diff --git a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/bundles/index.ts b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/bundles/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fe37604bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/bundles/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { utils } from "@budibase/shared-core"
+import environment from "../../environment"
+import fs from "fs"
+
+export enum BundleType {
+  HELPERS = "helpers",
+}
+
+const bundleSourceCode = {
+  [BundleType.HELPERS]: "../bundles/index-helpers.ivm.bundle.js",
+}
+
+export function loadBundle(type: BundleType) {
+  if (environment.isJest()) {
+    return fs.readFileSync(require.resolve(bundleSourceCode[type]), "utf-8")
+  }
+
+  switch (type) {
+    case BundleType.HELPERS:
+      return require("../bundles/index-helpers.ivm.bundle.js")
+    default:
+      utils.unreachable(type)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts
index aaf8ccce65..9c54779567 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import tracer from "dd-trace"
 import url from "url"
 import crypto from "crypto"
 import querystring from "querystring"
+import { BundleType, loadBundle } from "./bundles"
 
 class ExecutionTimeoutError extends Error {
   constructor(message: string) {
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ class ExecutionTimeoutError extends Error {
 }
 
 export function init() {
+  const helpersSource = loadBundle(BundleType.HELPERS)
   setJSRunner((js: string, ctx: Record<string, any>) => {
     return tracer.trace("runJS", {}, span => {
       try {
@@ -74,7 +76,6 @@ export function init() {
             })
           )
 
-          const helpersSource = require("./bundles/index-helpers.ivm.bundle.js")
           const helpersModule = jsIsolate.compileModuleSync(
             `${injectedRequire};${helpersSource}`
           )