diff --git a/core/src/test/java/apoc/cypher/CypherInitializerTest.java b/core/src/test/java/apoc/cypher/CypherInitializerTest.java
index 58101d7a3..98fa9acaa 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/apoc/cypher/CypherInitializerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/apoc/cypher/CypherInitializerTest.java
@@ -25,13 +25,16 @@
 import apoc.util.TestUtil;
 import apoc.util.Utils;
 import apoc.util.collection.Iterators;
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.RuleChain;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.GraphDatabaseService;
 import org.neo4j.kernel.availability.AvailabilityListener;
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.neo4j.test.rule.ImpermanentDbmsRule;
 
 import static apoc.ApocConfig.APOC_CONFIG_INITIALIZER;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.neo4j.configuration.GraphDatabaseSettings.DEFAULT_DATABASE_NAME;
 import static org.neo4j.configuration.GraphDatabaseSettings.SYSTEM_DATABASE_NAME;
@@ -135,6 +139,17 @@ public void multipleInitializersWorks2() {
         expectNodeCount(1);
     }
 
+    @Ignore // TODO This should work according to the documentation
+    @Env({
+            @EnvSetting(key= APOC_CONFIG_INITIALIZER + "." + SYSTEM_DATABASE_NAME + ".0", value="create database hellohi if not exists")
+    })
+    public void createDbInInitialize() {
+        GraphDatabaseService systemDb = dbmsRule.getManagementService().database(SYSTEM_DATABASE_NAME);
+        final var databases = systemDb
+                .executeTransactionally( "show databases yield name", Map.of(), res -> res.stream().map(r -> r.get("name")).toList());
+        assertThat(databases, Matchers.hasItem("hellohi"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     @Env({  // this only creates 2 nodes if the statements run in same order
             @EnvSetting(key= APOC_CONFIG_INITIALIZER + "." + SYSTEM_DATABASE_NAME, value="create user dummy set password 'abcd1234'")
diff --git a/it/src/test/java/apoc/it/core/TriggerEnterpriseFeaturesTest.java b/it/src/test/java/apoc/it/core/TriggerEnterpriseFeaturesTest.java
index 6a71585c3..d4ca059bc 100644
--- a/it/src/test/java/apoc/it/core/TriggerEnterpriseFeaturesTest.java
+++ b/it/src/test/java/apoc/it/core/TriggerEnterpriseFeaturesTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import org.neo4j.driver.AuthTokens;
 import org.neo4j.driver.Driver;
 import org.neo4j.driver.GraphDatabase;
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
-import static apoc.ApocConfig.APOC_CONFIG_INITIALIZER;
 import static apoc.ApocConfig.APOC_TRIGGER_ENABLED;
 import static apoc.SystemPropertyKeys.database;
 import static apoc.trigger.TriggerHandler.TRIGGER_REFRESH;
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 import static org.neo4j.driver.SessionConfig.forDatabase;
 import static org.neo4j.test.assertion.Assert.assertEventually;
 
+
 public class TriggerEnterpriseFeaturesTest {
     private static final String FOO_DB = "foo";
     private static final String INIT_DB = "initdb";
@@ -68,26 +69,25 @@ public class TriggerEnterpriseFeaturesTest {
     private static Session session;
 
     @BeforeClass
-    public static void beforeAll() {
-        final String cypherInitializer = String.format("%s.%s.0",
-                APOC_CONFIG_INITIALIZER, SYSTEM_DATABASE_NAME);
-        final String createInitDb = String.format("CREATE DATABASE %s IF NOT EXISTS", INIT_DB);
+    public static void beforeAll()
+    {
+        //final String cypherInitializer = String.format("%s.%s.0", APOC_CONFIG_INITIALIZER, SYSTEM_DATABASE_NAME);
+        //final String createInitDb = String.format("CREATE DATABASE %s IF NOT EXISTS", INIT_DB);
 
         // We build the project, the artifact will be placed into ./build/libs
         neo4jContainer = createEnterpriseDB(List.of(TestContainerUtil.ApocPackage.CORE), true)
                 .withEnv(APOC_TRIGGER_ENABLED, "true")
-                .withEnv(TRIGGER_REFRESH, String.valueOf(TRIGGER_DEFAULT_REFRESH))
-                .withEnv(cypherInitializer, createInitDb);
+                .withEnv(TRIGGER_REFRESH, String.valueOf(TRIGGER_DEFAULT_REFRESH));
+                //.withEnv(cypherInitializer, createInitDb); // TODO Bug in initializer prevents us from doing this
         neo4jContainer.start();
         session = neo4jContainer.getSession();
         
         assertTrue(neo4jContainer.isRunning());
 
-        try (Session sysSession = neo4jContainer.getDriver().session(forDatabase(SYSTEM_DATABASE_NAME))) {
-            sysSession.writeTransaction(tx -> tx.run(String.format("CREATE DATABASE %s WAIT;", FOO_DB)));
-
-            sysSession.run(String.format("CREATE USER %s SET PASSWORD '%s' SET PASSWORD CHANGE NOT REQUIRED",
-                    NO_ADMIN_USER, NO_ADMIN_PWD));
+        try (final var sysSession = neo4jContainer.getDriver().session(forDatabase(SYSTEM_DATABASE_NAME))) {
+            sysSession.run("CREATE DATABASE %s WAIT".formatted(FOO_DB)).consume();
+            sysSession.run("CREATE DATABASE %s WAIT".formatted(INIT_DB)).consume();
+            sysSession.run("CREATE USER %s SET PASSWORD '%s' SET PASSWORD CHANGE NOT REQUIRED".formatted(NO_ADMIN_USER, NO_ADMIN_PWD)).consume();
         }
     }