diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/cache/docWritethrough.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/cache/docWritethrough.ts
index 1b129bb26a..05f13a0d91 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/cache/docWritethrough.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/cache/docWritethrough.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { AnyDocument, Database } from "@budibase/types"
 
-import { JobQueue, createQueue } from "../queue"
+import { JobQueue, Queue, createQueue } from "../queue"
 import * as dbUtils from "../db"
 
 interface ProcessDocMessage {
@@ -12,18 +12,26 @@ interface ProcessDocMessage {
 const PERSIST_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 100
 let processor: DocWritethroughProcessor | undefined
 
-export const docWritethroughProcessorQueue = createQueue<ProcessDocMessage>(
-  JobQueue.DOC_WRITETHROUGH_QUEUE,
-  {
-    jobOptions: {
-      attempts: PERSIST_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
-    },
-  }
-)
+export class DocWritethroughProcessor {
+  private static _queue: Queue
+
+  public static get queue() {
+    if (!DocWritethroughProcessor._queue) {
+      DocWritethroughProcessor._queue = createQueue<ProcessDocMessage>(
+        JobQueue.DOC_WRITETHROUGH_QUEUE,
+        {
+          jobOptions: {
+            attempts: PERSIST_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+          },
+        }
+      )
+    }
+
+    return DocWritethroughProcessor._queue
+  }
 
-class DocWritethroughProcessor {
   init() {
-    docWritethroughProcessorQueue.process(async message => {
+    DocWritethroughProcessor.queue.process(async message => {
       try {
         await this.persistToDb(message.data)
       } catch (err: any) {
@@ -76,7 +84,7 @@ export class DocWritethrough {
   }
 
   async patch(data: Record<string, any>) {
-    await docWritethroughProcessorQueue.add({
+    await DocWritethroughProcessor.queue.add({
       dbName: this.db.name,
       docId: this.docId,
       data,
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/cache/tests/docWritethrough.spec.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/cache/tests/docWritethrough.spec.ts
index 1ae85cfd0b..b40338c408 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/cache/tests/docWritethrough.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/cache/tests/docWritethrough.spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { getDB } from "../../db"
 
 import {
   DocWritethrough,
-  docWritethroughProcessorQueue,
+  DocWritethroughProcessor,
   init,
 } from "../docWritethrough"
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import InMemoryQueue from "../../queue/inMemoryQueue"
 const initialTime = Date.now()
 
 async function waitForQueueCompletion() {
-  const queue: InMemoryQueue = docWritethroughProcessorQueue as never
+  const queue: InMemoryQueue = DocWritethroughProcessor.queue as never
   await queue.waitForCompletion()
 }
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ describe("docWritethrough", () => {
           return acc
         }, {})
       }
-      const queueMessageSpy = jest.spyOn(docWritethroughProcessorQueue, "add")
+      const queueMessageSpy = jest.spyOn(DocWritethroughProcessor.queue, "add")
 
       await config.doInTenant(async () => {
         let patches = await parallelPatch(5)
diff --git a/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
index f89ad95c28..e52d886194 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "types": ["node", "jest"],
     "outDir": "dist",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "baseUrl": ".",
     "paths": {
       "@budibase/types": ["../types/src"],
       "@budibase/backend-core": ["../backend-core/src"],