diff --git a/packages/auth/package.json b/packages/auth/package.json
index ff59eeb7ba..294b09321d 100644
--- a/packages/auth/package.json
+++ b/packages/auth/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     "passport-google-auth": "^1.0.2",
     "passport-google-oauth": "^2.0.0",
     "passport-jwt": "^4.0.0",
-    "passport-local": "^1.0.0",
-    "pouchdb": "^7.2.2"
+    "passport-local": "^1.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/auth/src/db/index.js b/packages/auth/src/db/index.js
index 65aa7b4430..2cc033da86 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/db/index.js
+++ b/packages/auth/src/db/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-const PouchDB = require("pouchdb")
-const env = require("../environment")
+let Pouch
 
-// level option is purely for testing (development)
-const COUCH_DB_URL =
-  env.COUCH_DB_URL || "http://budibase:budibase@localhost:10000/db/"
+module.exports.getDB = () => {
+  return Pouch
+}
 
-const Pouch = PouchDB.defaults({
-  prefix: COUCH_DB_URL,
-})
-
-module.exports = Pouch
+module.exports.setDB = pouch => {
+  Pouch = pouch
+}
diff --git a/packages/auth/src/index.js b/packages/auth/src/index.js
index 4e0faf7a72..ca8b092ec4 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/auth/src/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const db = require("./db")
 const passport = require("koa-passport")
 const LocalStrategy = require("passport-local").Strategy
 const JwtStrategy = require("passport-jwt").Strategy
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ passport.deserializeUser(async (user, done) => {
 })
 
 module.exports = {
+  init(pouch) {
+    db.setDB(pouch)
+  },
   passport,
   Cookies,
   UserStatus,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/app.js b/packages/server/src/app.js
index 88776fadac..7c015e9d26 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/app.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/app.js
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ const eventEmitter = require("./events")
 const automations = require("./automations/index")
 const Sentry = require("@sentry/node")
 const fileSystem = require("./utilities/fileSystem")
+const auth = require("@budibase/auth")
+const CouchDB = require("./db")
+
+auth.init(CouchDB)
 
 const app = new Koa()
 
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/index.js b/packages/worker/src/index.js
index 55f2705ed1..225547d337 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/worker/src/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ const { passport } = require("@budibase/auth")
 const logger = require("koa-pino-logger")
 const http = require("http")
 const api = require("./api")
+const auth = require("@budibase/auth")
+const CouchDB = require("./db")
+
+auth.init(CouchDB)
 
 const app = new Koa()