diff --git a/frontend/app/components/api/api-v3/hal-link/hal-link.service.ts b/frontend/app/components/api/api-v3/hal-link/hal-link.service.ts
index 3c1297fbf5..a7f85ef885 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/api/api-v3/hal-link/hal-link.service.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/components/api/api-v3/hal-link/hal-link.service.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 // See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
 //++
 
+import {opApiModule} from "../../../../angular-modules";
+
 var $q:ng.IQService;
 var apiV3:restangular.IService;
 
@@ -77,13 +79,13 @@ export class HalLink implements HalLinkInterface {
   }
 }
 
-function halLink(_$q_:ng.IQService, _apiV3_:restangular.IService) {
+function halLinkService(_$q_:ng.IQService, _apiV3_:restangular.IService) {
   $q = _$q_;
   apiV3 = _apiV3_;
 
   return HalLink;
 }
 
-angular
-  .module('openproject.api')
-  .factory('HalLink', ['$q', 'apiV3', halLink]);
+halLinkService.$inject = ['$q', 'apiV3'];
+
+opApiModule.factory('HalLink', halLinkService);