 
 	experimenter, err := middleware.NewExperimenter(ctx, 1*time.Minute, testDB)
 	if err != nil {