diff --git a/packages/api/src/apollo.ts b/packages/api/src/apollo.ts
index 68e1c3645..26725b499 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/apollo.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/apollo.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 import { ApolloServer } from 'apollo-server-express'
 import { ExpressContext } from 'apollo-server-express/dist/ApolloServer'
 import { ApolloServerPlugin } from 'apollo-server-plugin-base'
+import DataLoader from 'dataloader'
 import { Express } from 'express'
 import * as httpContext from 'express-http-context2'
 import type http from 'http'
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ import { functionResolvers } from './resolvers/function_resolvers'
 import { ClaimsToSet, RequestContext, ResolverContext } from './resolvers/types'
 import ScalarResolvers from './scalars'
 import typeDefs from './schema'
+import { batchGetHighlightsFromLibraryItemIds } from './services/highlights'
+import { batchGetLabelsFromLibraryItemIds } from './services/labels'
 import {
   countDailyServiceUsage,
   createServiceUsage,
@@ -100,6 +103,10 @@ const contextFunc: ContextFunction<ExpressContext, ResolverContext> = async ({
     dataSources: {
       readingProgress: new ReadingProgressDataSource(),
     },
+    dataLoaders: {
+      labels: new DataLoader(batchGetLabelsFromLibraryItemIds),
+      highlights: new DataLoader(batchGetHighlightsFromLibraryItemIds),
+    },
   }
 
   return ctx
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
index 2a6396474..e6b997332 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ import {
 } from '../generated/graphql'
 import { getAISummary } from '../services/ai-summaries'
 import { findUserFeatures } from '../services/features'
-import {
-  findHighlightsByLibraryItemId,
-  highlightsLoader,
-} from '../services/highlights'
-import { labelsLoader } from '../services/labels'
 import { findRecommendationsByLibraryItemId } from '../services/recommendation'
 import { findUploadFileById } from '../services/upload_file'
 import {
@@ -443,7 +438,7 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
       if (article.labels) return article.labels
 
       if (article.labelNames?.length) {
-        return labelsLoader.load(article.id)
+        return ctx.dataLoaders.labels.load(article.id)
       }
 
       return []
@@ -519,7 +514,7 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
       if (item.labels) return item.labels
 
       if (item.labelNames?.length) {
-        return labelsLoader.load(item.id)
+        return ctx.dataLoaders.labels.load(item.id)
       }
 
       return []
@@ -566,7 +561,7 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
       if (item.highlights) return item.highlights
 
       if (item.highlightAnnotations?.length) {
-        const highlights = await highlightsLoader.load(item.id)
+        const highlights = await ctx.dataLoaders.highlights.load(item.id)
         return highlights.map(highlightDataToHighlight)
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/types.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/types.ts
index 6fc24405f..927dee9a1 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/types.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/types.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-types */
 import { Span } from '@opentelemetry/api'
 import { Context as ApolloContext } from 'apollo-server-core'
+import DataLoader from 'dataloader'
 import * as jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
 import { EntityManager } from 'typeorm'
 import winston from 'winston'
-import { PubsubClient } from '../pubsub'
 import { ReadingProgressDataSource } from '../datasources/reading_progress_data_source'
+import { Highlight } from '../entity/highlight'
+import { Label } from '../entity/label'
+import { PubsubClient } from '../pubsub'
 
 export interface Claims {
   uid: string
@@ -41,6 +44,10 @@ export interface RequestContext {
   dataSources: {
     readingProgress: ReadingProgressDataSource
   }
+  dataLoaders: {
+    labels: DataLoader<string, Label[]>
+    highlights: DataLoader<string, Highlight[]>
+  }
 }
 
 export type ResolverContext = ApolloContext<RequestContext>
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/highlights.ts b/packages/api/src/services/highlights.ts
index 0b5c527d2..5978ac676 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/highlights.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/highlights.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export type HighlightEvent = Merge<
   EntityEvent
 >
 
-const batchGetHighlightsFromLibraryItemIds = async (
+export const batchGetHighlightsFromLibraryItemIds = async (
   libraryItemIds: readonly string[]
 ): Promise<Highlight[][]> => {
   const libraryItems = await authTrx(async (tx) =>
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ const batchGetHighlightsFromLibraryItemIds = async (
   )
 }
 
-export const highlightsLoader = new DataLoader(
-  batchGetHighlightsFromLibraryItemIds
-)
-
 export const getHighlightLocation = (patch: string): number | undefined => {
   const dmp = new diff_match_patch()
   const patches = dmp.patch_fromText(patch)
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/labels.ts b/packages/api/src/services/labels.ts
index 2d0d5c0af..5cbcbd372 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/labels.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/labels.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export type LabelEvent = Merge<
   EntityEvent
 >
 
-const batchGetLabelsFromLibraryItemIds = async (
+export const batchGetLabelsFromLibraryItemIds = async (
   libraryItemIds: readonly string[]
 ): Promise<Label[][]> => {
   const libraryItems = await authTrx((tx) =>
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ const batchGetLabelsFromLibraryItemIds = async (
   )
 }
 
-export const labelsLoader = new DataLoader(batchGetLabelsFromLibraryItemIds)
-
 export const findOrCreateLabels = async (
   labels: CreateLabelInput[],
   userId: string