diff --git a/packages/astro/package.json b/packages/astro/package.json
index 32a9d68f5ec31..a0296ecc2b347 100644
--- a/packages/astro/package.json
+++ b/packages/astro/package.json
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
     "test:e2e:match": "playwright test -g",
     "test:e2e:chrome": "playwright test",
     "test:e2e:firefox": "playwright test --config playwright.firefox.config.js",
-    "test:node": "astro-scripts test \"test/**/*.test.js\""
+    "test:node": "astro-scripts test \"test/content-layer.test.js\" --timeout 30000 --only"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@astrojs/compiler": "^2.8.1",
@@ -243,4 +243,4 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "provenance": true
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/content/loaders/glob.ts b/packages/astro/src/content/loaders/glob.ts
index cd20973480c9c..836355ece06a2 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/content/loaders/glob.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/content/loaders/glob.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ export function glob(globOptions: GlobOptions): Loader {
 			if (!baseDir.pathname.endsWith('/')) {
 				baseDir.pathname = `${baseDir.pathname}/`;
 			}
+			console.log('basedir', baseDir);
+			console.log('globOptions', globOptions.base);
+			console.log('settings', settings.config.root);
 
 			const files = await fastGlob(globOptions.pattern, {
 				cwd: fileURLToPath(baseDir),
@@ -136,6 +139,10 @@ export function glob(globOptions: GlobOptions): Loader {
 				)
 			);
 
+			if (!watcher) {
+				return;
+			}
+
 			const matcher: RegExp = micromatch.makeRe(globOptions.pattern);
 
 			const matchesGlob = (entry: string) => !entry.startsWith('../') && matcher.test(entry);
@@ -152,11 +159,11 @@ export function glob(globOptions: GlobOptions): Loader {
 				await syncData(entry, baseUrl, options, entryType);
 				logger.info(`Reloaded data from ${green(entry)}`);
 			}
-			watcher?.on('change', onChange);
+			watcher.on('change', onChange);
 
-			watcher?.on('add', onChange);
+			watcher.on('add', onChange);
 
-			watcher?.on('unlink', async (deletedPath) => {
+			watcher.on('unlink', async (deletedPath) => {
 				const entry = relative(basePath, deletedPath);
 				if (!matchesGlob(entry)) {
 					return;
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/content-layer.test.js b/packages/astro/test/content-layer.test.js
index 4e1f2d7c3a668..18f8558401e72 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/content-layer.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/content-layer.test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
 import { sep } from 'node:path';
 import { sep as posixSep } from 'node:path/posix';
 
-describe('Content Layer', () => {
+describe.only('Content Layer', () => {
 	/** @type {import("./test-utils.js").Fixture} */
 	let fixture;
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe('Content Layer', () => {
 		fixture = await loadFixture({ root: './fixtures/content-layer/' });
 	});
 
-	describe('Build', () => {
+	describe.only('Build', () => {
 		let json;
 		before(async () => {
 			fixture = await loadFixture({ root: './fixtures/content-layer/' });
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe('Content Layer', () => {
 			json = JSON.parse(rawJson);
 		});
 
-		it('Returns custom loader collection', async () => {
+		it.only('Returns custom loader collection', async () => {
 			assert.ok(json.hasOwnProperty('customLoader'));
 			assert.ok(Array.isArray(json.customLoader));
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/content-layer/src/content/config.ts b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/content-layer/src/content/config.ts
index 7b5bd16a9abfd..80807e6ab838a 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/content-layer/src/content/config.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/content-layer/src/content/config.ts
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ const cats = defineCollection({
 	}),
 });
 
+
 // Absolute paths should also work
-const absoluteRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../content-outside-src', import.meta.url))
+const absoluteRoot = new URL('../../content-outside-src', import.meta.url).href;
+console.log('absoluteRoot', absoluteRoot);
 
 const spacecraft = defineCollection({
 	type: 'experimental_data',
diff --git a/scripts/cmd/test.js b/scripts/cmd/test.js
index 04f02f73afc00..d0d64a883c60a 100644
--- a/scripts/cmd/test.js
+++ b/scripts/cmd/test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import arg from 'arg';
 import glob from 'tiny-glob';
 
 const isCI = !!process.env.CI;
-const defaultTimeout = isCI ? 1400000 : 600000;
+const defaultTimeout = 600000 //isCI ? 600000 : 600000;
 
 export default async function test() {
 	const args = arg({