diff --git a/packages/server/modules/core/graph/resolvers/admin.ts b/packages/server/modules/core/graph/resolvers/admin.ts
index 71b69c8be..9ee026d94 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/core/graph/resolvers/admin.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/core/graph/resolvers/admin.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/modules/core/services/admin'
 import {
   getTotalStreamCountFactory,
-  getTotalUserCount
+  getTotalUserCountFactory
 } from '@/modules/stats/repositories'
 
 export = {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export = {
     },
 
     async totalUserCount() {
-      return await getTotalUserCount()
+      return await getTotalUserCountFactory({ db })()
     },
     async totalPendingInvites() {
       return 0
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/stats/graph/resolvers/stats.ts b/packages/server/modules/stats/graph/resolvers/stats.ts
index dc5605392..cea98dc2e 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/stats/graph/resolvers/stats.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/stats/graph/resolvers/stats.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   getTotalStreamCountFactory,
   getTotalCommitCountFactory,
   getTotalObjectCountFactory,
-  getTotalUserCount
+  getTotalUserCountFactory
 } from '@/modules/stats/repositories/index'
 import { Roles, Scopes } from '@speckle/shared'
 import { throwForNotHavingServerRole } from '@/modules/shared/authz'
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export = {
     },
 
     async totalUserCount() {
-      return await getTotalUserCount()
+      return await getTotalUserCountFactory({ db })()
     },
 
     async streamHistory() {
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/stats/repositories/index.ts b/packages/server/modules/stats/repositories/index.ts
index 58b0829d0..8f752d2e5 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/stats/repositories/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/stats/repositories/index.ts
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ export const getTotalObjectCountFactory = (deps: { db: Knex }) => async () => {
   return parseInt(result.rows[0].count)
 }
 
-export async function getTotalUserCount() {
+export const getTotalUserCountFactory = (deps: { db: Knex }) => async () => {
   // returns -1 for small tables, no good
   // const fastQuery = "SELECT reltuples::bigint AS estimate FROM pg_catalog.pg_class WHERE relname = 'users'"
   const query = 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users'
-  const result = await knex.raw(query)
+  const result = await deps.db.raw(query)
   return parseInt(result.rows[0].count)
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/stats/tests/stats.spec.ts b/packages/server/modules/stats/tests/stats.spec.ts
index 406fd3fa4..c967acd31 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/stats/tests/stats.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/stats/tests/stats.spec.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   getTotalStreamCountFactory,
   getTotalCommitCountFactory,
   getTotalObjectCountFactory,
-  getTotalUserCount
+  getTotalUserCountFactory
 } from '@/modules/stats/repositories/index'
 import { Scopes } from '@speckle/shared'
 import { Server } from 'node:http'
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('Server stats services @stats-services', function () {
   })
 
   it('should return the total number of users on this server', async () => {
-    const res = await getTotalUserCount()
+    const res = await getTotalUserCountFactory({ db })()
     expect(res).to.equal(params.numUsers)
   })