diff --git a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/tests/jsRunner.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/tests/jsRunner.spec.ts
index dc6e32f52c..54983aa470 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/tests/jsRunner.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/tests/jsRunner.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { validate as isValidUUID } from "uuid"
 import { processStringSync, encodeJSBinding } from "@budibase/string-templates"
 
-import { runJsHelpersTests } from "@budibase/string-templates/test/utils"
+const { runJsHelpersTests } = require("@budibase/string-templates/test/utils")
 
 import tk from "timekeeper"
 import { init } from ".."
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/index.ts b/packages/string-templates/src/index.ts
index 978f8c0556..dd16a0f0ac 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/index.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export async function processObject<T extends Record<string, any>>(
       } else if (typeof val === "object") {
         parsedValue = await processObject(object[key], context, opts)
       }
-      ;(object as any)[key] = parsedValue
+      object = { ...object, [key]: parsedValue }
     }
   }
   return object