diff --git a/src/lib/features/index.ts b/src/lib/features/index.ts
index a287063eec..eb12dddd9a 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/index.ts
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ export * from './project-environments/createEnvironmentService';
 export * from './events/createEventsService';
 export * from './instance-stats/createInstanceStatsService';
 export * from './feature-lifecycle/createFeatureLifecycle';
+export * from './playground/createPlaygroundService';
diff --git a/src/lib/features/playground/createPlaygroundService.ts b/src/lib/features/playground/createPlaygroundService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0288b64deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/features/playground/createPlaygroundService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import type { Db, IUnleashConfig } from '../../server-impl';
+import { PlaygroundService } from './playground-service';
+import {
+    createFakeFeatureToggleService,
+    createFeatureToggleService,
+} from '../feature-toggle/createFeatureToggleService';
+import {
+    createFakePrivateProjectChecker,
+    createPrivateProjectChecker,
+} from '../private-project/createPrivateProjectChecker';
+import { SegmentReadModel } from '../segment/segment-read-model';
+import { FakeSegmentReadModel } from '../segment/fake-segment-read-model';
+
+export const createPlaygroundService = (
+    db: Db,
+    config: IUnleashConfig,
+): PlaygroundService => {
+    const segmentReadModel = new SegmentReadModel(db);
+    const privateProjectChecker = createPrivateProjectChecker(db, config);
+    const featureToggleServiceV2 = createFeatureToggleService(db, config);
+
+    const playgroundService = new PlaygroundService(
+        config,
+        {
+            featureToggleServiceV2,
+            privateProjectChecker,
+        },
+        segmentReadModel,
+    );
+
+    return playgroundService;
+};
+
+export const createFakePlaygroundService = (config: IUnleashConfig) => {
+    const segmentReadModel = new FakeSegmentReadModel();
+    const privateProjectChecker = createFakePrivateProjectChecker();
+    const featureToggleServiceV2 =
+        createFakeFeatureToggleService(config).featureToggleService;
+
+    const playgroundService = new PlaygroundService(
+        config,
+        {
+            featureToggleServiceV2,
+            privateProjectChecker,
+        },
+        segmentReadModel,
+    );
+
+    return playgroundService;
+};
diff --git a/src/lib/features/playground/playground-api.e2e.test.ts b/src/lib/features/playground/playground-api.e2e.test.ts
index de13b37267..56c4b47db6 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/playground/playground-api.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/playground/playground-api.e2e.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import dbInit, { type ITestDb } from '../../../test/e2e/helpers/database-init';
 import {
     type IUnleashTest,
-    setupApp,
+    setupAppWithCustomConfig,
 } from '../../../test/e2e/helpers/test-helper';
 import type { IUnleashStores } from '../../types';
 import getLogger from '../../../test/fixtures/no-logger';
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
 
     await stores.featureToggleStore.create('default', flag);
 
-    app = await setupApp(stores);
+    app = await setupAppWithCustomConfig(stores, {}, db.rawDatabase);
 });
 
 afterAll(async () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/services/index.ts b/src/lib/services/index.ts
index b86dd7ae94..b05f97211d 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/index.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ import {
 import { IntegrationEventsService } from '../features/integration-events/integration-events-service';
 import { FeatureCollaboratorsReadModel } from '../features/feature-toggle/feature-collaborators-read-model';
 import { FakeFeatureCollaboratorsReadModel } from '../features/feature-toggle/fake-feature-collaborators-read-model';
+import {
+    createFakePlaygroundService,
+    createPlaygroundService,
+} from '../features/playground/createPlaygroundService';
 
 export const createServices = (
     stores: IUnleashStores,
@@ -319,14 +323,9 @@ export const createServices = (
     const userSplashService = new UserSplashService(stores, config);
     const openApiService = new OpenApiService(config);
     const clientSpecService = new ClientSpecService(config);
-    const playgroundService = new PlaygroundService(
-        config,
-        {
-            featureToggleServiceV2,
-            privateProjectChecker,
-        },
-        segmentReadModel,
-    );
+    const playgroundService = db
+        ? createPlaygroundService(db, config)
+        : createFakePlaygroundService(config);
 
     const configurationRevisionService =
         ConfigurationRevisionService.getInstance(stores, config);
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/api/admin/playground.e2e.test.ts b/src/test/e2e/api/admin/playground.e2e.test.ts
index f10a3d0073..897928f7d2 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/api/admin/playground.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/e2e/api/admin/playground.e2e.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import fc, { type Arbitrary } from 'fast-check';
 import { clientFeature, clientFeatures } from '../../../arbitraries.test';
 import { generate as generateRequest } from '../../../../lib/openapi/spec/playground-request-schema.test';
 import dbInit, { type ITestDb } from '../../helpers/database-init';
-import { type IUnleashTest, setupAppWithAuth } from '../../helpers/test-helper';
+import {
+    type IUnleashTest,
+    setupAppWithCustomConfig,
+} from '../../helpers/test-helper';
 import { type FeatureToggle, WeightType } from '../../../../lib/types/model';
 import getLogger from '../../../fixtures/no-logger';
 import {
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ let token: IApiToken;
 
 beforeAll(async () => {
     db = await dbInit('playground_api_serial', getLogger);
-    app = await setupAppWithAuth(db.stores);
+    app = await setupAppWithCustomConfig(db.stores, {}, db.rawDatabase);
     const { apiTokenService } = app.services;
     token = await apiTokenService.createApiTokenWithProjects({
         type: ApiTokenType.ADMIN,