diff --git a/contracts/feeds/chainlink/OverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory.sol b/contracts/feeds/chainlink/OverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory.sol
index b32ce195..f0b3d68c 100644
--- a/contracts/feeds/chainlink/OverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory.sol
+++ b/contracts/feeds/chainlink/OverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory.sol
@@ -6,18 +6,22 @@ import "./OverlayV1ChainlinkFeed.sol";
 import "../../interfaces/feeds/chainlink/IOverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory.sol";
 
 contract OverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory is IOverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory, OverlayV1FeedFactory {
+    address public immutable OV;
     // registry of feeds; for a given aggregator pair, returns associated feed
     mapping(address => address) public getFeed;
 
-    constructor(uint256 _microWindow, uint256 _macroWindow)
+    constructor(address _ov, uint256 _microWindow, uint256 _macroWindow)
         OverlayV1FeedFactory(_microWindow, _macroWindow)
-    {}
+    {
+        require(_ov != address(0), "OVV1: invalid ov");
+        OV = _ov;
+    }
 
     /// @dev deploys a new feed contract
     /// @param _aggregator chainlink price feed
     /// @param _heartbeat expected update frequency of the feed
     /// @return _feed address of the new feed
-    function deployFeed(address _ov, address _aggregator, uint256 _heartbeat)
+    function deployFeed(address _aggregator, uint256 _heartbeat)
         external
         returns (address _feed)
     {
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ contract OverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory is IOverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory, Overla
 
         // Create a new Feed contract
         _feed = address(
-            new OverlayV1ChainlinkFeed(_ov, _aggregator, microWindow, macroWindow, _heartbeat)
+            new OverlayV1ChainlinkFeed(OV, _aggregator, microWindow, macroWindow, _heartbeat)
         );
 
         // store feed registry record for _aggregator and record address as deployed feed
diff --git a/contracts/interfaces/feeds/chainlink/IOverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory.sol b/contracts/interfaces/feeds/chainlink/IOverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory.sol
index 975ddcb2..67fef962 100644
--- a/contracts/interfaces/feeds/chainlink/IOverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory.sol
+++ b/contracts/interfaces/feeds/chainlink/IOverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory.sol
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ interface IOverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory is IOverlayV1FeedFactory {
 
     /// @dev deploys a new feed contract
     /// @return _feed address of the new feed
-    function deployFeed(address _ov, address _aggregator, uint256 _heartbeat)
+    function deployFeed(address _aggregator, uint256 _heartbeat)
         external
         returns (address _feed);
 }
diff --git a/tests/OverlayV1ChainlinkFeed.t.sol b/tests/OverlayV1ChainlinkFeed.t.sol
index 4331210d..88065a6c 100644
--- a/tests/OverlayV1ChainlinkFeed.t.sol
+++ b/tests/OverlayV1ChainlinkFeed.t.sol
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ contract MarketTest is Test {
         vm.createSelectFork(vm.envString("RPC"), 169_490_320);
         ov = new OverlayV1Token();
         aggregator = new AggregatorMock();
-        feedFactory = new OverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory(600, 3600);
-        feed = OverlayV1ChainlinkFeed(
-            feedFactory.deployFeed(address(ov), address(aggregator), 60 minutes)
-        );
+        feedFactory = new OverlayV1ChainlinkFeedFactory(address(ov), 600, 3600);
+        feed = OverlayV1ChainlinkFeed(feedFactory.deployFeed(address(aggregator), 60 minutes));
         ov.grantRole(GOVERNOR_ROLE, GOVERNOR);
     }