diff --git a/apps/server/src/routes/login.spec.ts b/apps/server/src/routes/login.spec.ts
index 1c3f2bc46..31abf725d 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/login.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/login.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import supertest from "supertest";
 import { initializeTranslations } from "../services/i18n.js";
-import type { Application, Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";
+import type { Application } from "express";
 import dayjs from "dayjs";
+import buildApp from "../app.js";
 
 let app: Application;
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ describe("Login Route test", () => {
 
     beforeAll(async () => {
         initializeTranslations();
-        app = (await import("../app.js")).default;
+        app = await buildApp();
     });
 
     it("should return the login page, when using a GET request", async () => {
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ describe("Login Route test", () => {
 
         expect(actualExpiresDate).to.not.eql("Invalid Date");
 
-        // ignore the seconds in the comparison, just to avoid flakiness in tests, 
+        // ignore the seconds in the comparison, just to avoid flakiness in tests,
         // if for some reason execution is slow between calculation of expected and actual
         expect(actualExpiresDate.slice(0,23)).toBe(expectedExpiresDate.slice(0,23))
 
@@ -90,4 +91,4 @@ describe("Login Route test", () => {
     // TODO: actually identify what is causing this and fix the flakiness
 
 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/apps/server/src/share/routes.spec.ts b/apps/server/src/share/routes.spec.ts
index ba2af2b81..de2f50fcc 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/share/routes.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/share/routes.spec.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import supertest from "supertest";
 import { initializeTranslations } from "../services/i18n.js";
 import type { Application, Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";
 import { safeExtractMessageAndStackFromError } from "../services/utils.js";
+import buildApp from "../app.js";
 
 let app: Application;
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ describe("Share API test", () => {
 
     beforeAll(async () => {
         initializeTranslations();
-        app = (await import("../app.js")).default;
+        app = await buildApp();
         app.use((err: unknown, req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
             const [ errMessage ] = safeExtractMessageAndStackFromError(err);
             if (errMessage.includes("Cannot set headers after they are sent to the client")) {