diff --git a/packages/backend-core/package.json b/packages/backend-core/package.json
index bc8ec58a7f..a554ab09f1 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-core/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "build:pro": "../../scripts/pro/build.sh",
     "postbuild": "yarn run build:pro",
     "build:dev": "yarn prebuild && tsc --build --watch --preserveWatchOutput",
-    "test": "jest --coverage --runInBand",
+    "test": "bash scripts/test.sh",
     "test:watch": "jest --watchAll"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/scripts/test.sh b/packages/backend-core/scripts/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bf1900984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-core/scripts/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ -n $CI ]]
+then
+  # --runInBand performs better in ci where resources are limited
+  echo "jest --coverage --runInBand"
+  jest --coverage --runInBand
+else
+  # --maxWorkers performs better in development
+  echo "jest --coverage"
+  jest --coverage
+fi
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diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 2eedd09fc9..4dc6951979 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "build:dev": "yarn prebuild && tsc --build --watch --preserveWatchOutput",
     "debug": "yarn build && node --expose-gc --inspect=9222 dist/index.js",
     "postbuild": "copyfiles -u 1 src/**/*.svelte dist/ && copyfiles -u 1 src/**/*.hbs dist/ && copyfiles -u 1 src/**/*.json dist/",
-    "test": "jest --coverage --runInBand",
+    "test": "bash scripts/test.sh",
     "test:watch": "jest --watch",
     "predocker": "copyfiles -f ../client/dist/budibase-client.js ../client/manifest.json client",
     "build:docker": "yarn run predocker && docker build . -t app-service --label version=$BUDIBASE_RELEASE_VERSION",
diff --git a/packages/server/scripts/test.sh b/packages/server/scripts/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f3f54cb25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/scripts/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ -n $CI ]]
+then
+  # --runInBand performs better in ci where resources are limited
+  echo "jest --coverage --runInBand"
+  jest --coverage --runInBand
+else
+  # --maxWorkers performs better in development
+  echo "jest --coverage --maxWorkers=2"
+  jest --coverage --maxWorkers=2
+fi
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diff --git a/packages/worker/package.json b/packages/worker/package.json
index f28a153247..61be3f8fdd 100644
--- a/packages/worker/package.json
+++ b/packages/worker/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "build:docker": "docker build . -t worker-service --label version=$BUDIBASE_RELEASE_VERSION",
     "dev:stack:init": "node ./scripts/dev/manage.js init",
     "dev:builder": "npm run dev:stack:init && nodemon",
-    "test": "jest --coverage --runInBand",
+    "test": "bash scripts/test.sh",
     "test:watch": "jest --watch",
     "env:multi:enable": "node scripts/multiTenancy.js enable",
     "env:multi:disable": "node scripts/multiTenancy.js disable",
diff --git a/packages/worker/scripts/test.sh b/packages/worker/scripts/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f3f54cb25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/worker/scripts/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ -n $CI ]]
+then
+  # --runInBand performs better in ci where resources are limited
+  echo "jest --coverage --runInBand"
+  jest --coverage --runInBand
+else
+  # --maxWorkers performs better in development
+  echo "jest --coverage --maxWorkers=2"
+  jest --coverage --maxWorkers=2
+fi
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