diff --git a/backend/src/types/types.ts b/backend/src/types/types.ts
index bd7125bd5..7fcb4196a 100644
--- a/backend/src/types/types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/types/types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+export type PartialDeep<T> = T extends object
+  ? {
+      [P in keyof T]?: PartialDeep<T[P]>
+    }
+  : T
+
 export const RoleKind = {
   ENTRY: 'entry',
   SCHEMA: 'schema',
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/__mocks__/config.ts b/backend/src/utils/__mocks__/config.ts
index 1d8daf572..57dfdc45c 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/__mocks__/config.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/__mocks__/config.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
-const config = {
+import { PartialDeep } from '../../types/types.js'
+import { Config } from '../config.js'
+
+const config: PartialDeep<Config> = {
   app: {
     protocol: '',
     host: '',
     port: 3000,
   },
   s3: {
+    credentials: {
+      accessKeyId: '',
+      secretAccessKey: '',
+    },
+    endpoint: 'http://minio:9000',
+    region: 'ignored',
+    forcePathStyle: true,
+    rejectUnauthorized: true,
+    automaticallyCreateBuckets: true,
     buckets: {
       uploads: 'uploads',
       registry: 'registry',
@@ -35,6 +47,43 @@ const config = {
   instrumentation: {
     enabled: false,
   },
+  session: {
+    secret: '',
+  },
+  oauth: {
+    provider: 'cognito',
+    grant: {
+      defaults: {
+        origin: '',
+        prefix: 'api/connect',
+        transport: 'session',
+      },
+      cognito: {
+        key: '',
+        secret: '',
+        dynamic: ['scope'],
+        response: ['tokens', 'raw', 'jwt'],
+        callback: '/',
+        subdomain: '',
+      },
+    },
+    cognito: {
+      identityProviderClient: {
+        region: 'eu-west-1',
+        credentials: {
+          accessKeyId: '',
+          secretAccessKey: '',
+        },
+      },
+      userPoolId: '',
+      userIdAttribute: '',
+    },
+  },
+  mongo: {
+    uri: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/bailo?directConnection=true',
+    user: undefined,
+    pass: undefined,
+  },
   ui: {
     inference: {
       enabled: true,
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/test/testUtils.ts b/backend/src/utils/test/testUtils.ts
index dceaf7895..291f8960c 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/test/testUtils.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/test/testUtils.ts
@@ -1,50 +1,8 @@
 import supertest from 'supertest'
-import { expect, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { expect } from 'vitest'
 
 import { server } from '../../routes.js'
 
-vi.mock('../../utils/config.js', () => {
-  return {
-    __esModule: true,
-    default: {
-      app: {
-        app: {
-          protocol: '',
-        },
-      },
-      logging: {
-        stroom: {
-          enabled: false,
-        },
-        file: {
-          enabled: false,
-        },
-      },
-      minio: {
-        connection: {
-          endPoint: 'fake',
-        },
-        buckets: {
-          uploads: 'uploads',
-        },
-      },
-      oauth: {
-        enabled: false,
-      },
-      ui: {
-        seldonVersions: [
-          {
-            name: 'seldonio - 1.10.0',
-            image: 'seldonio/seldon-core-s2i-python37:1.10.0',
-          },
-        ],
-        banner: '',
-        registry: '',
-      },
-    },
-  }
-})
-
 export function authenticatedGetRequest(path: string) {
   const request = supertest(server)
   return request.get(path).set('Content-Type', 'application/json').set('Accept', 'application/json')
diff --git a/backend/test/connectors/authorisation/authorisation.spec.ts b/backend/test/connectors/authorisation/authorisation.spec.ts
index 3c492ebf3..10bd896f5 100644
--- a/backend/test/connectors/authorisation/authorisation.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/test/connectors/authorisation/authorisation.spec.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ import { describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest'
 
 import { getAuthorisationConnector } from '../../../src/connectors/authorisation/index.js'
 import { FileScanResult } from '../../../src/connectors/fileScanning/Base.js'
-// import config from '../../../src/utils/__mocks__/config.js'
-
-// vi.mock('../../../src/utils/config.js')
 
 vi.mock('../../../src/connectors/authentication/index.js', () => ({
   default: {
@@ -61,11 +58,9 @@ describe('connectors > authorisation', () => {
     const connector = getAuthorisationConnector(false)
     expect(connector.constructor.name).toBe('BasicAuthorisationConnector')
   })
-
   test('invalid', () => {
     const invalidConnector = 'invalid'
     configMock.connectors.authorisation.kind = invalidConnector
-
     expect(() => getAuthorisationConnector(false)).toThrowError(
       `'${invalidConnector}' is not a valid authorisation kind.`,
     )
diff --git a/backend/test/testUtils/setupTestConfig.ts b/backend/test/testUtils/setupTestConfig.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d24d21c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/test/testUtils/setupTestConfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { vi } from 'vitest'
+
+vi.mock('../../src/utils/config.js')
diff --git a/backend/vitest.config.ts b/backend/vitest.config.ts
index 2795c0d72..34f4373a3 100644
--- a/backend/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/backend/vitest.config.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [tsconfigPaths()],
   test: {
     restoreMocks: true,
-    setupFiles: ['./test/testUtils/zod.ts'],
+    setupFiles: ['./test/testUtils/zod.ts', './test/testUtils/setupTestConfig.ts'],
     include: ['test/**/*.spec.ts'],
     coverage: {
       enabled: true,