diff --git a/operators/src/util/wrap_with_projection_and_resample.rs b/operators/src/util/wrap_with_projection_and_resample.rs
index d1663b5ef..c7e314228 100644
--- a/operators/src/util/wrap_with_projection_and_resample.rs
+++ b/operators/src/util/wrap_with_projection_and_resample.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 use crate::engine::{
-    CanonicOperatorName, ExecutionContext, InitializedRasterOperator, RasterOperator,
-    RasterResultDescriptor, ResultDescriptor, SingleRasterOrVectorSource, WorkflowOperatorPath,
+    ExecutionContext, InitializedRasterOperator, RasterOperator, RasterResultDescriptor,
+    ResultDescriptor, SingleRasterOrVectorSource, WorkflowOperatorPath,
 };
 use crate::error::{self, Optimization};
 use crate::processing::{
     DeriveOutRasterSpecsSource, Downsampling, DownsamplingMethod, DownsamplingParams,
-    DownsamplingResolution, InitializedRasterReprojection, Interpolation, InterpolationMethod,
-    InterpolationParams, InterpolationResolution, Reprojection, ReprojectionParams,
+    DownsamplingResolution, Interpolation, InterpolationMethod, InterpolationParams,
+    InterpolationResolution, Reprojection, ReprojectionParams,
 };
 use crate::util::Result;
 use crate::util::input::RasterOrVectorOperator;
 use geoengine_datatypes::primitives::{
     Coordinate2D, SpatialResolution, find_next_best_overview_level_resolution,
 };
-use geoengine_datatypes::raster::TilingSpecification;
 use geoengine_datatypes::spatial_reference::SpatialReference;
 use snafu::ResultExt;
 
@@ -44,11 +43,11 @@ impl WrapWithProjectionAndResample {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn wrap_with_projection(
+    pub async fn wrap_with_projection(
         self,
         target_sref: SpatialReference,
         _target_origin_reference: Option<Coordinate2D>, // TODO: add resampling if origin does not match! Could also do that in projection and avoid extra operation?
-        tiling_spec: TilingSpecification,
+        exe_ctx: &dyn ExecutionContext,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let result_sref = self
             .result_descriptor
@@ -75,20 +74,16 @@ impl WrapWithProjectionAndResample {
                 sources: SingleRasterOrVectorSource {
                     source: RasterOrVectorOperator::Raster(self.operator),
                 },
-            };
+            }
+            .boxed();
 
-            // create the inititalized operator directly, to avoid re-initializing everything
-            // TODO: update the workflow operator path in all operators of the graph!
-            let irp = InitializedRasterReprojection::try_new_with_input(
-                CanonicOperatorName::from(&reprojected_workflow),
-                WorkflowOperatorPath::initialize_root(), // FIXME: this is not correct since the root is the child operator
-                reprojection_params,
-                self.initialized_operator,
-                tiling_spec,
-            )?;
-            let rd = irp.result_descriptor().clone();
+            let irp = reprojected_workflow
+                .clone()
+                .initialize(WorkflowOperatorPath::initialize_root(), exe_ctx)
+                .await?;
 
-            Self::new(reprojected_workflow.boxed(), irp.boxed(), rd)
+            let rd = irp.result_descriptor().clone();
+            Self::new(reprojected_workflow, irp.boxed(), rd)
         };
         Ok(res)
     }
@@ -258,10 +253,10 @@ impl WrapWithProjectionAndResample {
         target_origin_reference: Option<Coordinate2D>,
         target_spatial_resolution: Option<SpatialResolution>,
         target_sref: SpatialReference,
-        tiling_spec: TilingSpecification,
         exe_ctx: &dyn ExecutionContext,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
-        self.wrap_with_projection(target_sref, target_origin_reference, tiling_spec)?
+        self.wrap_with_projection(target_sref, target_origin_reference, exe_ctx)
+            .await?
             .wrap_with_resample(target_origin_reference, target_spatial_resolution, exe_ctx)
             .await
     }
diff --git a/services/src/api/handlers/wcs.rs b/services/src/api/handlers/wcs.rs
index 1bf1da862..689d273bf 100644
--- a/services/src/api/handlers/wcs.rs
+++ b/services/src/api/handlers/wcs.rs
@@ -409,7 +409,6 @@ async fn wcs_get_coverage<C: ApplicationContext>(
             Some(request_partition.upper_left()), // TODO: set none if not changed? But how to handle mapping to grid?
             request_resolution,
             request_spatial_ref,
-            tiling_spec,
             &execution_context,
         )
         .await?;
diff --git a/services/src/api/handlers/wms.rs b/services/src/api/handlers/wms.rs
index e0a00da2e..51d5ebcc8 100644
--- a/services/src/api/handlers/wms.rs
+++ b/services/src/api/handlers/wms.rs
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ async fn wms_get_map<C: ApplicationContext>(
                 None, // this needs to be `None`` to avoid moving the data origin to a png pixel origin. Since the WMS requests are not consistent with their origins using them distortes the results more then it helps.
                 Some(request_resolution),
                 request_spatial_ref.into(),
-                tiling_spec,
                 &execution_context,
             )
             .await?;