Jest load error

[bingomanatee]

when trying to test RxDB under jest there is a strange load error:

Jest failed to parse a file. This happens e.g. when your code or its dependencies use non-standard JavaScript syntax, or when Jest is not configured to support such syntax.

    /Users/davidedelhart/Documents/repos/planboard/node_modules/pouchdb-utils/node_modules/uuid/dist/esm-browser/index.js:1
    ({"Object.<anonymous>":function(module,exports,require,__dirname,__filename,jest){export { default as v1 } from './v1.js';
                                                                                      ^^^^^^

    SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'export'

this is my database engine creation code:

import {
  createRxDatabase, RxDatabase
} from 'rxdb'

import { addRxPlugin } from 'rxdb';
import { RxDBDevModePlugin } from 'rxdb/plugins/dev-mode';
import { getRxStorageMemory } from 'rxdb/dist/types/plugins/storage-memory'
addRxPlugin(RxDBDevModePlugin);

export default async function createDb() : Promise<RxDatabase> {

  const base = await createRxDatabase({
    name: 'planboard',
    storage: getRxStorageMemory(),
    eventReduce: true,
    ignoreDuplicate: true,
  });
  return base as RxDatabase;
}