diff --git a/codewiki/src/config.py b/codewiki/src/config.py
index 0bd4c906..dfd58b4e 100644
--- a/codewiki/src/config.py
+++ b/codewiki/src/config.py
@@ -349,6 +349,24 @@ def from_args(cls, args: argparse.Namespace) -> 'Config':
             fallback_base_url=LLM_BASE_URL
         )
     
+    @classmethod
+    def from_web_job(cls, repo_path: str, docs_dir: str) -> 'Config':
+        """Create configuration for a web-app documentation job.
+
+        Same environment-driven resolution as :meth:`from_args`, but takes the
+        job's repository path and output directory directly instead of an
+        argparse.Namespace. The web app's background worker has no CLI args to
+        pass, and building a fake Namespace at the call site just to satisfy
+        from_args() hid this dependency.
+
+        Args:
+            repo_path: Path to the cloned repository to document.
+            docs_dir: Job-specific directory for the generated documentation.
+        """
+        config = cls.from_args(argparse.Namespace(repo_path=repo_path))
+        config.docs_dir = docs_dir
+        return config
+
     @classmethod
     def from_cli(
         cls,
diff --git a/codewiki/src/fe/background_worker.py b/codewiki/src/fe/background_worker.py
index a9fe7729..cd68caa7 100644
--- a/codewiki/src/fe/background_worker.py
+++ b/codewiki/src/fe/background_worker.py
@@ -207,11 +207,8 @@ def _process_job(self, job_id: str):
             job.progress = "Analyzing repository structure..."
             
             # Create config for documentation generation (using env vars)
-            import argparse
-            args = argparse.Namespace(repo_path=temp_repo_dir)
-            config = Config.from_args(args)
-            # Override docs_dir with job-specific directory using config constants
-            config.docs_dir = os.path.join(OUTPUT_BASE_DIR, DOCS_DIR, f"{job_id}-docs")
+            docs_dir = os.path.join(OUTPUT_BASE_DIR, DOCS_DIR, f"{job_id}-docs")
+            config = Config.from_web_job(repo_path=temp_repo_dir, docs_dir=docs_dir)
             
             job.progress = "Generating documentation..."