diff --git a/test/helpers/configHelpers.ts b/test/helpers/configHelpers.ts
index 56b5acda8..f335baaa6 100644
--- a/test/helpers/configHelpers.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/configHelpers.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { spawn } from 'child_process'
 import getPort from 'get-port'
 import { nextDev } from 'next/dist/cli/next-dev.js'
 import path from 'path'
@@ -19,16 +20,41 @@ export async function initPayloadE2E({ dirname }: Args): Promise<Result> {
   process.env.PAYLOAD_DROP_DATABASE = 'true'
   process.env.PORT = String(port)
 
-  //process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test'
-  //process.env.APP_ENV = 'test'
-  //process.env.__NEXT_TEST_MODE = 'jest'
+  // @ts-expect-error
+  process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test'
 
   nextDev({
     _: [path.resolve(dirname, '../../')],
     '--port': port,
+    // Turbo doesn't seem to be reading
+    // our tsconfig paths, commented out for now
     // '--turbo': '1',
   })
 
   await wait(3000)
   return { serverURL }
 }
+
+export async function initPayloadSpawn({ dirname }: Args): Promise<Result> {
+  const port = await getPort()
+  const serverURL = `http://localhost:${port}`
+
+  // Tried using a child process to get
+  // turbopack to pick up our tsconfig aliases
+  // but this didn't make a difference.
+  // Keeping it here so we can continue to try.
+  spawn('pnpm', ['dev', '--turbo'], {
+    cwd: path.resolve(dirname, '../../'),
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
+      NODE_ENV: 'test',
+      PORT: String(port),
+      PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH: path.resolve(dirname, '../../config.js'),
+      PAYLOAD_DROP_DATABASE: 'true',
+    },
+  })
+
+  await wait(3000)
+
+  return { serverURL }
+}