diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/domain/commits/operations.ts b/packages/server/modules/core/domain/commits/operations.ts
index b815039be..549ab4f63 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/domain/commits/operations.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/domain/commits/operations.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   UpdateVersionInput
 } from '@/modules/core/graph/generated/graphql'
 import { BranchCommitRecord, StreamCommitRecord } from '@/modules/core/helpers/types'
+import { BatchedSelectOptions } from '@/modules/shared/helpers/dbHelper'
 import { MaybeNullOrUndefined, Nullable, Optional } from '@speckle/shared'
 import { Knex } from 'knex'
 
@@ -153,3 +154,20 @@ export type GetUserAuthoredCommitCounts = (params: {
 export type GetCommitsAndTheirBranchIds = (
   commitIds: string[]
 ) => Promise<BranchCommit[]>
+
+export type GetBatchedStreamCommits = (
+  streamId: string,
+  options?: Partial<BatchedSelectOptions>
+) => AsyncGenerator<Commit[], void, unknown>
+
+export type GetBatchedBranchCommits = (
+  branchIds: string[],
+  options?: Partial<BatchedSelectOptions>
+) => AsyncGenerator<BranchCommitRecord[], void, unknown>
+
+export type InsertCommits = (
+  commits: Commit[],
+  options?: Partial<{
+    trx: Knex.Transaction
+  }>
+) => Promise<number[]>
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/repositories/commits.ts b/packages/server/modules/core/repositories/commits.ts
index 0b5afdb16..edae68a5b 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/repositories/commits.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/repositories/commits.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ import {
   GetStreamCommitCount,
   GetUserStreamCommitCounts,
   GetUserAuthoredCommitCounts,
-  GetCommitsAndTheirBranchIds
+  GetCommitsAndTheirBranchIds,
+  GetBatchedStreamCommits,
+  GetBatchedBranchCommits,
+  InsertCommits
 } from '@/modules/core/domain/commits/operations'
 
 const tables = {
@@ -133,38 +136,38 @@ export const deleteCommitFactory =
     return !!delCount
   }
 
-export function getBatchedStreamCommits(
-  streamId: string,
-  options?: Partial<BatchedSelectOptions>
-) {
-  const baseQuery = Commits.knex<CommitRecord[]>()
-    .select<CommitRecord[]>(Commits.cols)
-    .innerJoin(StreamCommits.name, StreamCommits.col.commitId, Commits.col.id)
-    .where(StreamCommits.col.streamId, streamId)
-    .orderBy(Commits.col.id)
+export const getBatchedStreamCommitsFactory =
+  (deps: { db: Knex }): GetBatchedStreamCommits =>
+  (streamId: string, options?: Partial<BatchedSelectOptions>) => {
+    const baseQuery = tables
+      .commits(deps.db)
+      .select<CommitRecord[]>(Commits.cols)
+      .innerJoin(StreamCommits.name, StreamCommits.col.commitId, Commits.col.id)
+      .where(StreamCommits.col.streamId, streamId)
+      .orderBy(Commits.col.id)
 
-  return executeBatchedSelect(baseQuery, options)
-}
+    return executeBatchedSelect(baseQuery, options)
+  }
 
-export function getBatchedBranchCommits(
-  branchIds: string[],
-  options?: Partial<BatchedSelectOptions>
-) {
-  const baseQuery = BranchCommits.knex<BranchCommitRecord[]>()
-    .whereIn(BranchCommits.col.branchId, branchIds)
-    .orderBy(BranchCommits.col.branchId)
+export const getBatchedBranchCommitsFactory =
+  (deps: { db: Knex }): GetBatchedBranchCommits =>
+  (branchIds: string[], options?: Partial<BatchedSelectOptions>) => {
+    const baseQuery = tables
+      .branchCommits(deps.db)
+      .select<BranchCommitRecord[]>('*')
+      .whereIn(BranchCommits.col.branchId, branchIds)
+      .orderBy(BranchCommits.col.branchId)
 
-  return executeBatchedSelect(baseQuery, options)
-}
+    return executeBatchedSelect(baseQuery, options)
+  }
 
-export async function insertCommits(
-  commits: CommitRecord[],
-  options?: Partial<{ trx: Knex.Transaction }>
-) {
-  const q = Commits.knex().insert(commits)
-  if (options?.trx) q.transacting(options.trx)
-  return await q
-}
+export const insertCommitsFactory =
+  (deps: { db: Knex }): InsertCommits =>
+  async (commits: CommitRecord[], options?: Partial<{ trx: Knex.Transaction }>) => {
+    const q = tables.commits(deps.db).insert(commits)
+    if (options?.trx) q.transacting(options.trx)
+    return await q
+  }
 
 export const insertStreamCommitsFactory =
   (deps: { db: Knex }): InsertStreamCommits =>
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/services/streams/clone.ts b/packages/server/modules/core/services/streams/clone.ts
index c17352ab6..72bf21301 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/services/streams/clone.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/services/streams/clone.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ import {
   insertObjects
 } from '@/modules/core/repositories/objects'
 import {
-  getBatchedStreamCommits,
   generateCommitId,
-  insertCommits,
-  getBatchedBranchCommits,
   insertStreamCommitsFactory,
-  insertBranchCommitsFactory
+  insertBranchCommitsFactory,
+  getBatchedStreamCommitsFactory,
+  getBatchedBranchCommitsFactory,
+  insertCommitsFactory
 } from '@/modules/core/repositories/commits'
 import { chunk } from 'lodash'
 import {
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ async function cloneCommits(state: CloneStreamInitialState) {
   // oldCommitId/newCommitId
   const commitIdMap = new Map<string, string>()
 
+  const insertCommits = insertCommitsFactory({ db })
+  const getBatchedStreamCommits = getBatchedStreamCommitsFactory({ db })
   for await (const commitsBatch of getBatchedStreamCommits(state.targetStream.id, {
     trx: state.trx
   })) {
@@ -237,6 +239,8 @@ async function createBranchCommitReferences(
   branchIdMap: Map<string, string>
 ) {
   const oldBranchIds = [...branchIdMap.keys()]
+  const getBatchedBranchCommits = getBatchedBranchCommitsFactory({ db })
+
   for await (const branchCommits of getBatchedBranchCommits(oldBranchIds, {
     trx: state.trx
   })) {