diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
index 1e7da2f9a2..c84a162ab6 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
@@ -93,15 +93,21 @@ function isApps() {
   return environment.SERVICE_TYPE === ServiceType.APPS
 }
 
+function isQA() {
+  return environment.BUDIBASE_ENVIRONMENT === "QA"
+}
+
 const environment = {
   isTest,
   isJest,
   isDev,
   isWorker,
   isApps,
+  isQA,
   isProd: () => {
     return !isDev()
   },
+  BUDIBASE_ENVIRONMENT: process.env.BUDIBASE_ENVIRONMENT,
   JS_BCRYPT: process.env.JS_BCRYPT,
   JWT_SECRET: process.env.JWT_SECRET,
   JWT_SECRET_FALLBACK: process.env.JWT_SECRET_FALLBACK,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/appMigrations/appMigrationMetadata.ts b/packages/server/src/appMigrations/appMigrationMetadata.ts
index 613f46cf3d..a9a75bc104 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/appMigrations/appMigrationMetadata.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/appMigrations/appMigrationMetadata.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ export async function getAppMigrationVersion(appId: string): Promise<string> {
 
   let metadata: AppMigrationDoc | undefined = await cache.get(cacheKey)
 
-  // We don't want to cache in dev, in order to be able to tweak it
-  if (metadata && !env.isDev()) {
+  // We don't want to cache in dev or QA, in order to be able to tweak it
+  if (metadata && !env.isDev() && !env.isQA()) {
     return metadata.version
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/startup/index.ts b/packages/server/src/startup/index.ts
index c14ec0ca1b..7f244f6573 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/startup/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/startup/index.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ export async function startup(
   printFeatures()
   STARTUP_RAN = true
   if (app && server && !env.CLUSTER_MODE) {
-    console.log(`Budibase running on ${JSON.stringify(server.address())}`)
+    let startupLog = `Budibase running on ${JSON.stringify(server.address())}`
+    if (env.BUDIBASE_ENVIRONMENT) {
+      startupLog = `${startupLog} - environment: "${env.BUDIBASE_ENVIRONMENT}"`
+    }
+    console.log(startupLog)
     const address = server.address() as AddressInfo
     env._set("PORT", address.port)
   }
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/environment.ts b/packages/worker/src/environment.ts
index 70fb911ee1..d0f5e1fb67 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/environment.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const environment = {
   SMTP_FALLBACK_ENABLED: process.env.SMTP_FALLBACK_ENABLED,
   DISABLE_DEVELOPER_LICENSE: process.env.DISABLE_DEVELOPER_LICENSE,
   SQS_SEARCH_ENABLE: process.env.SQS_SEARCH_ENABLE,
+  BUDIBASE_ENVIRONMENT: process.env.BUDIBASE_ENVIRONMENT,
   // smtp
   SMTP_USER: process.env.SMTP_USER,
   SMTP_PASSWORD: process.env.SMTP_PASSWORD,
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/index.ts b/packages/worker/src/index.ts
index 4e770c6ecb..85e5d6ad2e 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/index.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ const shutdown = () => {
 }
 
 export default server.listen(parseInt(env.PORT || "4002"), async () => {
-  console.log(`Worker running on ${JSON.stringify(server.address())}`)
+  let startupLog = `Worker running on ${JSON.stringify(server.address())}`
+  if (env.BUDIBASE_ENVIRONMENT) {
+    startupLog = `${startupLog} - environment: "${env.BUDIBASE_ENVIRONMENT}"`
+  }
+  console.log(startupLog)
   await initPro()
   await redis.clients.init()
   cache.docWritethrough.init()