diff --git a/backend/infrahub/message_bus/operations/transform/jinja.py b/backend/infrahub/message_bus/operations/transform/jinja.py
index f3ca53ab4a..d3166cf3e6 100644
--- a/backend/infrahub/message_bus/operations/transform/jinja.py
+++ b/backend/infrahub/message_bus/operations/transform/jinja.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ async def template(message: TransformJinjaTemplate, service: InfrahubServices) -
         await service.reply(message=response, initiator=message)
 
 
-@flow
+@flow(persist_result=True)
 async def transform_render_jinja2_template(message: TransformJinjaTemplateData) -> str:
     service = services.service
     repo = await get_initialized_repo(
diff --git a/backend/infrahub/services/adapters/workflow/worker.py b/backend/infrahub/services/adapters/workflow/worker.py
index 668b9e1700..e51c17e3d7 100644
--- a/backend/infrahub/services/adapters/workflow/worker.py
+++ b/backend/infrahub/services/adapters/workflow/worker.py
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import base64
-import json
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Awaitable, Callable
 
-import cloudpickle
 from prefect.client.orchestration import get_client
 from prefect.client.schemas.actions import WorkPoolCreate
 from prefect.deployments import run_deployment
@@ -54,16 +50,7 @@ async def execute(
             response: FlowRun = await run_deployment(name=workflow.full_name, parameters=kwargs or {})  # type: ignore[return-value, misc]
             if not response.state:
                 raise RuntimeError("Unable to read state from the response")
-            result = response.state.result()
-
-            with Path(result.storage_key).open(encoding="utf-8") as f:
-                result_data = json.load(f)
-            encoded_data = result_data["data"]
-            decoded_data = base64.b64decode(encoded_data)
-
-            if result_data["serializer"]["type"] == "pickle":
-                return cloudpickle.loads(decoded_data)
-            raise ValueError("Unsupported serializer type")
+            return await response.state.result(fetch=True, raise_on_failure=True)  # type: ignore[call-overload]
 
         if function:
             return await function(**kwargs)
diff --git a/backend/infrahub/workers/infrahub_async.py b/backend/infrahub/workers/infrahub_async.py
index 63d14efcb4..de08b11197 100644
--- a/backend/infrahub/workers/infrahub_async.py
+++ b/backend/infrahub/workers/infrahub_async.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import importlib
 import logging
+import os
 from typing import Any, Optional
 
 import typer
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ async def setup(self, **kwargs: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         logging.getLogger("aiormq").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
         logging.getLogger("git").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
 
-        config.load_and_exit()
+        config_file = os.environ.get("INFRAHUB_CONFIG", "infrahub.toml")
+        config.load_and_exit(config_file_name=config_file)
 
         self._logger.debug(f"Using Infrahub API at {config.SETTINGS.main.internal_address}")
         client = InfrahubClient(