diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index d475bba8d1..9dab2f1a88 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@
           }
         ],
         "no-redeclare": "off",
-        "@typescript-eslint/no-redeclare": "error"
+        "@typescript-eslint/no-redeclare": "error",
+        // have to turn this off to allow function overloading in typescript
+        "no-dupe-class-members": "off"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -88,7 +90,9 @@
         "jest/expect-expect": "off",
         // We do this in some tests where the behaviour of internal tables
         // differs to external, but the API is broadly the same
-        "jest/no-conditional-expect": "off"
+        "jest/no-conditional-expect": "off",
+        // have to turn this off to allow function overloading in typescript
+        "no-dupe-class-members": "off"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/Replication.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/Replication.ts
index 735c2fa86e..617269df10 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/Replication.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/Replication.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,31 @@
 import PouchDB from "pouchdb"
 import { getPouchDB, closePouchDB } from "./couch"
-import { DocumentType } from "../constants"
+import { DocumentType } from "@budibase/types"
+
+enum ReplicationDirection {
+  TO_PRODUCTION = "toProduction",
+  TO_DEV = "toDev",
+}
 
 class Replication {
   source: PouchDB.Database
   target: PouchDB.Database
+  direction: ReplicationDirection | undefined
 
   constructor({ source, target }: { source: string; target: string }) {
     this.source = getPouchDB(source)
     this.target = getPouchDB(target)
+    if (
+      source.startsWith(DocumentType.APP_DEV) &&
+      target.startsWith(DocumentType.APP)
+    ) {
+      this.direction = ReplicationDirection.TO_PRODUCTION
+    } else if (
+      source.startsWith(DocumentType.APP) &&
+      target.startsWith(DocumentType.APP_DEV)
+    ) {
+      this.direction = ReplicationDirection.TO_DEV
+    }
   }
 
   async close() {
@@ -40,12 +57,18 @@ class Replication {
     }
 
     const filter = opts.filter
+    const direction = this.direction
+    const toDev = direction === ReplicationDirection.TO_DEV
     delete opts.filter
 
     return {
       ...opts,
       filter: (doc: any, params: any) => {
-        if (doc._id && doc._id.startsWith(DocumentType.AUTOMATION_LOG)) {
+        // don't sync design documents
+        if (toDev && doc._id?.startsWith("_design")) {
+          return false
+        }
+        if (doc._id?.startsWith(DocumentType.AUTOMATION_LOG)) {
           return false
         }
         if (doc._id === DocumentType.APP_METADATA) {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
index ef351f7d4d..8194d1aabf 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   isDocument,
   RowResponse,
   RowValue,
+  SQLiteDefinition,
   SqlQueryBinding,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { getCouchInfo } from "./connections"
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ import { ReadStream, WriteStream } from "fs"
 import { newid } from "../../docIds/newid"
 import { SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID } from "../../constants"
 import { DDInstrumentedDatabase } from "../instrumentation"
+import { checkSlashesInUrl } from "../../helpers"
+import env from "../../environment"
 
 const DATABASE_NOT_FOUND = "Database does not exist."
 
@@ -281,25 +284,61 @@ export class DatabaseImpl implements Database {
     })
   }
 
+  async _sqlQuery<T>(
+    url: string,
+    method: "POST" | "GET",
+    body?: Record<string, any>
+  ): Promise<T> {
+    url = checkSlashesInUrl(`${this.couchInfo.sqlUrl}/${url}`)
+    const args: { url: string; method: string; cookie: string; body?: any } = {
+      url,
+      method,
+      cookie: this.couchInfo.cookie,
+    }
+    if (body) {
+      args.body = body
+    }
+    return this.performCall(() => {
+      return async () => {
+        const response = await directCouchUrlCall(args)
+        const json = await response.json()
+        if (response.status > 300) {
+          throw json
+        }
+        return json as T
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
   async sql<T extends Document>(
     sql: string,
     parameters?: SqlQueryBinding
   ): Promise<T[]> {
     const dbName = this.name
     const url = `/${dbName}/${SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID}`
-    const response = await directCouchUrlCall({
-      url: `${this.couchInfo.sqlUrl}/${url}`,
-      method: "POST",
-      cookie: this.couchInfo.cookie,
-      body: {
-        query: sql,
-        args: parameters,
-      },
+    return await this._sqlQuery<T[]>(url, "POST", {
+      query: sql,
+      args: parameters,
     })
-    if (response.status > 300) {
-      throw new Error(await response.text())
+  }
+
+  // checks design document is accurate (cleans up tables)
+  // this will check the design document and remove anything from
+  // disk which is not supposed to be there
+  async sqlDiskCleanup(): Promise<void> {
+    const dbName = this.name
+    const url = `/${dbName}/_cleanup`
+    return await this._sqlQuery<void>(url, "POST")
+  }
+
+  // removes a document from sqlite
+  async sqlPurgeDocument(docIds: string[] | string): Promise<void> {
+    if (!Array.isArray(docIds)) {
+      docIds = [docIds]
     }
-    return (await response.json()) as T[]
+    const dbName = this.name
+    const url = `/${dbName}/_purge`
+    return await this._sqlQuery<void>(url, "POST", { docs: docIds })
   }
 
   async query<T extends Document>(
@@ -314,6 +353,17 @@ export class DatabaseImpl implements Database {
 
   async destroy() {
     try {
+      if (env.SQS_SEARCH_ENABLE) {
+        // delete the design document, then run the cleanup operation
+        try {
+          const definition = await this.get<SQLiteDefinition>(
+            SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID
+          )
+          await this.remove(SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID, definition._rev)
+        } finally {
+          await this.sqlDiskCleanup()
+        }
+      }
       return await this.nano().db.destroy(this.name)
     } catch (err: any) {
       // didn't exist, don't worry
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/utils.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/utils.ts
index 005b02a896..270d953320 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/utils.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export async function directCouchUrlCall({
   url: string
   cookie: string
   method: string
-  body?: any
+  body?: Record<string, any>
 }) {
   const params: any = {
     method: method,
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/instrumentation.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/instrumentation.ts
index 32ba81ebd8..4e2b147ef3 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/instrumentation.ts
@@ -56,12 +56,17 @@ export class DDInstrumentedDatabase implements Database {
     })
   }
 
+  remove(idOrDoc: Document): Promise<DocumentDestroyResponse>
+  remove(idOrDoc: string, rev?: string): Promise<DocumentDestroyResponse>
   remove(
-    id: string | Document,
-    rev?: string | undefined
+    idOrDoc: string | Document,
+    rev?: string
   ): Promise<DocumentDestroyResponse> {
     return tracer.trace("db.remove", span => {
-      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name, doc_id: id })
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name, doc_id: idOrDoc })
+      const isDocument = typeof idOrDoc === "object"
+      const id = isDocument ? idOrDoc._id! : idOrDoc
+      rev = isDocument ? idOrDoc._rev : rev
       return this.db.remove(id, rev)
     })
   }
@@ -160,4 +165,18 @@ export class DDInstrumentedDatabase implements Database {
       return this.db.sql(sql, parameters)
     })
   }
+
+  sqlPurgeDocument(docIds: string[] | string): Promise<void> {
+    return tracer.trace("db.sqlPurgeDocument", span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name })
+      return this.db.sqlPurgeDocument(docIds)
+    })
+  }
+
+  sqlDiskCleanup(): Promise<void> {
+    return tracer.trace("db.sqlDiskCleanup", span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name })
+      return this.db.sqlDiskCleanup()
+    })
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
index 9ade81b9d7..20ff16739f 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ const environment = {
   API_ENCRYPTION_KEY: getAPIEncryptionKey(),
   COUCH_DB_URL: process.env.COUCH_DB_URL || "http://localhost:4005",
   COUCH_DB_SQL_URL: process.env.COUCH_DB_SQL_URL || "http://localhost:4006",
+  SQS_SEARCH_ENABLE: process.env.SQS_SEARCH_ENABLE,
   COUCH_DB_USERNAME: process.env.COUCH_DB_USER,
   COUCH_DB_PASSWORD: process.env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD,
   GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID: process.env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID,
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/users/db.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/users/db.ts
index f77c6385ba..37547573bd 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/users/db.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/users/db.ts
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ export class UserDB {
 
     await platform.users.removeUser(dbUser)
 
-    await db.remove(userId, dbUser._rev)
+    await db.remove(userId, dbUser._rev!)
 
     const creatorsToDelete = (await isCreator(dbUser)) ? 1 : 0
     await UserDB.quotas.removeUsers(1, creatorsToDelete)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
index 8eac30e4df..a42cfc43c3 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
 import env from "../../../environment"
+import { runStaticFormulaChecks } from "./bulkFormula"
 
 export async function clearColumns(table: Table, columnNames: string[]) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ class TableSaveFunctions {
       user: this.user,
     })
     if (env.SQS_SEARCH_ENABLE) {
-      await sdk.tables.sqs.addTableToSqlite(table)
+      await sdk.tables.sqs.addTable(table)
     }
     return table
   }
@@ -496,5 +497,31 @@ export function setStaticSchemas(datasource: Datasource, table: Table) {
   return table
 }
 
+export async function internalTableCleanup(table: Table, rows?: Row[]) {
+  const db = context.getAppDB()
+  const tableId = table._id!
+  // remove table search index
+  if (!env.isTest() || env.COUCH_DB_URL) {
+    const currentIndexes = await db.getIndexes()
+    const existingIndex = currentIndexes.indexes.find(
+      (existing: any) => existing.name === `search:${tableId}`
+    )
+    if (existingIndex) {
+      await db.deleteIndex(existingIndex)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // has to run after, make sure it has _id
+  await runStaticFormulaChecks(table, {
+    deletion: true,
+  })
+  if (rows) {
+    await AttachmentCleanup.tableDelete(table, rows)
+  }
+  if (env.SQS_SEARCH_ENABLE) {
+    await sdk.tables.sqs.removeTable(table)
+  }
+}
+
 const _TableSaveFunctions = TableSaveFunctions
 export { _TableSaveFunctions as TableSaveFunctions }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts
index 05b1a3bd96..a94ce265c5 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/sqs.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   sqlOutputProcessing,
 } from "../../../../api/controllers/row/utils"
 import sdk from "../../../index"
-import { context } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { context, SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import {
   CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
   SQS_DATASOURCE_INTERNAL,
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ export async function search(
     }
   } catch (err: any) {
     const msg = typeof err === "string" ? err : err.message
+    if (err.status === 404 && err.message?.includes(SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID)) {
+      await sdk.tables.sqs.syncDefinition()
+      return search(options, table)
+    }
     throw new Error(`Unable to search by SQL - ${msg}`, { cause: err })
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/index.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/index.ts
index 5d9feb5fe8..ea40d2bfe9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import {
   hasTypeChanged,
   TableSaveFunctions,
+  internalTableCleanup,
 } from "../../../../api/controllers/table/utils"
 import { EventType, updateLinks } from "../../../../db/linkedRows"
 import { cloneDeep } from "lodash/fp"
@@ -21,8 +22,6 @@ import { checkAutoColumns } from "./utils"
 import * as viewsSdk from "../../views"
 import { getRowParams } from "../../../../db/utils"
 import { quotas } from "@budibase/pro"
-import env from "../../../../environment"
-import { AttachmentCleanup } from "../../../../utilities/rowProcessor"
 
 export async function save(
   table: Table,
@@ -128,16 +127,20 @@ export async function destroy(table: Table) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   const tableId = table._id!
 
-  // Delete all rows for that table
-  const rowsData = await db.allDocs(
-    getRowParams(tableId, null, {
-      include_docs: true,
-    })
-  )
-  await db.bulkDocs(
-    rowsData.rows.map((row: any) => ({ ...row.doc, _deleted: true }))
-  )
-  await quotas.removeRows(rowsData.rows.length, {
+  // Delete all rows for that table - we have to retrieve the full rows for
+  // attachment cleanup, this may be worth investigating if there is a better
+  // way - we could delete all rows without the `include_docs` which would be faster
+  const rows = (
+    await db.allDocs<Row>(
+      getRowParams(tableId, null, {
+        include_docs: true,
+      })
+    )
+  ).rows.map(data => data.doc!)
+  await db.bulkDocs(rows.map((row: Row) => ({ ...row, _deleted: true })))
+
+  // remove rows from quota
+  await quotas.removeRows(rows.length, {
     tableId,
   })
 
@@ -150,25 +153,8 @@ export async function destroy(table: Table) {
   // don't remove the table itself until very end
   await db.remove(tableId, table._rev)
 
-  // remove table search index
-  if (!env.isTest() || env.COUCH_DB_URL) {
-    const currentIndexes = await db.getIndexes()
-    const existingIndex = currentIndexes.indexes.find(
-      (existing: any) => existing.name === `search:${tableId}`
-    )
-    if (existingIndex) {
-      await db.deleteIndex(existingIndex)
-    }
-  }
-
-  // has to run after, make sure it has _id
-  await runStaticFormulaChecks(table, {
-    deletion: true,
-  })
-  await AttachmentCleanup.tableDelete(
-    table,
-    rowsData.rows.map((row: any) => row.doc)
-  )
+  // final cleanup, attachments, indexes, SQS
+  await internalTableCleanup(table, rows)
 
   return { table }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/sqs.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/sqs.ts
index 92ff309cc9..5ecfd9692e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/sqs.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/sqs.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ import {
   generateJunctionTableID,
 } from "../../../../db/utils"
 
-const BASIC_SQLITE_DOC: SQLiteDefinition = {
+type PreSaveSQLiteDefinition = Omit<SQLiteDefinition, "_rev">
+
+const BASIC_SQLITE_DOC: PreSaveSQLiteDefinition = {
   _id: SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID,
   language: "sqlite",
   sql: {
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ function mapTable(table: Table): SQLiteTables {
 }
 
 // nothing exists, need to iterate though existing tables
-async function buildBaseDefinition(): Promise<SQLiteDefinition> {
+async function buildBaseDefinition(): Promise<PreSaveSQLiteDefinition> {
   const tables = await tablesSdk.getAllInternalTables()
   const definition = cloneDeep(BASIC_SQLITE_DOC)
   for (let table of tables) {
@@ -115,11 +117,17 @@ async function buildBaseDefinition(): Promise<SQLiteDefinition> {
   return definition
 }
 
-export async function addTableToSqlite(table: Table) {
+export async function syncDefinition(): Promise<void> {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
-  let definition: SQLiteDefinition
+  const definition = await buildBaseDefinition()
+  await db.put(definition)
+}
+
+export async function addTable(table: Table) {
+  const db = context.getAppDB()
+  let definition: PreSaveSQLiteDefinition | SQLiteDefinition
   try {
-    definition = await db.get(SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID)
+    definition = await db.get<SQLiteDefinition>(SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID)
   } catch (err) {
     definition = await buildBaseDefinition()
   }
@@ -129,3 +137,22 @@ export async function addTableToSqlite(table: Table) {
   }
   await db.put(definition)
 }
+
+export async function removeTable(table: Table) {
+  const db = context.getAppDB()
+  try {
+    const definition = await db.get<SQLiteDefinition>(SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID)
+    if (definition.sql?.tables?.[table._id!]) {
+      delete definition.sql.tables[table._id!]
+      await db.put(definition)
+      // make sure SQS is cleaned up, tables removed
+      await db.sqlDiskCleanup()
+    }
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    if (err?.status === 404) {
+      return
+    } else {
+      throw err
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/sqlite.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/sqlite.ts
index e23a68b336..c380a2d6b4 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/sqlite.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/sqlite.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export type SQLiteTables = Record<
 
 export interface SQLiteDefinition {
   _id: string
+  _rev: string
   language: string
   sql: {
     tables: SQLiteTables
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
index c723f5f8d6..7ad740ad05 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
@@ -135,10 +135,8 @@ export interface Database {
     ids: string[],
     opts?: { allowMissing?: boolean }
   ): Promise<T[]>
-  remove(
-    id: string | Document,
-    rev?: string
-  ): Promise<Nano.DocumentDestroyResponse>
+  remove(idOrDoc: Document): Promise<Nano.DocumentDestroyResponse>
+  remove(idOrDoc: string, rev?: string): Promise<Nano.DocumentDestroyResponse>
   put(
     document: AnyDocument,
     opts?: DatabasePutOpts
@@ -148,6 +146,8 @@ export interface Database {
     sql: string,
     parameters?: SqlQueryBinding
   ): Promise<T[]>
+  sqlPurgeDocument(docIds: string[] | string): Promise<void>
+  sqlDiskCleanup(): Promise<void>
   allDocs<T extends Document | RowValue>(
     params: DatabaseQueryOpts
   ): Promise<AllDocsResponse<T>>