How to get ros2 param list to work with simple custom node?

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I have following test.cpp:

#include <project/test.h>

void signalHandler(int signum){
    std::cerr << "Received signal" << std::endl;
    rclcpp::shutdown();
}

int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
    signal(SIGTERM, signalHandler);

    rclcpp::init(argc, argv);

    rclcpp::executors::SingleThreadedExecutor exe;

    std::shared_ptr<Foo> lc_node = std::make_shared<Foo>();

    exe.add_node(lc_node->get_node_base_interface());
    exe.spin();
//    rclcpp::shutdown();
    std::cerr << "Closed" << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

with test.h just being:

#include <rclcpp/rclcpp.hpp>
#include <rclcpp_lifecycle/lifecycle_node.hpp>

class Foo : public rclcpp_lifecycle::LifecycleNode {
public:
    Foo() : rclcpp_lifecycle::LifecycleNode("foo"){
        std::cerr << "Running test node" << std::endl;
    };

private:

};

now I can run the node successfully directly from clion and everything works, callbacks get called topics get published and I see my published markers in rviz. Now I wanted to integrate with rqt but when I try to click on the node it just freezes and gives me following error message:

[WARN] [1630415189.108735450] [rqt_reconfigure]: Failed to retrieve parameters from node: asynchronous service call failed: the target node may not be spinning

ros2 param list returns Exception while calling service of node '/foo': None

What am I missing? Why can't I get the parameters of my node?