diff --git a/src/@types/global.d.ts b/src/@types/global.d.ts
index 289bda3f49..9d43a13ca4 100644
--- a/src/@types/global.d.ts
+++ b/src/@types/global.d.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ declare global {
         mxToastStore: ToastStore;
         mxDeviceListener: DeviceListener;
         mxRoomListStore: RoomListStore;
-        mxRoomListStoreV3: RoomListStoreV3Class;
+        getRoomListStoreV3: () => RoomListStoreV3Class;
         mxRoomListLayoutStore: RoomListLayoutStore;
         mxPlatformPeg: PlatformPeg;
         mxIntegrationManagers: typeof IntegrationManagers;
diff --git a/src/stores/room-list-v3/RoomListStoreV3.ts b/src/stores/room-list-v3/RoomListStoreV3.ts
index f5fb48df07..e0461c3a5f 100644
--- a/src/stores/room-list-v3/RoomListStoreV3.ts
+++ b/src/stores/room-list-v3/RoomListStoreV3.ts
@@ -373,4 +373,4 @@ export default class RoomListStoreV3 {
     }
 }
 
-window.mxRoomListStoreV3 = RoomListStoreV3.instance;
+window.getRoomListStoreV3 = () => RoomListStoreV3.instance;
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/components/viewmodels/roomlist/RoomListHeaderViewModel-test.tsx b/test/unit-tests/components/viewmodels/roomlist/RoomListHeaderViewModel-test.tsx
index eb92208fc9..ba93dc9072 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/components/viewmodels/roomlist/RoomListHeaderViewModel-test.tsx
+++ b/test/unit-tests/components/viewmodels/roomlist/RoomListHeaderViewModel-test.tsx
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ describe("useRoomListHeaderViewModel", () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
         matrixClient = stubClient();
         space = mkStubRoom("spaceId", "spaceName", matrixClient);
+        jest.spyOn(SettingsStore, "getValue").mockImplementation((name: string): any => {
+            if (name === "RoomList.preferredSorting") return SortingAlgorithm.Recency;
+        });
     });
 
     afterEach(() => {