diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/queue/queue.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/queue/queue.ts
index 6dd10ee091..7eaafe38a8 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/queue/queue.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/queue/queue.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function createQueue<T>(
 ): BullQueue.Queue<T> {
   const queueConfig: any = redisProtocolUrl || { redis: opts }
   let queue: any
-  if (env.isTest()) {
+  if (!env.isTest()) {
     queue = new BullQueue(jobQueue, queueConfig)
   } else {
     queue = new InMemoryQueue(jobQueue, queueConfig)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
index a1cb905930..b3b875e397 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ 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
@@ -107,10 +108,17 @@ async function deployApp(deployment: any, userId: string) {
     const devAppId = getDevelopmentAppID(appId)
     const productionAppId = getProdAppID(appId)
 
-    // trigger backup initially
-    await backups.triggerAppBackup(productionAppId, AppBackupTrigger.PUBLISH, {
-      createdBy: userId,
-    })
+    // can't do this in test
+    if (!env.isTest()) {
+      // trigger backup initially
+      await backups.triggerAppBackup(
+        productionAppId,
+        AppBackupTrigger.PUBLISH,
+        {
+          createdBy: userId,
+        }
+      )
+    }
 
     const config: any = {
       source: devAppId,