diff --git a/packages/server/specs/generate.ts b/packages/server/specs/generate.ts
index 580e4f9ea5..1176f187a7 100644
--- a/packages/server/specs/generate.ts
+++ b/packages/server/specs/generate.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ function writeFile(output: any, filename: string) {
   return path
 }
 
+export function spec() {
+  return swaggerJsdoc({ ...opts, format: ".json" })
+}
+
 export function run() {
   writeFile(swaggerJsdoc({ ...opts, format: ".json" }), "openapi.json")
   return writeFile(swaggerJsdoc({ ...opts, format: ".yaml" }), "openapi.yaml")
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/base.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/base.ts
index 2b3e3db44c..9b47cfb820 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/base.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/base.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import jestOpenAPI from "jest-openapi"
-import { run as generateSchema } from "../../../../specs/generate"
+import { spec } from "../../../../specs/generate"
 import TestConfiguration from "../TestConfiguration"
 import request, { SuperTest, Test, Response } from "supertest"
 import { ReadStream } from "fs"
 import { getServer } from "../../../app"
 
-const yamlPath = generateSchema()
-jestOpenAPI(yamlPath!)
+jestOpenAPI(spec() as any)
 
 type Headers = Record<string, string | string[] | undefined>
 type Method = "get" | "post" | "put" | "patch" | "delete"