diff --git a/apps/vc-api/src/config/db.ts b/apps/vc-api/src/config/db.ts
index d098f273..21e5f4f9 100644
--- a/apps/vc-api/src/config/db.ts
+++ b/apps/vc-api/src/config/db.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,3 @@ export const typeOrmConfigFactory = (config: ConfigService): TypeOrmModuleOption
     };
   }
 };
-
-export const typeOrmInMemoryModuleFactory = () =>
-  TypeOrmModule.forRoot({ ...inMemoryDBConfig, ...commonOptions });
diff --git a/apps/vc-api/src/did/did.controller.spec.ts b/apps/vc-api/src/did/did.controller.spec.ts
index 7f0251a8..ca791b89 100644
--- a/apps/vc-api/src/did/did.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/vc-api/src/did/did.controller.spec.ts
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@
 
 import { Test, TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
 import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
-import { typeOrmInMemoryModuleFactory } from '../config/db';
 import { KeyModule } from '../key/key.module';
 import { DIDController } from './did.controller';
 import { DIDService } from './did.service';
 import { DIDDocumentEntity } from './entities/did-document.entity';
 import { VerificationMethodEntity } from './entities/verification-method.entity';
 import { DidMethod } from './types/did-method';
+import { typeOrmConfigFactory } from '../config/db';
+import { DB_TYPES } from '../config/env-vars-validation-schema';
+import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
 
 describe('DidController', () => {
   let controller: DIDController;
@@ -32,7 +34,13 @@ describe('DidController', () => {
     const module: TestingModule = await Test.createTestingModule({
       imports: [
         KeyModule,
-        typeOrmInMemoryModuleFactory(),
+        TypeOrmModule.forRoot(
+          typeOrmConfigFactory({
+            get: (key): Record<string, unknown> => {
+              return { DB_TYPE: DB_TYPES.SQLITE_IN_MEMORY }[key];
+            }
+          } as unknown as ConfigService)
+        ),
         TypeOrmModule.forFeature([DIDDocumentEntity, VerificationMethodEntity])
       ],
       controllers: [DIDController],
diff --git a/apps/vc-api/src/did/did.service.spec.ts b/apps/vc-api/src/did/did.service.spec.ts
index b7d95692..cb31ab6c 100644
--- a/apps/vc-api/src/did/did.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/vc-api/src/did/did.service.spec.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 import { Test, TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
 import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
-import { typeOrmInMemoryModuleFactory } from '../config/db';
+import { typeOrmConfigFactory } from '../config/db';
 import { KeyModule } from '../key/key.module';
 import { KeyService } from '../key/key.service';
 import { DIDService } from './did.service';
 import { DIDDocumentEntity } from './entities/did-document.entity';
 import { VerificationMethodEntity } from './entities/verification-method.entity';
+import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
+import { DB_TYPES } from '../config/env-vars-validation-schema';
 
 describe('DIDService', () => {
   let service: DIDService;
@@ -32,7 +34,13 @@ describe('DIDService', () => {
     const module: TestingModule = await Test.createTestingModule({
       imports: [
         KeyModule,
-        typeOrmInMemoryModuleFactory(),
+        TypeOrmModule.forRoot(
+          typeOrmConfigFactory({
+            get: (key): Record<string, unknown> => {
+              return { DB_TYPE: DB_TYPES.SQLITE_IN_MEMORY }[key];
+            }
+          } as unknown as ConfigService)
+        ),
         TypeOrmModule.forFeature([DIDDocumentEntity, VerificationMethodEntity])
       ],
       providers: [DIDService]
diff --git a/apps/vc-api/src/key/key.service.spec.ts b/apps/vc-api/src/key/key.service.spec.ts
index 0a6fc353..3b571fd7 100644
--- a/apps/vc-api/src/key/key.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/vc-api/src/key/key.service.spec.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@
 import { Test, TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
 import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { calculateJwkThumbprint, JWK } from 'jose';
-import { typeOrmInMemoryModuleFactory } from '../config/db';
+import { typeOrmConfigFactory } from '../config/db';
 import { KeyPair } from './key-pair.entity';
 import { keyType } from './key-types';
 import { KeyService } from './key.service';
+import { DB_TYPES } from '../config/env-vars-validation-schema';
+import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
 
 describe('KeyService', () => {
   let service: KeyService;
@@ -29,7 +31,16 @@ describe('KeyService', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     const module: TestingModule = await Test.createTestingModule({
-      imports: [typeOrmInMemoryModuleFactory(), TypeOrmModule.forFeature([KeyPair])],
+      imports: [
+        TypeOrmModule.forRoot(
+          typeOrmConfigFactory({
+            get: (key): Record<string, unknown> => {
+              return { DB_TYPE: DB_TYPES.SQLITE_IN_MEMORY }[key];
+            }
+          } as unknown as ConfigService)
+        ),
+        TypeOrmModule.forFeature([KeyPair])
+      ],
       providers: [KeyService]
     }).compile();