diff --git a/src/backend/tests/setup.ts b/src/backend/tests/setup.ts
index c41a7fff..ecc3656a 100644
--- a/src/backend/tests/setup.ts
+++ b/src/backend/tests/setup.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { loggerTest } from '@foxxmd/logging';
 import { getRoot } from "../ioc.js";
-import { MSCache } from '../common/Cache.js';
-
-const transientCache = () => new MSCache(loggerTest, {scrobble: {provider: 'memory'}});
+import { transientCache } from './utils/CacheTestUtils.js';
 
 const root = getRoot({cache: transientCache, logger: loggerTest});
 root.items.cache().init();
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diff --git a/src/backend/tests/utils/CacheTestUtils.ts b/src/backend/tests/utils/CacheTestUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96b4621b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/tests/utils/CacheTestUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import { loggerTest } from "@foxxmd/logging";
+import { MSCache } from "../../common/Cache.js";
+
+export const transientCache = () => new MSCache(loggerTest, {scrobble: {provider: 'memory'}});
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