diff --git a/packages/fileimport-service/ifc/api.js b/packages/fileimport-service/ifc/api.js
index e902823612..f75c13faac 100644
--- a/packages/fileimport-service/ifc/api.js
+++ b/packages/fileimport-service/ifc/api.js
@@ -5,17 +5,21 @@ const bcrypt = require('bcrypt')
 const { chunk } = require('lodash')
 const { logger: parentLogger } = require('../observability/logging')
 
-const knex = require('../knex')
 const Observability = require('@speckle/shared/dist/commonjs/observability/index.js')
-const Streams = () => knex('streams')
-const Branches = () => knex('branches')
-const Objects = () => knex('objects')
-const Closures = () => knex('object_children_closure')
-const ApiTokens = () => knex('api_tokens')
-const TokenScopes = () => knex('token_scopes')
+
+const tables = (db) => ({
+  objects: db('objects'),
+  closures: db('object_children_closure'),
+  branches: db('branches'),
+  streams: db('streams'),
+  apiTokens: db('api_tokens'),
+  tokenScopes: db('token_scopes')
+})
 
 module.exports = class ServerAPI {
-  constructor({ streamId, logger }) {
+  constructor({ db, streamId, logger }) {
+    this.tables = tables(db)
+    this.db = db
     this.streamId = streamId
     this.isSending = false
     this.buffer = []
@@ -68,10 +72,10 @@ module.exports = class ServerAPI {
       totalChildrenCountByDepth
     )
 
-    await Objects().insert(insertionObject).onConflict().ignore()
+    await this.tables.objects.insert(insertionObject).onConflict().ignore()
 
     if (closures.length > 0) {
-      await Closures().insert(closures).onConflict().ignore()
+      await this.tables.closures.insert(closures).onConflict().ignore()
     }
 
     return insertionObject.id
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ module.exports = class ServerAPI {
       const batches = chunk(objsToInsert, objectsBatchSize)
       for (const [index, batch] of batches.entries()) {
         this.prepInsertionObjectBatch(batch)
-        await Objects().insert(batch).onConflict().ignore()
+        await this.tables.objects.insert(batch).onConflict().ignore()
         this.logger.info(
           {
             currentBatchCount: batch.length,
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ module.exports = class ServerAPI {
 
       for (const [index, batch] of batches.entries()) {
         this.prepInsertionClosureBatch(batch)
-        await Closures().insert(batch).onConflict().ignore()
+        await this.tables.closures.insert(batch).onConflict().ignore()
         this.logger.info(
           {
             currentBatchCount: batch.length,
@@ -196,10 +200,10 @@ module.exports = class ServerAPI {
   }
 
   async getBranchByNameAndStreamId({ streamId, name }) {
-    const query = Branches()
+    const query = this.tables.branches
       .select('*')
       .where({ streamId })
-      .andWhere(knex.raw('LOWER(name) = ?', [name]))
+      .andWhere(this.db.raw('LOWER(name) = ?', [name]))
       .first()
     return await query
   }
@@ -212,10 +216,12 @@ module.exports = class ServerAPI {
     branch.name = name.toLowerCase()
     branch.description = description
 
-    await Branches().returning('id').insert(branch)
+    await this.tables.branches.returning('id').insert(branch)
 
     // update stream updated at
-    await Streams().where({ id: streamId }).update({ updatedAt: knex.fn.now() })
+    await this.tables.streams
+      .where({ id: streamId })
+      .update({ updatedAt: this.db.fn.now() })
 
     return branch.id
   }
@@ -244,14 +250,14 @@ module.exports = class ServerAPI {
     }
     const tokenScopes = scopes.map((scope) => ({ tokenId, scopeName: scope }))
 
-    await ApiTokens().insert(token)
-    await TokenScopes().insert(tokenScopes)
+    await this.tables.apiTokens.insert(token)
+    await this.tables.tokenScopes.insert(tokenScopes)
 
     return { id: tokenId, token: tokenId + tokenString }
   }
 
   async revokeTokenById(tokenId) {
-    const delCount = await ApiTokens()
+    const delCount = await this.tables.apiTokens
       .where({ id: tokenId.slice(0, 10) })
       .del()
 
diff --git a/packages/fileimport-service/ifc/index.js b/packages/fileimport-service/ifc/index.js
index 81ec4c1a57..c8f763c7f7 100644
--- a/packages/fileimport-service/ifc/index.js
+++ b/packages/fileimport-service/ifc/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const Parser = require('./parser_v2')
 const ServerAPI = require('./api.js')
 const Observability = require('@speckle/shared/dist/commonjs/observability/index.js')
 const { logger: parentLogger } = require('../observability/logging')
+const knex = require('../knex')
 
 async function parseAndCreateCommit({
   data,
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ async function parseAndCreateCommit({
       'ifc'
     )
   }
-  const serverApi = new ServerAPI({ streamId, logger })
+  const serverApi = new ServerAPI({ db: knex, streamId, logger })
   const myParser = new Parser({ serverApi, fileId, logger })
 
   const start = performance.now()
diff --git a/packages/fileimport-service/src/daemon.js b/packages/fileimport-service/src/daemon.js
index 54d8ea9c64..e5f4d1cce5 100644
--- a/packages/fileimport-service/src/daemon.js
+++ b/packages/fileimport-service/src/daemon.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if (providedTimeLimit) TIME_LIMIT = providedTimeLimit * 60 * 1000
 async function startTask() {
   const { rows } = await knex.raw(`
     UPDATE file_uploads
-    SET 
+    SET
       "convertedStatus" = 1,
       "convertedLastUpdate" = NOW()
     FROM (
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ async function doTask(task) {
     })
     fs.mkdirSync(TMP_INPUT_DIR, { recursive: true })
 
-    serverApi = new ServerAPI({ streamId: info.streamId, logger: taskLogger })
+    serverApi = new ServerAPI({ db: knex, streamId: info.streamId, logger: taskLogger })
 
     branchMetadata = {
       branchName: info.branchName,