diff --git a/packages/server/src/utils/testing/testUtils.ts b/packages/server/src/utils/testing/testUtils.ts
index 94c5ff3a1..62ec7b388 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/testing/testUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/testing/testUtils.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import MustacheService from '../../services/MustacheService';
 import uuidgen from '../uuidgen';
 import { createCsrfToken } from '../csrf';
 import { cookieSet } from '../cookies';
+import { parseEnv } from '../../env';
 
 // Takes into account the fact that this file will be inside the /dist directory
 // when it runs.
@@ -73,20 +74,20 @@ export async function beforeAllDb(unitName: string, createDbOptions: CreateDbOpt
 	//
 	// sudo docker compose -f docker-compose.db-dev.yml up
 
-	// await initConfig(Env.Dev, {
+	// await initConfig(Env.Dev, parseEnv({
 	// 	DB_CLIENT: 'pg',
 	// 	POSTGRES_DATABASE: unitName,
 	// 	POSTGRES_USER: 'joplin',
 	// 	POSTGRES_PASSWORD: 'joplin',
 	// 	SUPPORT_EMAIL: 'testing@localhost',
-	// }, {
+	// }), {
 	// 	tempDir: tempDir,
 	// });
 
-	await initConfig(Env.Dev, {
+	await initConfig(Env.Dev, parseEnv({
 		SQLITE_DATABASE: createdDbPath_,
 		SUPPORT_EMAIL: 'testing@localhost',
-	} as any, {
+	}), {
 		tempDir: tempDir,
 	});