diff --git a/src/node/utils/Cleanup.ts b/src/node/utils/Cleanup.ts
index 2dbad6232..526174a70 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/Cleanup.ts
+++ b/src/node/utils/Cleanup.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {AChangeSet} from "../types/PadType.js";
 import {Revision} from "../types/Revision.js";
 
 import {timesLimit, firstSatisfies} from './promises.js';
-import padManager from 'ep_etherpad-lite/node/db/PadManager.js';
+import * as padManager from 'ep_etherpad-lite/node/db/PadManager.js';
 import db from 'ep_etherpad-lite/node/db/DB.js';
 import * as Changeset from 'ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/Changeset.js';
 import padMessageHandler from 'ep_etherpad-lite/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js';
diff --git a/src/node/utils/ExportEtherpad.ts b/src/node/utils/ExportEtherpad.ts
index 70408557e..75717528a 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/ExportEtherpad.ts
+++ b/src/node/utils/ExportEtherpad.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 
 import Stream from './Stream.js';
 import { strict as assert } from 'assert';
-import authorManager from '../db/AuthorManager.js';
+import * as authorManager from '../db/AuthorManager.js';
 import hooks from '../../static/js/pluginfw/hooks.js';
-import padManager from '../db/PadManager.js';
+import * as padManager from '../db/PadManager.js';
 
 export const getPadRaw = async (padId:string, readOnlyId:string, revNum?: number) => {
   const dstPfx = `pad:${readOnlyId || padId}`;
diff --git a/src/node/utils/ExportHtml.ts b/src/node/utils/ExportHtml.ts
index 13fd56af1..ddb60fb4b 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/ExportHtml.ts
+++ b/src/node/utils/ExportHtml.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {MapArrayType} from "../types/MapType.js";
 
 import {deserializeOps, splitAttributionLines, subattribution} from '../../static/js/Changeset.js';
 import * as attributes from '../../static/js/attributes.js';
-import padManager from '../db/PadManager.js';
+import * as padManager from '../db/PadManager.js';
 import _ from 'underscore';
 import Security from '../../static/js/security.js';
 import hooks from '../../static/js/pluginfw/hooks.js';
diff --git a/src/node/utils/ExportTxt.ts b/src/node/utils/ExportTxt.ts
index b906b5e62..e16a8ac60 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/ExportTxt.ts
+++ b/src/node/utils/ExportTxt.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {deserializeOps, splitAttributionLines, subattribution} from '../../stati
 import {StringIterator} from "../../static/js/StringIterator.js";
 import {StringAssembler} from "../../static/js/StringAssembler.js";
 import * as attributes from '../../static/js/attributes.js';
-import padManager from '../db/PadManager.js';
+import * as padManager from '../db/PadManager.js';
 import { _analyzeLine } from './ExportHelper.js';
 
 // This is slightly different than the HTML method as it passes the output to getTXTFromAText
diff --git a/src/node/utils/ImportEtherpad.ts b/src/node/utils/ImportEtherpad.ts
index defaae92b..ee4e23583 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/ImportEtherpad.ts
+++ b/src/node/utils/ImportEtherpad.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {APool} from "../types/PadType.js";
 import AttributePool from '../../static/js/AttributePool.js';
 import { Pad } from '../db/Pad.js';
 import Stream from './Stream.js';
-import authorManager from '../db/AuthorManager.js';
+import * as authorManager from '../db/AuthorManager.js';
 import db from '../db/DB.js';
 import hooks from '../../static/js/pluginfw/hooks.js';
 import log4js from 'log4js';
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.ts
index 78c5b1180..7f9a84804 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {dirname} from 'node:path';
 
 import assert from 'assert';
 import * as common from '../../common.js';
-import padManager from '../../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
+import * as padManager from '../../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/restoreRevision.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/restoreRevision.ts
index e72bc31af..df4158765 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/restoreRevision.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/restoreRevision.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import {dirname} from 'node:path';
 import {PadType} from "../../../../node/types/PadType";
 
 import assert from 'assert';
-import authorManager from '../../../../node/db/AuthorManager.js';
+import * as authorManager from '../../../../node/db/AuthorManager.js';
 import * as common from '../../common.js';
-import padManager from '../../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
+import * as padManager from '../../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/chat.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/chat.ts
index c029f4d53..e7868ca8a 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/chat.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/chat.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import ChatMessage from '../../../static/js/ChatMessage.js';
 import {Pad} from '../../../node/db/Pad.js';
 import assert from 'assert';
 import * as common from '../common.js';
-import padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
+import * as padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
 import pluginDefs from '../../../static/js/pluginfw/plugin_defs.js';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/clientvar_rev_consistency.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/clientvar_rev_consistency.ts
index e0ab2f58e..2f965c9a6 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/clientvar_rev_consistency.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/clientvar_rev_consistency.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {dirname} from 'node:path';
 
 import assert from 'assert';
 import * as common from '../common.js';
-import padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
+import * as padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
 import pluginDefs from '../../../static/js/pluginfw/plugin_defs.js';
 import settings from '../../../node/utils/Settings.js';
 import {randomString} from '../../../static/js/pad_utils.js';
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/export.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/export.ts
index bdba5b3e8..afe7fd2c5 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/export.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/export.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {dirname} from 'node:path';
 import {MapArrayType} from "../../../node/types/MapType";
 
 import * as common from '../common.js';
-import padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
+import * as padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
 import settings from '../../../node/utils/Settings.js';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/export_list.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/export_list.ts
index a1d5402f1..8fd792490 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/export_list.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/export_list.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
 import {dirname} from 'node:path';
 import assert from 'assert';
 import * as common from '../common.js';
-import padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
-import importHtml from '../../../node/utils/ImportHtml.js';
-import exportHtml from '../../../node/utils/ExportHtml.js';
+import * as padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
+import * as importHtml from '../../../node/utils/ImportHtml.js';
+import * as exportHtml from '../../../node/utils/ExportHtml.js';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/lowerCasePadIds.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/lowerCasePadIds.ts
index d76c269b9..3dba264fd 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/lowerCasePadIds.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/lowerCasePadIds.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
 import {dirname} from 'node:path';
 import assert from 'assert';
 import * as common from '../common.js';
-import padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
+import * as padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
 import settings from '../../../node/utils/Settings.js';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/messages.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/messages.ts
index 070afcd75..b592efa19 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/messages.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/messages.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {MapArrayType} from "../../../node/types/MapType";
 
 import assert from 'assert';
 import * as common from '../common.js';
-import padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
+import * as padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
 import pluginDefs from '../../../static/js/pluginfw/plugin_defs.js';
 import readOnlyManager from '../../../node/db/ReadOnlyManager.js';
 
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/regression-db.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/regression-db.ts
index 67e994738..de97a593a 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/regression-db.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/regression-db.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
 import {dirname} from 'node:path';
-import authorManager from '../../../node/db/AuthorManager.js';
+import * as authorManager from '../../../node/db/AuthorManager.js';
 import {strict as assert} from "assert";
 import * as common from '../common.js';
 import db from '../../../node/db/DB.js';
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/socketio.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/socketio.ts
index 00ef922bf..d9b66e50e 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/socketio.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/socketio.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {MapArrayType} from "../../../node/types/MapType";
 
 import assert from 'assert';
 import * as common from '../common.js';
-import padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
+import * as padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
 import pluginDefs from '../../../static/js/pluginfw/plugin_defs.js';
 import readOnlyManager from '../../../node/db/ReadOnlyManager.js';
 import settings from '../../../node/utils/Settings.js';
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/undo_clear_authorship.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/undo_clear_authorship.ts
index 966cf11c3..f3568ff6d 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/undo_clear_authorship.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/undo_clear_authorship.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {PadType} from "../../../node/types/PadType";
 
 import assert from 'assert';
 import * as common from '../common.js';
-import padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
+import * as padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
 import AttributePool from '../../../static/js/AttributePool.js';
 import padutils from '../../../static/js/pad_utils.js';