diff --git a/packages/worker/src/index.ts b/packages/worker/src/index.ts
index 1c101983df..d40c7f0668 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   env as coreEnv,
   timers,
 } from "@budibase/backend-core"
-db.init()
+
 import Koa from "koa"
 import koaBody from "koa-body"
 import http from "http"
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ const shutdown = () => {
 
 export default server.listen(parseInt(env.PORT || "4002"), async () => {
   console.log(`Worker running on ${JSON.stringify(server.address())}`)
+  await db.init()
   await initPro()
   // configure events to use the pro audit log write
   // can't integrate directly into backend-core due to cyclic issues
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/tests/TestConfiguration.ts b/packages/worker/src/tests/TestConfiguration.ts
index d4fcbeebd6..1961d22c34 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/tests/TestConfiguration.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/tests/TestConfiguration.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ mocks.licenses.init(mocks.pro)
 mocks.licenses.useUnlimited()
 
 import * as dbConfig from "../db"
-dbConfig.init()
 import env from "../environment"
 import * as controllers from "./controllers"
 const supertest = require("supertest")
@@ -109,6 +108,7 @@ class TestConfiguration {
   // SETUP / TEARDOWN
 
   async beforeAll() {
+    await dbConfig.init()
     try {
       await this.createDefaultUser()
       await this.createSession(this.user!)
diff --git a/qa-core/yarn.lock b/qa-core/yarn.lock
index d2cde27530..1de9d75e60 100644
--- a/qa-core/yarn.lock
+++ b/qa-core/yarn.lock
@@ -983,10 +983,10 @@
     expect "^29.0.0"
     pretty-format "^29.0.0"
 
-"@types/node-fetch@2.6.2":
-  version "2.6.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.2.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-DHqhlq5jeESLy19TYhLakJ07kNumXWjcDdxXsLUMJZ6ue8VZJj4kLPQVE/2mdHh3xZziNF1xppu5lwmS53HR+A==
+"@types/node-fetch@2.6.4":
+  version "2.6.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.4.tgz#1bc3a26de814f6bf466b25aeb1473fa1afe6a660"
+  integrity sha512-1ZX9fcN4Rvkvgv4E6PAY5WXUFWFcRWxZa3EW83UjycOB9ljJCedb2CupIP4RZMEwF/M3eTcCihbBRgwtGbg5Rg==
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
     form-data "^3.0.0"
@@ -3587,18 +3587,18 @@ node-duration@^1.0.4:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-duration/-/node-duration-1.0.4.tgz"
   integrity sha512-eUXYNSY7DL53vqfTosggWkvyIW3bhAcqBDIlolgNYlZhianXTrCL50rlUJWD1eRqkIxMppXTfiFbp+9SjpPrgA==
 
-node-fetch@2, node-fetch@2.6.7, node-fetch@^2.6.7:
+node-fetch@2.6.0:
+  version "2.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.0.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-8dG4H5ujfvFiqDmVu9fQ5bOHUC15JMjMY/Zumv26oOvvVJjM67KF8koCWIabKQ1GJIa9r2mMZscBq/TbdOcmNA==
+
+node-fetch@2.6.7, node-fetch@^2.6.7:
   version "2.6.7"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.7.tgz"
   integrity sha512-ZjMPFEfVx5j+y2yF35Kzx5sF7kDzxuDj6ziH4FFbOp87zKDZNx8yExJIb05OGF4Nlt9IHFIMBkRl41VdvcNdbQ==
   dependencies:
     whatwg-url "^5.0.0"
 
-node-fetch@2.6.0:
-  version "2.6.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.0.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-8dG4H5ujfvFiqDmVu9fQ5bOHUC15JMjMY/Zumv26oOvvVJjM67KF8koCWIabKQ1GJIa9r2mMZscBq/TbdOcmNA==
-
 node-gyp-build-optional-packages@5.0.7:
   version "5.0.7"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp-build-optional-packages/-/node-gyp-build-optional-packages-5.0.7.tgz"
@@ -4893,10 +4893,10 @@ type-is@^1.6.16, type-is@^1.6.18:
     media-typer "0.3.0"
     mime-types "~2.1.24"
 
-typescript@4.7.3:
-  version "4.7.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-4.7.3.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-WOkT3XYvrpXx4vMMqlD+8R8R37fZkjyLGlxavMc4iB8lrl8L0DeTcHbYgw/v0N/z9wAFsgBhcsF0ruoySS22mA==
+typescript@5.2.2:
+  version "5.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-5.2.2.tgz#5ebb5e5a5b75f085f22bc3f8460fba308310fa78"
+  integrity sha512-mI4WrpHsbCIcwT9cF4FZvr80QUeKvsUsUvKDoR+X/7XHQH98xYD8YHZg7ANtz2GtZt/CBq2QJ0thkGJMHfqc1w==
 
 uid2@0.0.x:
   version "0.0.4"