diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/domain/users/operations.ts b/packages/server/modules/core/domain/users/operations.ts
index 8c6c87e0b..178e6c55a 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/domain/users/operations.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/domain/users/operations.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
   UserWithOptionalRole
 } from '@/modules/core/domain/users/types'
 import { UserUpdateInput } from '@/modules/core/graph/generated/graphql'
-import { ServerAclRecord } from '@/modules/core/helpers/types'
+import { ServerAclRecord, UserWithRole } from '@/modules/core/helpers/types'
 import { Nullable, NullableKeysToOptional, ServerRoles } from '@speckle/shared'
 
 export type GetUserParams = Partial<{
@@ -55,6 +55,20 @@ export type CountAdminUsers = () => Promise<number>
 
 export type IsLastAdminUser = (userId: string) => Promise<boolean>
 
+type UserQuery = {
+  query: string | null
+  role?: ServerRoles | null
+}
+
+export type ListPaginatedUsersPage = (
+  params: {
+    limit: number
+    cursor?: Date | null
+  } & UserQuery
+) => Promise<UserWithRole[]>
+
+export type CountUsers = (params: UserQuery) => Promise<number>
+
 export type StoreUserAcl = (params: {
   acl: ServerAclRecord
 }) => Promise<ServerAclRecord>
@@ -137,3 +151,16 @@ export type SearchLimitedUsers = (
   users: LimitedUser[]
   cursor: Nullable<string>
 }>
+
+type AdminUserListArgs = {
+  cursor: string | null
+  query: string | null
+  limit: number
+  role: ServerRoles | null
+}
+
+export type AdminUserList = (args: AdminUserListArgs) => Promise<{
+  totalCount: number
+  items: UserWithRole[]
+  cursor: string | null
+}>
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/graph/resolvers/admin.ts b/packages/server/modules/core/graph/resolvers/admin.ts
index 9ee026d94..baeb3a299 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/graph/resolvers/admin.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/graph/resolvers/admin.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,22 @@ import { db } from '@/db/knex'
 import { Resolvers } from '@/modules/core/graph/generated/graphql'
 import { mapServerRoleToValue } from '@/modules/core/helpers/graphTypes'
 import { toProjectIdWhitelist } from '@/modules/core/helpers/token'
+import { countUsersFactory, listUsersFactory } from '@/modules/core/repositories/users'
 import {
   adminInviteList,
   adminProjectList,
-  adminUserList
+  adminUserListFactory
 } from '@/modules/core/services/admin'
 import {
   getTotalStreamCountFactory,
   getTotalUserCountFactory
 } from '@/modules/stats/repositories'
 
+const adminUserList = adminUserListFactory({
+  listUsers: listUsersFactory({ db }),
+  countUsers: countUsersFactory({ db })
+})
+
 export = {
   Query: {
     admin: () => ({})
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/repositories/users.ts b/packages/server/modules/core/repositories/users.ts
index e7a153170..95f99238f 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/repositories/users.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/repositories/users.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { markUserEmailAsVerifiedFactory } from '@/modules/core/services/users/em
 import { UserWithOptionalRole } from '@/modules/core/domain/users/types'
 import {
   CountAdminUsers,
+  CountUsers,
   DeleteUserRecord,
   GetUser,
   GetUserByEmail,
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   LegacyGetPaginatedUsersCount,
   LegacyGetUser,
   LegacyGetUserByEmail,
+  ListPaginatedUsersPage,
   SearchLimitedUsers,
   StoreUser,
   StoreUserAcl,
@@ -97,57 +99,53 @@ export const getUsersFactory =
     return (await q).map((u) => (skipClean ? u : sanitizeUserRecord(u)))
   }
 
-type UserQuery = {
-  query: string | null
-  role?: ServerRoles | null
-}
-
 /**
  * List users
  */
-export async function listUsers({
-  limit,
-  cursor,
-  query,
-  role
-}: {
-  limit: number
-  cursor?: Date | null
-} & UserQuery): Promise<UserWithRole[]> {
-  const sanitizedLimit = clamp(limit, 1, 200)
+export const listUsersFactory =
+  (deps: { db: Knex }): ListPaginatedUsersPage =>
+  async ({ limit, cursor, query, role }) => {
+    const sanitizedLimit = clamp(limit, 1, 200)
 
-  const userCols = omit(Users.col, ['email', 'verified'])
-  const q = Users.knex<UserWithRole[]>()
-    .orderBy(Users.col.createdAt, 'desc')
-    .limit(sanitizedLimit)
-    .columns([
-      ...Object.values(userCols),
-      // Getting first role from grouped results
-      knex.raw(`(array_agg("server_acl"."role"))[1] as role`),
-      knex.raw(`(array_agg("user_emails"."email"))[1] as email`),
-      knex.raw(`(array_agg("user_emails"."verified"))[1] as verified`)
-    ])
-    .leftJoin(ServerAcl.name, ServerAcl.col.userId, Users.col.id)
-    .leftJoin(UserEmails.name, UserEmails.col.userId, Users.col.id)
-    .where({ [UserEmails.col.primary]: true })
-    .groupBy(Users.col.id)
-  if (cursor) q.where(Users.col.createdAt, '<', cursor)
-  const users: UserWithRole[] = await getUsersBaseQuery(q, { searchQuery: query, role })
-  return users.map((u) => sanitizeUserRecord(u))
-}
+    const userCols = omit(Users.col, ['email', 'verified'])
+    const q = tables
+      .users(deps.db)
+      .orderBy(Users.col.createdAt, 'desc')
+      .limit(sanitizedLimit)
+      .columns([
+        ...Object.values(userCols),
+        // Getting first role from grouped results
+        knex.raw(`(array_agg("server_acl"."role"))[1] as role`),
+        knex.raw(`(array_agg("user_emails"."email"))[1] as email`),
+        knex.raw(`(array_agg("user_emails"."verified"))[1] as verified`)
+      ])
+      .leftJoin(ServerAcl.name, ServerAcl.col.userId, Users.col.id)
+      .leftJoin(UserEmails.name, UserEmails.col.userId, Users.col.id)
+      .where({ [UserEmails.col.primary]: true })
+      .groupBy(Users.col.id)
+    if (cursor) q.where(Users.col.createdAt, '<', cursor)
+    const users: UserWithRole[] = await getUsersBaseQuery(q, {
+      searchQuery: query,
+      role
+    })
+    return users.map((u) => sanitizeUserRecord(u))
+  }
 
-export async function countUsers(args: UserQuery): Promise<number> {
-  const q = Users.knex()
-    .leftJoin(ServerAcl.name, ServerAcl.col.userId, Users.col.id)
-    .leftJoin(UserEmails.name, UserEmails.col.userId, Users.col.id)
-    .countDistinct(Users.col.id)
+export const countUsersFactory =
+  (deps: { db: Knex }): CountUsers =>
+  async (args) => {
+    const q = tables
+      .users(deps.db)
+      .leftJoin(ServerAcl.name, ServerAcl.col.userId, Users.col.id)
+      .leftJoin(UserEmails.name, UserEmails.col.userId, Users.col.id)
+      .countDistinct(Users.col.id)
 
-  const result = await getUsersBaseQuery(q, {
-    searchQuery: args.query,
-    role: args.role
-  })
-  return parseInt(result[0]['count'])
-}
+    const result = await getUsersBaseQuery(q, {
+      searchQuery: args.query,
+      role: args.role
+    })
+    return parseInt(result[0]['count'])
+  }
 
 /**
  * Get user by ID
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/services/admin.ts b/packages/server/modules/core/services/admin.ts
index 2512935f1..ce62f95bf 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/services/admin.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/services/admin.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import db from '@/db/knex'
+import {
+  AdminUserList,
+  CountUsers,
+  ListPaginatedUsersPage
+} from '@/modules/core/domain/users/operations'
 import { ServerInviteGraphQLReturnType } from '@/modules/core/helpers/graphTypes'
-import { StreamRecord, UserRecord } from '@/modules/core/helpers/types'
+import { StreamRecord } from '@/modules/core/helpers/types'
 import { legacyGetStreamsFactory } from '@/modules/core/repositories/streams'
-import { listUsers, countUsers } from '@/modules/core/repositories/users'
 import { ServerInviteRecord } from '@/modules/serverinvites/domain/types'
 import {
   countServerInvitesFactory,
@@ -34,37 +38,42 @@ type AdminUserListArgs = CollectionQueryArgs & {
   role: ServerRoles | null
 }
 
-export class CursorParsingError extends BaseError {
+class CursorParsingError extends BaseError {
   static defaultMessage = 'Invalid cursor provided'
   static code = 'INVALID_CURSOR_VALUE'
   static statusCode = 400
 }
 
-export const parseCursorToDate = (cursor: string): Date => {
+const parseCursorToDate = (cursor: string): Date => {
   const timestamp = Date.parse(Buffer.from(cursor, 'base64').toString('utf-8'))
   if (isNaN(timestamp)) throw new CursorParsingError()
   return new Date(timestamp)
 }
 
-export const convertDateToCursor = (date: Date): string =>
+const convertDateToCursor = (date: Date): string =>
   Buffer.from(date.toISOString()).toString('base64')
 
-export const adminUserList = async (
-  args: AdminUserListArgs
-): Promise<Collection<UserRecord>> => {
-  const parsedCursor = args.cursor ? parseCursorToDate(args.cursor) : null
-  const [items, totalCount] = await Promise.all([
-    listUsers({
-      role: args.role,
-      cursor: parsedCursor,
-      limit: args.limit,
-      query: args.query ?? null
-    }),
-    countUsers(args)
-  ])
-  const cursor = items.length ? convertDateToCursor(items.slice(-1)[0].createdAt) : null
-  return { totalCount, items, cursor }
-}
+export const adminUserListFactory =
+  (deps: {
+    listUsers: ListPaginatedUsersPage
+    countUsers: CountUsers
+  }): AdminUserList =>
+  async (args: AdminUserListArgs) => {
+    const parsedCursor = args.cursor ? parseCursorToDate(args.cursor) : null
+    const [items, totalCount] = await Promise.all([
+      deps.listUsers({
+        role: args.role,
+        cursor: parsedCursor,
+        limit: args.limit,
+        query: args.query ?? null
+      }),
+      deps.countUsers(args)
+    ])
+    const cursor = items.length
+      ? convertDateToCursor(items.slice(-1)[0].createdAt)
+      : null
+    return { totalCount, items, cursor }
+  }
 
 type AdminProjectListArgs = HasCursor & {
   query: string | null
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/tests/integration/findUsers.spec.ts b/packages/server/modules/core/tests/integration/findUsers.spec.ts
index 252f438cd..7eb594d9f 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/tests/integration/findUsers.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/tests/integration/findUsers.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   getUserByEmailFactory,
   getUserFactory,
   getUsersFactory,
-  listUsers,
+  listUsersFactory,
   storeUserAclFactory,
   storeUserFactory
 } from '@/modules/core/repositories/users'
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ const createUser = createUserFactory({
   usersEventsEmitter: UsersEmitter.emit
 })
 const getUserByEmail = getUserByEmailFactory({ db })
+const listUsers = listUsersFactory({ db })
 
 describe('Find users @core', () => {
   describe('getUsers', () => {
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/tests/integration/userEmails.spec.ts b/packages/server/modules/core/tests/integration/userEmails.spec.ts
index cb8533750..5bf303694 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/tests/integration/userEmails.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/tests/integration/userEmails.spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   legacyGetPaginatedUsersCountFactory,
   legacyGetPaginatedUsersFactory,
   legacyGetUserByEmailFactory,
-  listUsers,
+  listUsersFactory,
   markUserAsVerified,
   storeUserAclFactory,
   storeUserFactory
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ const createUser = createUserFactory({
 })
 const getUserByEmail = getUserByEmailFactory({ db })
 const legacyGetUserByEmail = legacyGetUserByEmailFactory({ db })
+const listUsers = listUsersFactory({ db })
 
 describe('Core @user-emails', () => {
   before(async () => {