diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/cache/appMetadata.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/cache/appMetadata.ts
index 69f734162b..0c320ec776 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/cache/appMetadata.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/cache/appMetadata.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ import { Database, App } from "@budibase/types"
 export enum AppState {
   INVALID = "invalid",
 }
+
+export interface DeletedApp {
+  state: AppState
+}
+
 const EXPIRY_SECONDS = 3600
 
 /**
@@ -24,10 +29,6 @@ function isInvalid(metadata?: { state: string }) {
   return !metadata || metadata.state === AppState.INVALID
 }
 
-interface DeletedAppMetadata {
-  state: AppState
-}
-
 /**
  * Get the requested app metadata by id.
  * Use redis cache to first read the app metadata.
@@ -35,9 +36,7 @@ interface DeletedAppMetadata {
  * @param {string} appId the id of the app to get metadata from.
  * @returns {object} the app metadata.
  */
-export async function getAppMetadata(
-  appId: string
-): Promise<App | DeletedAppMetadata> {
+export async function getAppMetadata(appId: string): Promise<App | DeletedApp> {
   const client = await getAppClient()
   // try cache
   let metadata = await client.get(appId)
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
index b6e793c065..4ebf8392b5 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import env from "../environment"
 import { DEFAULT_TENANT_ID, SEPARATOR, DocumentType } from "../constants"
 import { getTenantId, getGlobalDBName } from "../context"
 import { doWithDB, directCouchAllDbs } from "./db"
-import { AppState, getAppMetadata } from "../cache/appMetadata"
+import { AppState, DeletedApp, getAppMetadata } from "../cache/appMetadata"
 import { isDevApp, isDevAppID, getProdAppID } from "../docIds/conversions"
 import { App, Database } from "@budibase/types"
 import { getStartEndKeyURL } from "../docIds"
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export async function getAppsByIDs(appIds: string[]) {
     .filter(
       promise =>
         promise.status === "fulfilled" &&
-        promise.value?.state !== AppState.INVALID
+        (promise.value as DeletedApp).state !== AppState.INVALID
     )
     .map(promise => (promise as PromiseFulfilledResult<App>).value)
 }