diff --git a/packages/backend-core/db.js b/packages/backend-core/db.js
index 0d2869d9f1..d2adf6c092 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/db.js
+++ b/packages/backend-core/db.js
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@ module.exports = {
   ...require("./src/db/constants"),
   ...require("./src/db"),
   ...require("./src/db/views"),
-  ...require("./src/db/pouch"),
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/package.json b/packages/backend-core/package.json
index 42a5f2bc53..2fbc087214 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-core/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
     "preset": "ts-jest",
     "testEnvironment": "node",
     "moduleNameMapper": {
-      "@budibase/types": "<rootDir>/../types/src"
+      "@budibase/types": "<rootDir>/../types/src",
+      "axios": "axios/dist/node/axios.cjs"
     },
     "setupFiles": [
       "./scripts/jestSetup.ts"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/cache/writethrough.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/cache/writethrough.ts
index 11dad81239..e13cc8cc0d 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/cache/writethrough.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/cache/writethrough.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import BaseCache from "./base"
 import { getWritethroughClient } from "../redis/init"
 import { logWarn } from "../logging"
-import { PouchLike } from "../couch"
+import { PouchLike } from "../db"
 
 const DEFAULT_WRITE_RATE_MS = 10000
 let CACHE: BaseCache | null = null
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/context/deprovision.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/context/deprovision.ts
index 179c7f407a..befcd48a15 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/context/deprovision.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/context/deprovision.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { getGlobalUserParams, getAllApps } from "../db/utils"
-import { doWithDB } from "../db"
+import { doWithDB, PouchLike } from "../db"
 import { doWithGlobalDB } from "../tenancy"
 import { StaticDatabases } from "../db/constants"
-import { PouchLike } from "../couch"
 import { User } from "@budibase/types"
 
 const TENANT_DOC = StaticDatabases.PLATFORM_INFO.docs.tenants
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/context/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/context/index.ts
index 63b57a1b6e..34e6603ef7 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/context/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/context/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { baseGlobalDBName } from "../db/tenancy"
 import { IdentityContext } from "@budibase/types"
 import { DEFAULT_TENANT_ID as _DEFAULT_TENANT_ID } from "../constants"
 import { ContextMap, ContextKey } from "./constants"
-import { PouchLike } from "../couch"
+import { PouchLike } from "../db"
 import { getDevelopmentAppID, getProdAppID } from "../db/conversions"
 
 export const DEFAULT_TENANT_ID = _DEFAULT_TENANT_ID
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/couch/couch.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/couch/couch.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 41fb83cb86..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/couch/couch.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-import env from "../environment"
-import { getUrlInfo } from "../db/pouch"
-
-export const getCouchInfo = () => {
-  const urlInfo = getUrlInfo()
-  let username
-  let password
-  if (env.COUCH_DB_USERNAME) {
-    // set from env
-    username = env.COUCH_DB_USERNAME
-  } else if (urlInfo.auth.username) {
-    // set from url
-    username = urlInfo.auth.username
-  } else if (!env.isTest()) {
-    throw new Error("CouchDB username not set")
-  }
-  if (env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD) {
-    // set from env
-    password = env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD
-  } else if (urlInfo.auth.password) {
-    // set from url
-    password = urlInfo.auth.password
-  } else if (!env.isTest()) {
-    throw new Error("CouchDB password not set")
-  }
-  const authCookie = Buffer.from(`${username}:${password}`).toString("base64")
-  return {
-    url: urlInfo.url!,
-    auth: {
-      username: username,
-      password: password,
-    },
-    cookie: `Basic ${authCookie}`,
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/couch/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/couch/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a4ac20486..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/couch/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-export * from "./couch"
-export * from "./pouchLike"
-export * from "./utils"
-export { init } from "./pouchDB"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/couch/pouchDB.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/couch/pouchDB.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 74ad8a3dc6..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/couch/pouchDB.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import PouchDB from "pouchdb"
-import env from "../environment"
-import { PouchOptions } from "@budibase/types"
-import * as pouch from "../db/pouch"
-
-let Pouch: any
-let initialised = false
-
-export async function init(opts?: PouchOptions) {
-  Pouch = pouch.getPouch(opts)
-  initialised = true
-}
-
-const checkInitialised = () => {
-  if (!initialised) {
-    throw new Error("init has not been called")
-  }
-}
-
-export function getPouchDB(dbName: string, opts?: any): PouchDB.Database {
-  checkInitialised()
-  return new Pouch(dbName, opts)
-}
-
-// use this function if you have called getPouchDB - close
-// the databases you've opened once finished
-export async function closePouchDB(db: PouchDB.Database) {
-  if (!db || env.isTest()) {
-    return
-  }
-  try {
-    // specifically await so that if there is an error, it can be ignored
-    return await db.close()
-  } catch (err) {
-    // ignore error, already closed
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/Replication.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/Replication.ts
index c6eea8db5e..12f6001a70 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/Replication.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/Replication.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getPouchDB, closePouchDB } from "../couch/pouchDB"
+import { getPouchDB, closePouchDB } from "./couch/pouchDB"
 import { DocumentType } from "./constants"
 
 class Replication {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/connections.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/connections.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2206de634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/connections.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import env from "../../environment"
+
+export const getCouchInfo = () => {
+  const urlInfo = getUrlInfo()
+  let username
+  let password
+  if (env.COUCH_DB_USERNAME) {
+    // set from env
+    username = env.COUCH_DB_USERNAME
+  } else if (urlInfo.auth.username) {
+    // set from url
+    username = urlInfo.auth.username
+  } else if (!env.isTest()) {
+    throw new Error("CouchDB username not set")
+  }
+  if (env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD) {
+    // set from env
+    password = env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD
+  } else if (urlInfo.auth.password) {
+    // set from url
+    password = urlInfo.auth.password
+  } else if (!env.isTest()) {
+    throw new Error("CouchDB password not set")
+  }
+  const authCookie = Buffer.from(`${username}:${password}`).toString("base64")
+  return {
+    url: urlInfo.url!,
+    auth: {
+      username: username,
+      password: password,
+    },
+    cookie: `Basic ${authCookie}`,
+  }
+}
+
+export const getUrlInfo = (url = env.COUCH_DB_URL) => {
+  let cleanUrl, username, password, host
+  if (url) {
+    // Ensure the URL starts with a protocol
+    const protoRegex = /^https?:\/\//i
+    if (!protoRegex.test(url)) {
+      url = `http://${url}`
+    }
+
+    // Split into protocol and remainder
+    const split = url.split("://")
+    const protocol = split[0]
+    const rest = split.slice(1).join("://")
+
+    // Extract auth if specified
+    if (url.includes("@")) {
+      // Split into host and remainder
+      let parts = rest.split("@")
+      host = parts[parts.length - 1]
+      let auth = parts.slice(0, -1).join("@")
+
+      // Split auth into username and password
+      if (auth.includes(":")) {
+        const authParts = auth.split(":")
+        username = authParts[0]
+        password = authParts.slice(1).join(":")
+      } else {
+        username = auth
+      }
+    } else {
+      host = rest
+    }
+    cleanUrl = `${protocol}://${host}`
+  }
+  return {
+    url: cleanUrl,
+    auth: {
+      username,
+      password,
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3730a1e248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export * from "./connections"
+export * from "./pouchLike"
+export * from "./utils"
+export { init, getPouch, getPouchDB } from "./pouchDB"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/pouch.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/pouchDB.ts
similarity index 52%
rename from packages/backend-core/src/db/pouch.ts
rename to packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/pouchDB.ts
index fdb051060a..eead0e4d6f 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/pouch.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/pouchDB.ts
@@ -1,50 +1,10 @@
 import PouchDB from "pouchdb"
-import env from "../environment"
-import { getCouchInfo } from "../couch"
-export { getCouchInfo } from "../couch"
+import env from "../../environment"
+import { PouchOptions } from "@budibase/types"
+import { getCouchInfo } from "./connections"
 
-export const getUrlInfo = (url = env.COUCH_DB_URL) => {
-  let cleanUrl, username, password, host
-  if (url) {
-    // Ensure the URL starts with a protocol
-    const protoRegex = /^https?:\/\//i
-    if (!protoRegex.test(url)) {
-      url = `http://${url}`
-    }
-
-    // Split into protocol and remainder
-    const split = url.split("://")
-    const protocol = split[0]
-    const rest = split.slice(1).join("://")
-
-    // Extract auth if specified
-    if (url.includes("@")) {
-      // Split into host and remainder
-      let parts = rest.split("@")
-      host = parts[parts.length - 1]
-      let auth = parts.slice(0, -1).join("@")
-
-      // Split auth into username and password
-      if (auth.includes(":")) {
-        const authParts = auth.split(":")
-        username = authParts[0]
-        password = authParts.slice(1).join(":")
-      } else {
-        username = auth
-      }
-    } else {
-      host = rest
-    }
-    cleanUrl = `${protocol}://${host}`
-  }
-  return {
-    url: cleanUrl,
-    auth: {
-      username,
-      password,
-    },
-  }
-}
+let Pouch: any
+let initialised = false
 
 /**
  * Return a constructor for PouchDB.
@@ -92,3 +52,33 @@ export const getPouch = (opts: any = {}) => {
 
   return PouchDB.defaults(POUCH_DB_DEFAULTS)
 }
+
+export async function init(opts?: PouchOptions) {
+  Pouch = getPouch(opts)
+  initialised = true
+}
+
+const checkInitialised = () => {
+  if (!initialised) {
+    throw new Error("init has not been called")
+  }
+}
+
+export function getPouchDB(dbName: string, opts?: any): PouchDB.Database {
+  checkInitialised()
+  return new Pouch(dbName, opts)
+}
+
+// use this function if you have called getPouchDB - close
+// the databases you've opened once finished
+export async function closePouchDB(db: PouchDB.Database) {
+  if (!db || env.isTest()) {
+    return
+  }
+  try {
+    // specifically await so that if there is an error, it can be ignored
+    return await db.close()
+  } catch (err) {
+    // ignore error, already closed
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/couch/pouchLike.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/pouchLike.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/backend-core/src/couch/pouchLike.ts
rename to packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/pouchLike.ts
index fd5a94e1af..975bbd96c4 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/couch/pouchLike.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/pouchLike.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Nano from "nano"
 import { AllDocsResponse, AnyDocument } from "@budibase/types"
-import { getCouchInfo } from "./couch"
+import { getCouchInfo } from "./connections"
 import { directCouchCall } from "./utils"
 import { getPouchDB } from "./pouchDB"
 
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/couch/utils.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/utils.ts
similarity index 89%
rename from packages/backend-core/src/couch/utils.ts
rename to packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/utils.ts
index 25a4643d54..426bf92158 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/couch/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { getCouchInfo } from "./couch"
+import { getCouchInfo } from "./connections"
 import fetch from "node-fetch"
-import { checkSlashesInUrl } from "../helpers"
+import { checkSlashesInUrl } from "../../helpers"
 
 export async function directCouchCall(
   path: string,
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/index.ts
index e732b3a2fb..7cc49eae40 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import env from "../environment"
 import { CouchFindOptions } from "@budibase/types"
-import { PouchLike } from "../couch"
-import { directCouchQuery } from "../couch"
-export { init, PouchLike } from "../couch"
+import { directCouchQuery, PouchLike } from "./couch"
+export { init, PouchLike, getPouch, getPouchDB } from "./couch"
 
 let initialised = false
 const dbList = new Set()
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
index a59b2ffe05..9a4ed98418 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { getAppMetadata } from "../cache/appMetadata"
 import { isDevApp, isDevAppID, getProdAppID } from "./conversions"
 import { APP_PREFIX } from "./constants"
 import * as events from "../events"
-import { PouchLike } from "../couch"
+import { PouchLike } from "./couch"
 
 export * from "./constants"
 export * from "./conversions"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/views.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/views.ts
index 8ba508050f..23771d3f2d 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/views.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/views.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { DocumentType, ViewName, DeprecatedViews, SEPARATOR } from "./utils"
 import { getGlobalDB } from "../context"
-import { PouchLike, QueryOpts } from "../couch"
+import { PouchLike, QueryOpts } from "./couch"
 import { StaticDatabases } from "./constants"
 import { doWithDB } from "./"
 
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ export const queryView = async <T>(
   try {
     let response = await db.query<T>(`database/${viewName}`, params)
     const rows = response.rows
-    const docs = rows.map(row => (params.include_docs ? row.doc : row.value))
+    const docs = rows.map((row: any) =>
+      params.include_docs ? row.doc : row.value
+    )
 
     // if arrayResponse has been requested, always return array regardless of length
     if (opts?.arrayResponse) {
@@ -186,5 +188,5 @@ export const queryGlobalView = async <T>(
     db = getGlobalDB()
   }
   const createFn = CreateFuncByName[viewName]
-  return queryView(viewName, params, db, createFn, opts)
+  return queryView(viewName, params, db!, createFn, opts)
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/pkg/db.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/pkg/db.ts
index 0254adddd5..d2bc474786 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/pkg/db.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/pkg/db.ts
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@
 export * from "../db"
 export * from "../db/utils"
 export * from "../db/views"
-export * from "../db/pouch"
 export * from "../db/constants"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/types.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/types.ts
index 5eb3109b27..eeb784b0c1 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/types.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export { PouchLike } from "./couch"
+export { PouchLike } from "./db"
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 2c4394fc64..6d75877c79 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
     "moduleNameMapper": {
       "@budibase/backend-core/(.*)": "<rootDir>/../backend-core/$1",
       "@budibase/backend-core": "<rootDir>/../backend-core/src",
-      "@budibase/types": "<rootDir>/../types/src"
+      "@budibase/types": "<rootDir>/../types/src",
+      "axios": "axios/dist/node/axios.cjs"
     },
     "setupFiles": [
       "./scripts/jestSetup.js"
diff --git a/packages/worker/package.json b/packages/worker/package.json
index c3b90811ac..844448b569 100644
--- a/packages/worker/package.json
+++ b/packages/worker/package.json
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@
     "moduleNameMapper": {
       "@budibase/backend-core/(.*)": "<rootDir>/../backend-core/$1",
       "@budibase/backend-core": "<rootDir>/../backend-core/src",
-      "@budibase/types": "<rootDir>/../types/src"
+      "@budibase/types": "<rootDir>/../types/src",
+      "axios": "axios/dist/node/axios.cjs"
     },
     "setupFiles": [
       "./scripts/jestSetup.js"