diff --git a/code/server/.babelrc b/code/server/.babelrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c58af5b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/server/.babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "presets": [
+    "@babel/preset-env",
+    "@babel/preset-typescript"
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/code/server/jest.config.js b/code/server/jest.config.js
index f7017093..b186f5f2 100644
--- a/code/server/jest.config.js
+++ b/code/server/jest.config.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const { pathsToModuleNameMapper } = require('ts-jest');
 
 module.exports = {
   preset: 'ts-jest',
-  testEnvironment: 'jest-environment-node',
+  testEnvironment: 'node',
+  transform: {},
   moduleNameMapper: pathsToModuleNameMapper({ '@src/*': ['./src/*'] }, { prefix: '<rootDir>/' }),
-  transform: {}
-};
+};
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diff --git a/code/server/package.json b/code/server/package.json
index 52b88a14..892595e7 100644
--- a/code/server/package.json
+++ b/code/server/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "serve": "tsc && node dist/server.js",
     "start": "tsx watch -r tsconfig-paths/register src/server.ts",
-    "test": "node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/jest/bin/jest.js",
+    "test": "jest --detectOpenHandles --config jest.config.js",
     "knip": "knip",
     "format": "prettier --write . && eslint . --ext .ts"
   },
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     "supertest": "^6.3.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.24.3",
+    "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.24.1",
     "@types/cors": "^2.8.17",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.21",
     "@types/jest": "^29.5.12",
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@
     "@types/supertest": "^6.0.2",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^7.3.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^7.3.1",
+    "babel-jest": "^29.7.0",
     "eslint": "^8.57.0",
     "jest": "^29.7.0",
     "knip": "^5.2.2",