diff --git a/keyserver/src/keyserver.js b/keyserver/src/keyserver.js
--- a/keyserver/src/keyserver.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/keyserver.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import { initENSCache } from './utils/ens-cache.js';
 import { initFCCache } from './utils/fc-cache.js';
 import { getContentSigningKey } from './utils/olm-utils.js';
+import { isPrimaryNode } from './utils/primary-secondary-utils.js';
 import { getRunServerConfig } from './utils/server-utils.js';
 import {
   prefetchAllURLFacts,
@@ -89,9 +90,6 @@
   const isCPUProfilingEnabled = process.env.KEYSERVER_CPU_PROFILING_ENABLED;
   const areEndpointMetricsEnabled =
     process.env.KEYSERVER_ENDPOINT_METRICS_ENABLED;
-  const isPrimaryNode = process.env.COMM_NODE_ROLE
-    ? process.env.COMM_NODE_ROLE === 'primary'
-    : true;
 
   if (cluster.isMaster) {
     if (isPrimaryNode) {
diff --git a/keyserver/src/utils/primary-secondary-utils.js b/keyserver/src/utils/primary-secondary-utils.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keyserver/src/utils/primary-secondary-utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// @flow
+
+export const isPrimaryNode: boolean = process.env.COMM_NODE_ROLE
+  ? process.env.COMM_NODE_ROLE === 'primary'
+  : true;