diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/designDoc.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/designDoc.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc334496a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/designDoc.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { PreSaveSQLiteDefinition } from "@budibase/types"
+import { SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID } from "../constants"
+
+// the table id property defines which property in the document
+// to use when splitting the documents into different sqlite tables
+export function base(tableIdProp: string): PreSaveSQLiteDefinition {
+  return {
+    _id: SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID,
+    language: "sqlite",
+    sql: {
+      tables: {},
+      options: {
+        table_name: tableIdProp,
+      },
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/index.ts
index 058b54e159..16b718d2e6 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/index.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ export * as utils from "./utils"
 
 export { default as Sql } from "./sql"
 export { default as SqlTable } from "./sqlTable"
+export * as designDoc from "./designDoc"
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/sqs.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/sqs.ts
index 5ecfd9692e..a6aa778f02 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/sqs.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/sqs.ts
@@ -1,33 +1,20 @@
-import { context, SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { context, sql, SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import {
   FieldType,
   RelationshipFieldMetadata,
   SQLiteDefinition,
+  PreSaveSQLiteDefinition,
   SQLiteTable,
   SQLiteTables,
   SQLiteType,
   Table,
 } from "@budibase/types"
-import { cloneDeep } from "lodash"
 import tablesSdk from "../"
 import {
   CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
   generateJunctionTableID,
 } from "../../../../db/utils"
 
-type PreSaveSQLiteDefinition = Omit<SQLiteDefinition, "_rev">
-
-const BASIC_SQLITE_DOC: PreSaveSQLiteDefinition = {
-  _id: SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID,
-  language: "sqlite",
-  sql: {
-    tables: {},
-    options: {
-      table_name: "tableId",
-    },
-  },
-}
-
 const FieldTypeMap: Record<FieldType, SQLiteType> = {
   [FieldType.BOOLEAN]: SQLiteType.NUMERIC,
   [FieldType.DATETIME]: SQLiteType.TEXT,
@@ -107,7 +94,7 @@ function mapTable(table: Table): SQLiteTables {
 // nothing exists, need to iterate though existing tables
 async function buildBaseDefinition(): Promise<PreSaveSQLiteDefinition> {
   const tables = await tablesSdk.getAllInternalTables()
-  const definition = cloneDeep(BASIC_SQLITE_DOC)
+  const definition = sql.designDoc.base("tableId")
   for (let table of tables) {
     definition.sql.tables = {
       ...definition.sql.tables,
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/sqlite.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/sqlite.ts
index c380a2d6b4..5636fef15b 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/sqlite.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/sqlite.ts
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ export interface SQLiteDefinition {
     }
   }
 }
+
+export type PreSaveSQLiteDefinition = Omit<SQLiteDefinition, "_rev">