diff --git a/packages/api/test/resolvers/recent_emails.test.ts b/packages/api/test/resolvers/recent_emails.test.ts
index 6b0ffcb3b..7d87414be 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/resolvers/recent_emails.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/resolvers/recent_emails.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { graphqlRequest, request } from '../util'
 import { getRepository } from '../../src/entity/utils'
 import { ReceivedEmail } from '../../src/entity/received_email'
 import { NewsletterEmail } from '../../src/entity/newsletter_email'
+import sinon from 'sinon'
+import * as sendEmail from '../../src/utils/sendEmail'
 
 describe('Recent Emails Resolver', () => {
   const recentEmailsQuery = `
@@ -121,11 +123,13 @@ describe('Recent Emails Resolver', () => {
         to: newsletterEmail.address,
         type: 'non-article',
       })
+      sinon.replace(sendEmail, 'sendEmail', sinon.fake.resolves(true))
     })
 
     after(async () => {
       // clean up
       await getRepository(ReceivedEmail).delete(recentEmail.id)
+      sinon.restore()
     })
 
     it('marks email as item', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/api/test/utils/parser.test.ts b/packages/api/test/utils/parser.test.ts
index bf5889155..4a8bdc1de 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/utils/parser.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/utils/parser.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const load = (path: string): string => {
   return fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf8')
 }
 
-describe('parseMetadata', async () => {
+describe('parseMetadata', () => {
   it('gets author, title, image, description', async () => {
     const html = load('./test/utils/data/substack-post.html')
     const metadata = await parsePageMetadata(html)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('parseMetadata', async () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe('parsePreparedContent', async () => {
+describe('parsePreparedContent', () => {
   it('gets published date when JSONLD fails to load', async () => {
     nock('https://stratechery.com:443', { encodedQueryParams: true })
       .get('/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed')
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe('parsePreparedContent', async () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe('parsePreparedContent', async () => {
+describe('parsePreparedContent', () => {
   nock('https://oembeddata').get('/').reply(200, {
     version: '1.0',
     provider_name: 'Hippocratic Adventures',