diff --git a/packages/server/src/appMigrations/appMigrationMetadata.ts b/packages/server/src/appMigrations/appMigrationMetadata.ts
index 971dde1e7a..1662a6f225 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/appMigrations/appMigrationMetadata.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/appMigrations/appMigrationMetadata.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ export async function getAppMigrationVersion(appId: string): Promise<string> {
 
   let metadata: AppMigrationDoc | undefined = await cache.get(cacheKey)
 
-  // We don't want to cache in dev or QA in order to be able to tweak it
-  if (metadata && !env.isDev() && !env.isQA()) {
+  // returned cached version if we found one
+  if (metadata?.version) {
     return metadata.version
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/startup/index.ts b/packages/server/src/startup/index.ts
index 0e08075698..c86b0eb264 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/startup/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/startup/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import * as pro from "@budibase/pro"
 import * as api from "../api"
 import sdk from "../sdk"
 import { initialise as initialiseWebsockets } from "../websockets"
-import { apiEnabled, automationsEnabled, printFeatures } from "../features"
+import { automationsEnabled, printFeatures } from "../features"
 import * as jsRunner from "../jsRunner"
 import Koa from "koa"
 import { Server } from "http"
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ export async function startup(
   // app migrations and automations on other service
   if (automationsEnabled()) {
     queuePromises.push(automations.init())
-  }
-  if (apiEnabled()) {
     queuePromises.push(appMigrations.init())
   }
   queuePromises.push(initPro())