diff --git a/app/cli/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/cli/Cli.scala b/app/cli/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/cli/Cli.scala
index 4ee51db5fe..d4c5bff5bf 100644
--- a/app/cli/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/cli/Cli.scala
+++ b/app/cli/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/cli/Cli.scala
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ object Cli extends App {
   import System.err.{println => printerr}
 
   try {
-    ConsoleCli.exec(args.toVector: _*) match {
+    ConsoleCli.exec(args.toVector) match {
       case Success(output) => println(output)
       case Failure(err) =>
         printerr(err.getMessage)
diff --git a/app/cli/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/cli/ConsoleCli.scala b/app/cli/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/cli/ConsoleCli.scala
index 2cb1636de4..755806a06e 100644
--- a/app/cli/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/cli/ConsoleCli.scala
+++ b/app/cli/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/cli/ConsoleCli.scala
@@ -1491,8 +1491,8 @@ object ConsoleCli {
     )
   }
 
-  def exec(args: String*): Try[String] = {
-    val config = OParser.parse(parser, args.toVector, Config()) match {
+  def exec(args: Vector[String]): Try[String] = {
+    val config = OParser.parse(parser, args, Config()) match {
       case None       => sys.exit(1)
       case Some(conf) => conf
     }
diff --git a/app/server-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/server/BitcoinSServerMainBitcoindTest.scala b/app/server-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/server/BitcoinSServerMainBitcoindTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9919e8ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/server-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/server/BitcoinSServerMainBitcoindTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package org.bitcoins.server
+
+import org.bitcoins.cli.{CliCommand, Config, ConsoleCli}
+import org.bitcoins.commons.util.ServerArgParser
+import org.bitcoins.testkit.fixtures.BitcoinSAppConfigBitcoinFixtureNotStarted
+
+/** Test starting bitcoin-s with bitcoind as the backend for app */
+class BitcoinSServerMainBitcoindTest
+    extends BitcoinSAppConfigBitcoinFixtureNotStarted {
+
+  behavior of "BitcoinSServerMain"
+
+  it must "start our app server with bitcoind as a backend" in {
+    config: BitcoinSAppConfig =>
+      val server = new BitcoinSServerMain(ServerArgParser.empty)(system, config)
+
+      val cliConfig = Config(rpcPortOpt = Some(config.rpcPort))
+
+      for {
+        _ <- server.start()
+        // Await RPC server started
+        _ <- BitcoinSServer.startedF
+
+        info = ConsoleCli.exec(CliCommand.WalletInfo, cliConfig)
+        balance = ConsoleCli.exec(CliCommand.GetBalance(isSats = true),
+                                  cliConfig)
+        addr = ConsoleCli.exec(CliCommand.GetNewAddress(labelOpt = None),
+                               cliConfig)
+        blockHash = ConsoleCli.exec(CliCommand.GetBestBlockHash, cliConfig)
+      } yield {
+        assert(info.isSuccess)
+        assert(balance.isSuccess)
+        assert(balance.get == "0 sats")
+        assert(addr.isSuccess)
+        assert(blockHash.isSuccess)
+      }
+  }
+
+  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    super.afterAll()
+    BitcoinSServer.reset()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/server-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/server/BitcoinSServerMainBitcoindTorTest.scala b/app/server-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/server/BitcoinSServerMainBitcoindTorTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbf69d063a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/server-test/src/test/scala/org/bitcoins/server/BitcoinSServerMainBitcoindTorTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package org.bitcoins.server
+
+import org.bitcoins.cli.{CliCommand, Config, ConsoleCli}
+import org.bitcoins.commons.util.ServerArgParser
+import org.bitcoins.testkit.fixtures.BitcoinSAppConfigBitcoinFixtureNotStarted
+import org.bitcoins.testkit.tor.CachedTor
+
+/** Test starting bitcoin-s with bitcoind as the backend for app */
+class BitcoinSServerMainBitcoindTorTest
+    extends BitcoinSAppConfigBitcoinFixtureNotStarted
+    with CachedTor {
+
+  behavior of "BitcoinSServerMain"
+
+  it must "start our app server with bitcoind as a backend with tor" in {
+    config: BitcoinSAppConfig =>
+      val server = new BitcoinSServerMain(ServerArgParser.empty)(system, config)
+
+      val cliConfig: Config = Config(rpcPortOpt = Some(config.rpcPort))
+
+      for {
+        _ <- torF
+        _ <- server.start()
+        // Await RPC server started
+        _ <- BitcoinSServer.startedF
+
+        info = ConsoleCli.exec(CliCommand.WalletInfo, cliConfig)
+        balance = ConsoleCli.exec(CliCommand.GetBalance(isSats = true),
+                                  cliConfig)
+        addr = ConsoleCli.exec(CliCommand.GetNewAddress(labelOpt = None),
+                               cliConfig)
+        blockHash = ConsoleCli.exec(CliCommand.GetBestBlockHash, cliConfig)
+      } yield {
+        assert(info.isSuccess)
+        assert(balance.isSuccess)
+        assert(balance.get == "0 sats")
+        assert(addr.isSuccess)
+        assert(blockHash.isSuccess)
+      }
+  }
+
+  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    super.afterAll()
+    BitcoinSServer.reset()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/BitcoinSServerMain.scala b/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/BitcoinSServerMain.scala
index a237355c02..98b47f6ff1 100644
--- a/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/BitcoinSServerMain.scala
+++ b/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/BitcoinSServerMain.scala
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ object BitcoinSServerMain extends BitcoinSAppScalaDaemon {
 }
 
 object BitcoinSServer {
-  private[server] val startedFP = Promise[Future[Http.ServerBinding]]()
+  private[server] var startedFP = Promise[Future[Http.ServerBinding]]()
 
   /** Allows the above server to be bundled with other projects.
     *
@@ -457,4 +457,8 @@ object BitcoinSServer {
     * been initialized.
     */
   val startedF: Future[Http.ServerBinding] = startedFP.future.flatten
+
+  def reset(): Unit = {
+    startedFP = Promise[Future[Http.ServerBinding]]()
+  }
 }
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index a5d846fd8e..0446243463 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -398,9 +398,11 @@ lazy val appServerTest = project
   .in(file("app/server-test"))
   .settings(CommonSettings.testSettings: _*)
   .settings(libraryDependencies ++= Deps.walletServerTest)
+  .settings(parallelExecution := false)
   .dependsOn(
     appServer,
-    testkit
+    testkit,
+    cli
   )
 
 lazy val cli = project
diff --git a/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/fixtures/BitcoinSAppConfigFixture.scala b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/fixtures/BitcoinSAppConfigFixture.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f0cbb644c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/fixtures/BitcoinSAppConfigFixture.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package org.bitcoins.testkit.fixtures
+
+import com.typesafe.config.{Config, ConfigFactory}
+import org.bitcoins.rpc.config.BitcoindInstance
+import org.bitcoins.rpc.util.RpcUtil
+import org.bitcoins.server.BitcoinSAppConfig
+import org.bitcoins.testkit.rpc.CachedBitcoindNewest
+import org.bitcoins.testkit.util.TorUtil
+import org.bitcoins.testkit.{BitcoinSTestAppConfig, EmbeddedPg}
+import org.scalatest.FutureOutcome
+
+import scala.concurrent.Future
+
+sealed trait BitcoinSAppConfigFixture extends BitcoinSFixture with EmbeddedPg {
+  override type FixtureParam = BitcoinSAppConfig
+
+  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    super[EmbeddedPg].afterAll()
+    super[BitcoinSFixture].afterAll()
+  }
+}
+
+/** Makes a bitcoin-s app config with proper bitcoind credentials
+  * and bitcoin-s.node.mode=bitcoind to use bitcoin as the backend
+  *
+  * The [[BitcoinSAppConfig]] is not started
+  */
+trait BitcoinSAppConfigBitcoinFixtureNotStarted
+    extends BitcoinSAppConfigFixture
+    with CachedBitcoindNewest {
+
+  override type FixtureParam = BitcoinSAppConfig
+
+  override def withFixture(test: OneArgAsyncTest): FutureOutcome = {
+    val builder: () => Future[BitcoinSAppConfig] = () => {
+      for {
+        bitcoind <- cachedBitcoindWithFundsF
+        datadir = bitcoind.instance.datadir
+        conf = buildConfig(bitcoind.instance)
+        bitcoinSAppConfig = BitcoinSAppConfig(datadir.toPath, conf)
+      } yield bitcoinSAppConfig
+    }
+
+    val destroyF: BitcoinSAppConfig => Future[Unit] = { appConfig =>
+      val stopF = appConfig
+        .stop()
+        .map(_ => BitcoinSTestAppConfig.deleteAppConfig(appConfig))
+        .map(_ => ())
+      stopF
+    }
+
+    makeDependentFixture(builder, destroyF)(test)
+  }
+
+  /** Builds a configuration with the proper bitcoind credentials and bitcoin-s node mode set to bitcoind
+    * and sets tor config
+    */
+  private def buildConfig(instance: BitcoindInstance): Config = {
+    val configStr =
+      s"""
+         |bitcoin-s.bitcoind-rpc.rpcuser="${instance.authCredentials.username}"
+         |bitcoin-s.bitcoind-rpc.rpcpassword="${instance.authCredentials.password}"
+         |bitcoin-s.bitcoind-rpc.rpcbind="${instance.rpcUri.getHost}"
+         |bitcoin-s.bitcoind-rpc.rpcport="${instance.rpcUri.getPort}"
+         |bitcoin-s.bitcoind-rpc.isRemote=true
+         |bitcoin-s.bitcoind-rpc.version="${instance.getVersion}"
+         |bitcoin-s.node.mode=bitcoind
+         |bitcoin-s.tor.enabled=${TorUtil.torEnabled}
+         |bitcoin-s.proxy.enabled=${TorUtil.torEnabled}
+         |bitcoin-s.dlcnode.listen = "0.0.0.0:${RpcUtil.randomPort}"
+         |bitcoin-s.server.rpcport = ${RpcUtil.randomPort}
+         |""".stripMargin
+
+    ConfigFactory.parseString(configStr)
+  }
+
+  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    super[CachedBitcoindNewest].afterAll()
+    super[BitcoinSAppConfigFixture].afterAll()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/rpc/BitcoindFixtures.scala b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/rpc/BitcoindFixtures.scala
index 2205f8711a..7e8b965bdc 100644
--- a/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/rpc/BitcoindFixtures.scala
+++ b/testkit/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/testkit/rpc/BitcoindFixtures.scala
@@ -189,6 +189,27 @@ trait BitcoindFixturesFundedCachedV21
   }
 }
 
+trait BitcoindFixturesFundedCachedNewest
+    extends BitcoinSAsyncFixtureTest
+    with BitcoindFixturesFundedCached
+    with CachedBitcoindNewest {
+  override type FixtureParam = BitcoindRpcClient
+
+  override def withFixture(test: OneArgAsyncTest): FutureOutcome = {
+    val f: Future[Outcome] = for {
+      bitcoind <- cachedBitcoindWithFundsF
+      futOutcome = withNewestFundedBitcoindCached(test, bitcoind)
+      fut <- futOutcome.toFuture
+    } yield fut
+    new FutureOutcome(f)
+  }
+
+  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    super[CachedBitcoindNewest].afterAll()
+    super[BitcoinSAsyncFixtureTest].afterAll()
+  }
+}
+
 /** Bitcoind fixtures with two cached bitcoind that are connected via p2p */
 trait BitcoindFixturesCachedPair[T <: BitcoindRpcClient]
     extends BitcoindFixturesCached