diff --git a/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/linkUtils.js b/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/linkUtils.js
index 7193e59465..9200a05b98 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/linkUtils.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/db/linkedRows/linkUtils.js
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ exports.getLinkDocuments = async function({
       await exports.createLinkView(appId)
       return exports.getLinkDocuments(arguments[0])
     } else {
+      /* istanbul ignore next */
       Sentry.captureException(err)
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/db/tests/linkTests.spec.js b/packages/server/src/db/tests/linkTests.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fed6938b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/db/tests/linkTests.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+const TestConfig = require("../../tests/utilities/TestConfiguration")
+const { basicTable, basicLinkedRow } = require("../../tests/utilities/structures")
+const linkUtils = require("../linkedRows/linkUtils")
+const links = require("../linkedRows")
+const CouchDB = require("../index")
+
+describe("test link functionality", () => {
+  const config = new TestConfig(false)
+
+  describe("getLinkedTable", () => {
+    let db, table
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      await config.init()
+      db = new CouchDB(config.getAppId())
+      table = await config.createTable()
+    })
+
+    it("should be able to retrieve a linked table from a list", async () => {
+      const retrieved = await linkUtils.getLinkedTable(db, table._id, [table])
+      expect(retrieved._id).toBe(table._id)
+    })
+
+    it("should be able to retrieve a table from DB and update list", async () => {
+      const tables = []
+      const retrieved = await linkUtils.getLinkedTable(db, table._id, tables)
+      expect(retrieved._id).toBe(table._id)
+      expect(tables[0]).toBeDefined()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("getRelatedTableForField", () => {
+    let link = basicTable()
+    link.schema.link = {
+      fieldName: "otherLink",
+      tableId: "tableID",
+      type: "link",
+    }
+
+    it("should get the field from the table directly", () => {
+      expect(linkUtils.getRelatedTableForField(link, "link")).toBe("tableID")
+    })
+
+    it("should get the field from the link", () => {
+      expect(linkUtils.getRelatedTableForField(link, "otherLink")).toBe("tableID")
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("getLinkDocuments", () => {
+    it("should create the link view when it doesn't exist", async () => {
+      // create the DB and a very basic app design DB
+      const db = new CouchDB("test")
+      await db.put({ _id: "_design/database", views: {} })
+      const output = await linkUtils.getLinkDocuments({
+        appId: "test",
+        tableId: "test",
+        rowId: "test",
+        includeDocs: false,
+      })
+      expect(Array.isArray(output)).toBe(true)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("attachLinkIDs", () => {
+    it("should be able to attach linkIDs", async () => {
+      await config.init()
+      await config.createTable()
+      const table = await config.createLinkedTable()
+      const row = await config.createRow()
+      const linkRow = await config.createRow(basicLinkedRow(table._id, row._id))
+      const attached = await links.attachLinkIDs(config.getAppId(), [linkRow])
+      expect(attached[0].link[0]).toBe(row._id)
+    })
+  })
+})
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diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.js b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.js
index d51274cd55..a12d596534 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.js
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class TestConfiguration {
     return this._req(null, { id: tableId }, controllers.table.find)
   }
 
-  async createLinkedTable(relationshipType, links = ["link"]) {
+  async createLinkedTable(relationshipType = null, links = ["link"]) {
     if (!this.table) {
       throw "Must have created a table first."
     }