diff --git a/packages/server/specs/openapi.json b/packages/server/specs/openapi.json
index ce410823ec..62f59e9113 100644
--- a/packages/server/specs/openapi.json
+++ b/packages/server/specs/openapi.json
@@ -783,6 +783,7 @@
                       "type": "string",
                       "enum": [
                         "string",
+                        "barcodeqr",
                         "longform",
                         "options",
                         "number",
@@ -986,6 +987,7 @@
                           "type": "string",
                           "enum": [
                             "string",
+                            "barcodeqr",
                             "longform",
                             "options",
                             "number",
@@ -1200,6 +1202,7 @@
                             "type": "string",
                             "enum": [
                               "string",
+                              "barcodeqr",
                               "longform",
                               "options",
                               "number",
diff --git a/packages/server/specs/openapi.yaml b/packages/server/specs/openapi.yaml
index ed13ac01f4..25069f40a4 100644
--- a/packages/server/specs/openapi.yaml
+++ b/packages/server/specs/openapi.yaml
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ components:
                     type: string
                     enum:
                       - string
+                      - barcodeqr
                       - longform
                       - options
                       - number
@@ -741,6 +742,7 @@ components:
                         type: string
                         enum:
                           - string
+                          - barcodeqr
                           - longform
                           - options
                           - number
@@ -910,6 +912,7 @@ components:
                           type: string
                           enum:
                             - string
+                            - barcodeqr
                             - longform
                             - options
                             - number
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
index b3b875e397..a1cb905930 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import {
 import { events } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { backups } from "@budibase/pro"
 import { AppBackupTrigger } from "@budibase/types"
-import env from "../../../environment"
 
 // the max time we can wait for an invalidation to complete before considering it failed
 const MAX_PENDING_TIME_MS = 30 * 60000
@@ -108,17 +107,10 @@ async function deployApp(deployment: any, userId: string) {
     const devAppId = getDevelopmentAppID(appId)
     const productionAppId = getProdAppID(appId)
 
-    // can't do this in test
-    if (!env.isTest()) {
-      // trigger backup initially
-      await backups.triggerAppBackup(
-        productionAppId,
-        AppBackupTrigger.PUBLISH,
-        {
-          createdBy: userId,
-        }
-      )
-    }
+    // trigger backup initially
+    await backups.triggerAppBackup(productionAppId, AppBackupTrigger.PUBLISH, {
+      createdBy: userId,
+    })
 
     const config: any = {
       source: devAppId,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/deployment.spec.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/deployment.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index be126fa239..0000000000
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/deployment.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-const setup = require("./utilities")
-const { events } = require("@budibase/backend-core")
-
-describe("/deployments", () => {
-  let request = setup.getRequest()
-  let config = setup.getConfig()
-
-  afterAll(setup.afterAll)
-
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    await config.init()
-    jest.clearAllMocks()
-  })
-
-  describe("deploy", () => {
-    it("should deploy the application", async () => {
-      await request
-        .post(`/api/deploy`)
-        .set(config.defaultHeaders())
-        .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
-        .expect(200)
-      expect(events.app.published.mock.calls.length).toBe(1)
-    })
-  })
-})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/deployment.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/deployment.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e659ff1a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/deployment.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+const triggerAppBackupMock = jest.fn()
+jest.mock("@budibase/pro", () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual("@budibase/pro"),
+  backups: {
+    triggerAppBackup: triggerAppBackupMock,
+    addAppBackupProcessors: jest.fn(),
+  },
+}))
+import setup from "./utilities"
+import { events } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { AppBackupTrigger } from "@budibase/types"
+
+describe("/deployments", () => {
+  let request = setup.getRequest()
+  let config = setup.getConfig()
+
+  afterAll(setup.afterAll)
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await config.init()
+    jest.clearAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  describe("deploy", () => {
+    it("should deploy the application", async () => {
+      await request
+        .post(`/api/deploy`)
+        .set(config.defaultHeaders())
+        .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
+        .expect(200)
+      expect(triggerAppBackupMock).toBeCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(triggerAppBackupMock).toBeCalledWith(
+        config.prodAppId,
+        AppBackupTrigger.PUBLISH,
+        { createdBy: config.userMetadataId }
+      )
+      expect((events.app.published as jest.Mock).mock.calls.length).toBe(1)
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.js b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.js
index 38aa84be2d..097b2eabaf 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const newid = require("../../db/newid")
 const context = require("@budibase/backend-core/context")
 const { generateDevInfoID, SEPARATOR } = require("@budibase/backend-core/db")
 const { encrypt } = require("@budibase/backend-core/encryption")
-const { DocumentType } = require("../../db/utils")
+const { DocumentType, generateUserMetadataID } = require("../../db/utils")
 
 const GLOBAL_USER_ID = "us_uuid1"
 const EMAIL = "babs@babs.com"
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ class TestConfiguration {
 
   // use a new id as the name to avoid name collisions
   async init(appName = newid()) {
-    await this.globalUser()
+    this.user = await this.globalUser()
+    this.globalUserId = this.user._id
+    this.userMetadataId = generateUserMetadataID(this.globalUserId)
+
     return this.createApp(appName)
   }