diff --git a/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
index fd4d8cf7c8..7d09451614 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ jobs:
 
   test-libraries:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      REUSE_CONTAINERS: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -150,8 +148,6 @@ jobs:
 
   test-server:
     runs-on: budi-tubby-tornado-quad-core-150gb
-    env:
-      REUSE_CONTAINERS: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/globalSetup.ts b/globalSetup.ts
index 115796c395..dd1a7dbaa0 100644
--- a/globalSetup.ts
+++ b/globalSetup.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,49 @@
-import { GenericContainer, Wait } from "testcontainers"
+import {
+  GenericContainer,
+  Wait,
+  getContainerRuntimeClient,
+} from "testcontainers"
+import { ContainerInfo } from "dockerode"
 import path from "path"
 import lockfile from "proper-lockfile"
 
+async function getBudibaseContainers() {
+  const client = await getContainerRuntimeClient()
+  const conatiners = await client.container.list()
+  return conatiners.filter(
+    container =>
+      container.Labels["com.budibase"] === "true" &&
+      container.Labels["org.testcontainers"] === "true"
+  )
+}
+
+async function killContainers(containers: ContainerInfo[]) {
+  const client = await getContainerRuntimeClient()
+  for (const container of containers) {
+    const c = client.container.getById(container.Id)
+    await c.kill()
+    await c.remove()
+  }
+}
+
 export default async function setup() {
   const lockPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "globalSetup.ts")
-  if (process.env.REUSE_CONTAINERS) {
-    // If you run multiple tests at the same time, it's possible for the CouchDB
-    // shared container to get started multiple times despite having an
-    // identical reuse hash. To avoid that, we do a filesystem-based lock so
-    // that only one globalSetup.ts is running at a time.
-    lockfile.lockSync(lockPath)
-  }
+  // If you run multiple tests at the same time, it's possible for the CouchDB
+  // shared container to get started multiple times despite having an
+  // identical reuse hash. To avoid that, we do a filesystem-based lock so
+  // that only one globalSetup.ts is running at a time.
+  lockfile.lockSync(lockPath)
+
+  // Remove any containers that are older than 24 hours. This is to prevent
+  // containers getting full volumes or accruing any other problems from being
+  // left up for very long periods of time.
+  const threshold = new Date(Date.now() - 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)
+  const containers = (await getBudibaseContainers()).filter(container => {
+    const created = new Date(container.Created * 1000)
+    return created < threshold
+  })
+
+  await killContainers(containers)
 
   try {
     let couchdb = new GenericContainer("budibase/couchdb:v3.2.1-sqs")
@@ -28,20 +61,16 @@ export default async function setup() {
           target: "/opt/couchdb/etc/local.d/test-couchdb.ini",
         },
       ])
+      .withLabels({ "com.budibase": "true" })
+      .withReuse()
       .withWaitStrategy(
         Wait.forSuccessfulCommand(
           "curl http://budibase:budibase@localhost:5984/_up"
         ).withStartupTimeout(20000)
       )
 
-    if (process.env.REUSE_CONTAINERS) {
-      couchdb = couchdb.withReuse()
-    }
-
     await couchdb.start()
   } finally {
-    if (process.env.REUSE_CONTAINERS) {
-      lockfile.unlockSync(lockPath)
-    }
+    lockfile.unlockSync(lockPath)
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fcd6989b6c..98524e0ee4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
     "dev:all": "yarn run kill-all && lerna run --stream dev",
     "dev:built": "yarn run kill-all && cd packages/server && yarn dev:stack:up && cd ../../ && lerna run --stream dev:built",
     "dev:docker": "./scripts/devDocker.sh",
-    "test": "REUSE_CONTAINERS=1 lerna run --concurrency 1 --stream test --stream",
+    "test": "lerna run --concurrency 1 --stream test --stream",
+    "test:containers:kill": "./scripts/killTestcontainers.sh",
     "lint:eslint": "eslint packages --max-warnings=0",
     "lint:prettier": "prettier --check \"packages/**/*.{js,ts,svelte}\" && prettier --write \"examples/**/*.{js,ts,svelte}\"",
     "lint": "yarn run lint:eslint && yarn run lint:prettier",
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts
index d0dd2c9b4d..32841e4c3a 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ function getTestcontainers(): ContainerInfo[] {
     .split("\n")
     .filter(x => x.length > 0)
     .map(x => JSON.parse(x) as ContainerInfo)
-    .filter(x => x.Labels.includes("org.testcontainers=true"))
+    .filter(
+      x =>
+        x.Labels.includes("org.testcontainers=true") &&
+        x.Labels.includes("com.budibase=true")
+    )
 }
 
 export function getContainerByImage(image: string) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/utils/index.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/utils/index.ts
index 5034b5a8db..a54d0ac1a7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/utils/index.ts
@@ -65,9 +65,7 @@ export async function rawQuery(ds: Datasource, sql: string): Promise<any> {
 }
 
 export async function startContainer(container: GenericContainer) {
-  if (process.env.REUSE_CONTAINERS) {
-    container = container.withReuse()
-  }
+  container = container.withReuse().withLabels({ "com.budibase": "true" })
 
   const startedContainer = await container.start()
 
diff --git a/scripts/killTestcontainers.sh b/scripts/killTestcontainers.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..773d01a962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/killTestcontainers.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Find all Docker containers with the label "org.testcontainers=true"
+containers=$(docker ps -q -f "label=org.testcontainers=true")
+
+# Check if there are any containers to stop
+if [ -z "$containers" ]; then
+  echo "No containers with label 'org.testcontainers=true' found."
+else
+  # Stop the containers
+  echo "Stopping containers..."
+  docker stop $containers
+
+  # Remove the containers
+  echo "Removing containers..."
+  docker rm $containers
+
+  echo "Containers have been stopped and removed."
+fi
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