diff --git a/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
index b72d6793af..2876d60f51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ jobs:
   test-libraries:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
+      DEBUG: testcontainers,testcontainers:exec,testcontainers:build,testcontainers:pull
       REUSE_CONTAINERS: true
       CONTAINER_NAMESPACE: test-libraries
     steps:
diff --git a/packages/server/scripts/test.sh b/packages/server/scripts/test.sh
index 3100d1911f..48766026aa 100644
--- a/packages/server/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/packages/server/scripts/test.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-export NODE_OPTIONS="--no-node-snapshot $NODE_OPTIONS"
-
 if [[ -n $CI ]]
 then
-  echo "jest --coverage --maxWorkers=4 --forceExit --bail $@"
-  jest --coverage --maxWorkers=2 --forceExit --bail $@
+  export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=4096 --no-node-snapshot $NODE_OPTIONS"
+  echo "jest --coverage --maxWorkers=4 --forceExit --workerIdleMemoryLimit=2000MB --bail $@"
+  jest --coverage --maxWorkers=4 --forceExit --workerIdleMemoryLimit=2000MB --bail $@
 else
+  # --maxWorkers performs better in development
+  export NODE_OPTIONS="--no-node-snapshot $NODE_OPTIONS"
   echo "jest --coverage --maxWorkers=2 --forceExit $@"
   jest --coverage --maxWorkers=2 --forceExit $@
 fi
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