diff --git a/server/src/test-utils/fake-auth.ts b/server/src/test-utils/fake-auth.ts
index 63caa4d3e..747ef6e08 100644
--- a/server/src/test-utils/fake-auth.ts
+++ b/server/src/test-utils/fake-auth.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ export async function CreateFakeAuthCookie(mockApi: supertest.SuperTest<supertes
 // my local dev env hates this part because of pnpm
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 export function InsertFakeTokenWithAllPerms(token: string): () => any {
-	return () => {
-		db["api-tokens"].insert({
+	return async () => {
+		await db["api-tokens"].insert({
 			userID: 1,
 			identifier: "Mock API Token",
 			permissions: AllPermissions,