diff --git a/server/src/test-utils/fake-auth.ts b/server/src/test-utils/fake-auth.ts
index 1ad752638..4e1a3a93c 100644
--- a/server/src/test-utils/fake-auth.ts
+++ b/server/src/test-utils/fake-auth.ts
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ export async function CreateFakeAuthCookie(mockApi: supertest.SuperTest<supertes
     return res.headers["set-cookie"] as string[];
 }
 
-export function InsertFakeTokenWithAllPerms(token: string) {
-    return () =>
-        db["api-tokens"].insert({
+export function InsertFakeTokenWithAllPerms(token: string): () => Promise<void> {
+    // deliberately redundant async await to get typescript to shut up about pnpm
+    return async () => {
+        await db["api-tokens"].insert({
             userID: 1,
             identifier: "Mock API Token",
             permissions: AllPermissions,
             token,
         });
+    };
 }