diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
index 24ec3817..70527c47 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ var (
 		"overwrite-dns",
 		"help",
 	}
-	runQuickTunnel = RunQuickTunnel
 )
 
 func Flags() []cli.Flag {
@@ -287,7 +286,14 @@ See https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/in
 	}
 }
 
+// This is so that we can mock QuickTunnelRunner for TunnelCommand test cases
+type QuickTunnelRunner func(*subcommandContext) error
+
 func TunnelCommand(c *cli.Context) error {
+	return tunnelCommandImpl(c, RunQuickTunnel)
+}
+
+func tunnelCommandImpl(c *cli.Context, quickTunnelRunner QuickTunnelRunner) error {
 	sc, err := newSubcommandContext(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -316,7 +322,7 @@ func TunnelCommand(c *cli.Context) error {
 	// We don't support running proxy-dns and a quick tunnel at the same time as the same process
 	shouldRunQuickTunnel := c.IsSet("url") || c.IsSet("unix-socket") || c.IsSet(ingress.HelloWorldFlag)
 	if !c.IsSet("proxy-dns") && c.String("quick-service") != "" && shouldRunQuickTunnel {
-		return runQuickTunnel(sc)
+		return quickTunnelRunner(sc)
 	}
 
 	// If user provides a config, check to see if they meant to use `tunnel run` instead
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd_test.go b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd_test.go
index faf1de00..06c552a8 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd_test.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd_test.go
@@ -55,10 +55,8 @@ func TestShouldRunQuickTunnel(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			// Mock RunQuickTunnel Function
-			originalRunQuickTunnel := runQuickTunnel
-			defer func() { runQuickTunnel = originalRunQuickTunnel }()
 			mockCalled := false
-			runQuickTunnel = func(sc *subcommandContext) error {
+			mockQuickTunnelRunner := func(sc *subcommandContext) error {
 				mockCalled = true
 				return nil
 			}
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ func TestShouldRunQuickTunnel(t *testing.T) {
 			context := cli.NewContext(app, set, nil)
 
 			// Call TunnelCommand
-			err := TunnelCommand(context)
+			err := tunnelCommandImpl(context, mockQuickTunnelRunner)
 
 			// Validate
 			if tt.expectError {