diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
index 325eac3335..eab8cd4c45 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ const environment = {
   PLUGIN_BUCKET_NAME:
     process.env.PLUGIN_BUCKET_NAME || DefaultBucketName.PLUGINS,
   USE_COUCH: process.env.USE_COUCH || true,
+  MOCK_REDIS: process.env.MOCK_REDIS,
   DEFAULT_LICENSE: process.env.DEFAULT_LICENSE,
   SERVICE: process.env.SERVICE || "budibase",
   LOG_LEVEL: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || "info",
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/redis/redis.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/redis/redis.ts
index 48057dec0b..636544897d 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/redis/redis.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/redis/redis.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import env from "../environment"
-// ioredis mock is all in memory
 import Redis from "ioredis"
+// ioredis mock is all in memory
+const MockRedis = require("ioredis-mock")
 import {
   addDbPrefix,
   removeDbPrefix,
@@ -18,9 +19,14 @@ const DEFAULT_SELECT_DB = SelectableDatabase.DEFAULT
 // for testing just generate the client once
 let CLOSED = false
 let CLIENTS: { [key: number]: any } = {}
-
+0
 let CONNECTED = false
 
+// mock redis always connected
+if (env.MOCK_REDIS) {
+  CONNECTED = true
+}
+
 function pickClient(selectDb: number): any {
   return CLIENTS[selectDb]
 }
@@ -50,6 +56,7 @@ function connectionError(
  * will return the ioredis client which will be ready to use.
  */
 function init(selectDb = DEFAULT_SELECT_DB) {
+  const RedisCore = env.MOCK_REDIS ? MockRedis : Redis
   let timeout: NodeJS.Timeout
   CLOSED = false
   let client = pickClient(selectDb)
@@ -57,6 +64,10 @@ function init(selectDb = DEFAULT_SELECT_DB) {
   if (client && CONNECTED) {
     return
   }
+  // testing uses a single in memory client
+  if (env.MOCK_REDIS) {
+    CLIENTS[selectDb] = new RedisCore(getRedisOptions())
+  }
   // start the timer - only allowed 5 seconds to connect
   timeout = setTimeout(() => {
     if (!CONNECTED) {
@@ -75,11 +86,11 @@ function init(selectDb = DEFAULT_SELECT_DB) {
   const { redisProtocolUrl, opts, host, port } = getRedisOptions()
 
   if (CLUSTERED) {
-    client = new Redis.Cluster([{ host, port }], opts)
+    client = new RedisCore.Cluster([{ host, port }], opts)
   } else if (redisProtocolUrl) {
-    client = new Redis(redisProtocolUrl)
+    client = new RedisCore(redisProtocolUrl)
   } else {
-    client = new Redis(opts)
+    client = new RedisCore(opts)
   }
   // attach handlers
   client.on("end", (err: Error) => {
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 472d221aa9..dc8401ea53 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@
     "validate.js": "0.13.1",
     "vm2": "3.9.17",
     "worker-farm": "1.7.0",
-    "yargs": "13.2.4",
-    "xml2js": "0.5.0"
+    "xml2js": "0.5.0",
+    "yargs": "13.2.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "7.17.4",
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@
     "ts-node": "10.8.1",
     "tsconfig-paths": "4.0.0",
     "typescript": "4.7.3",
-    "update-dotenv": "1.1.1"
+    "update-dotenv": "1.1.1",
+    "ioredis-mock": "^8.7.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "oracledb": "5.3.0"
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/view.spec.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/view.spec.js
index 522987ab29..df07ffa4af 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/view.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/view.spec.js
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ describe("/views", () => {
       expect(res.body.tableId).toBe(table._id)
 
       const updatedTable = await config.getTable(table._id)
-      expect(updatedTable.views).toEqual({
-        TestView: {
+      const expectedObj = expect.objectContaining({
+        TestView: expect.objectContaining({
           field: "Price",
           calculation: "stats",
           tableId: table._id,
@@ -143,8 +143,9 @@ describe("/views", () => {
               type: "string",
             },
           },
-        },
+        }),
       })
+      expect(updatedTable.views).toEqual(expectedObj)
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/redis.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/redis.ts
index 369c8b2e76..d833ed2c10 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/redis.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/redis.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ export async function init() {
 
   // Duplicate the socket client for pub/sub
   socketClient = await redis.clients.getSocketClient()
-  socketSubClient = socketClient.getClient().duplicate()
+  if (!env.isTest()) {
+    socketSubClient = socketClient.getClient().duplicate()
+  }
 }
 
 export async function shutdown() {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/websockets/index.ts b/packages/server/src/websockets/index.ts
index 9503041b15..bb530b559e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/websockets/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/websockets/index.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ let gridSocket: GridSocket | undefined
 let builderSocket: BuilderSocket | undefined
 
 export const initialise = (app: Koa, server: http.Server) => {
-  clientAppSocket = new ClientAppSocket(app, server)
-  gridSocket = new GridSocket(app, server)
-  builderSocket = new BuilderSocket(app, server)
+  // have to remove these for testing until ioredis-mock can be fully removed
+  if (!env.isTest()) {
+    clientAppSocket = new ClientAppSocket(app, server)
+    gridSocket = new GridSocket(app, server)
+    builderSocket = new BuilderSocket(app, server)
+  }
 }
 
 export { clientAppSocket, gridSocket, builderSocket }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 51fb4bb034..05bbe68476 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2591,6 +2591,16 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@hutson/parse-repository-url/-/parse-repository-url-3.0.2.tgz#98c23c950a3d9b6c8f0daed06da6c3af06981340"
   integrity sha512-H9XAx3hc0BQHY6l+IFSWHDySypcXsvsuLhgYLUGywmJ5pswRVQJUHpOsobnLYp2ZUaUlKiKDrgWWhosOwAEM8Q==
 
+"@ioredis/as-callback@^3.0.0":
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@ioredis/as-callback/-/as-callback-3.0.0.tgz#b96c9b05e6701e85ec6a5e62fa254071b0aec97f"
+  integrity sha512-Kqv1rZ3WbgOrS+hgzJ5xG5WQuhvzzSTRYvNeyPMLOAM78MHSnuKI20JeJGbpuAt//LCuP0vsexZcorqW7kWhJg==
+
+"@ioredis/commands@^1.2.0":
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@ioredis/commands/-/commands-1.2.0.tgz#6d61b3097470af1fdbbe622795b8921d42018e11"
+  integrity sha512-Sx1pU8EM64o2BrqNpEO1CNLtKQwyhuXuqyfH7oGKCk+1a33d2r5saW8zNwm3j6BTExtjrv2BxTgzzkMwts6vGg==
+
 "@isaacs/string-locale-compare@^1.1.0":
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@isaacs/string-locale-compare/-/string-locale-compare-1.1.0.tgz#291c227e93fd407a96ecd59879a35809120e432b"
@@ -11956,7 +11966,7 @@ fecha@^4.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fecha/-/fecha-4.2.3.tgz#4d9ccdbc61e8629b259fdca67e65891448d569fd"
   integrity sha512-OP2IUU6HeYKJi3i0z4A19kHMQoLVs4Hc+DPqqxI2h/DPZHTm/vjsfC6P0b4jCMy14XizLBqvndQ+UilD7707Jw==
 
-fengari-interop@^0.1.2:
+fengari-interop@^0.1.2, fengari-interop@^0.1.3:
   version "0.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fengari-interop/-/fengari-interop-0.1.3.tgz#3ad37a90e7430b69b365441e9fc0ba168942a146"
   integrity sha512-EtZ+oTu3kEwVJnoymFPBVLIbQcCoy9uWCVnMA6h3M/RqHkUBsLYp29+RRHf9rKr6GwjubWREU1O7RretFIXjHw==
@@ -14003,6 +14013,17 @@ ioredis-mock@5.8.0:
     lodash "^4.17.21"
     standard-as-callback "^2.1.0"
 
+ioredis-mock@^8.7.0:
+  version "8.7.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ioredis-mock/-/ioredis-mock-8.7.0.tgz#9877a85e0d233e1b49123d1c6e320df01e9a1d36"
+  integrity sha512-BJcSjkR3sIMKbH93fpFzwlWi/jl1kd5I3vLvGQxnJ/W/6bD2ksrxnyQN186ljAp3Foz4p1ivViDE3rZeKEAluA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@ioredis/as-callback" "^3.0.0"
+    "@ioredis/commands" "^1.2.0"
+    fengari "^0.1.4"
+    fengari-interop "^0.1.3"
+    semver "^7.3.8"
+
 ioredis@4.28.0:
   version "4.28.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ioredis/-/ioredis-4.28.0.tgz#5a2be3f37ff2075e2332f280eaeb02ab4d9ff0d3"