diff --git a/brozzler/cli.py b/brozzler/cli.py
index e44d9f4..946d464 100755
--- a/brozzler/cli.py
+++ b/brozzler/cli.py
@@ -560,11 +560,11 @@ def brozzler_worker(argv=None):
     rr = rethinker(args)
     frontier = brozzler.RethinkDbFrontier(rr)
     service_registry = doublethink.ServiceRegistry(rr)
-    skip_av_seeds = get_skip_av_seeds()
+    skip_av_seeds_from_file = get_skip_av_seeds()
     worker = brozzler.worker.BrozzlerWorker(
         frontier,
         service_registry,
-        skip_av_seeds=skip_av_seeds,
+        skip_av_seeds=skip_av_seeds_from_file,
         max_browsers=int(args.max_browsers),
         chrome_exe=args.chrome_exe,
         proxy=args.proxy,
diff --git a/brozzler/worker.py b/brozzler/worker.py
index da046bc..5fde0d1 100644
--- a/brozzler/worker.py
+++ b/brozzler/worker.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
     ):
         self._frontier = frontier
         self._service_registry = service_registry
+        self._skip_av_seeds = skip_av_seeds
         self._max_browsers = max_browsers
 
         self._warcprox_auto = warcprox_auto