diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
index e7c5fb8e..ae14bba8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a single version of Python
 # For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-python-with-github-actions
 
-name: changedetection.io Python application
+name: changedetection.io
 
 
 on:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 715c22f1..df3a8817 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ __pycache__
 .idea
 *.pyc
 datastore/url-watches.json
-datastore/*
\ No newline at end of file
+datastore/*
+__pycache__
+.pytest_cache
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e44eace7..109305ee 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RUN echo "commit: $SOURCE_COMMIT branch: $SOURCE_BRANCH" >/source.txt
 
 RUN [ ! -d "/datastore" ] && mkdir /datastore
 
-CMD [ "python", "./backend.py" ]
+CMD [ "python", "./backend.py" , "-d", "/datastore"]
 
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b541e35b..3b7db369 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #  changedetection.io
+![changedetection.io](https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/actions/workflows/python-app.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)
 
 ## Self-hosted change monitoring of web pages.
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ Know when ...
 
 - Government department updates (changes are often only on their websites)
 - Local government news (changes are often only on their websites)
-- New software releases 
+- New software releases, security advisories when you're not on their mailing list.
 - Festivals with changes
 - Realestate listing changes
 
diff --git a/backend.py b/backend.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e6058d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+# Launch as a eventlet.wsgi server instance.
+
+import getopt
+import sys
+
+import eventlet
+import eventlet.wsgi
+import backend
+
+from backend import store
+
+
+def main(argv):
+    ssl_mode = False
+    port = 5000
+    datastore_path = "./datastore"
+
+    try:
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, "sd:p:", "purge")
+    except getopt.GetoptError:
+        print('backend.py -s SSL enable -p [port] -d [datastore path]')
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+    for opt, arg in opts:
+        #        if opt == '--purge':
+        # Remove history, the actual files you need to delete manually.
+        #            for uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
+        #                watch.update({'history': {}, 'last_checked': 0, 'last_changed': 0, 'previous_md5': None})
+
+        if opt == '-s':
+            ssl_mode = True
+
+        if opt == '-p':
+            port = int(arg)
+
+        if opt == '-d':
+            datastore_path = arg
+
+
+
+    # threads can read from disk every x seconds right?
+    # front end can just save
+    # We just need to know which threads are looking at which UUIDs
+
+    # isnt there some @thingy to attach to each route to tell it, that this route needs a datastore
+    app_config = {'datastore_path': datastore_path}
+
+    datastore = store.ChangeDetectionStore(datastore_path=app_config['datastore_path'])
+    app = backend.changedetection_app(app_config, datastore)
+
+    if ssl_mode:
+        # @todo finalise SSL config, but this should get you in the right direction if you need it.
+        eventlet.wsgi.server(eventlet.wrap_ssl(eventlet.listen(('', port)),
+                                               certfile='cert.pem',
+                                               keyfile='privkey.pem',
+                                               server_side=True), app)
+
+    else:
+        eventlet.wsgi.server(eventlet.listen(('', port)), app)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/backend/README-pytest.md b/backend/README-pytest.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d32ac0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/README-pytest.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Note: run `pytest` from this directory.
diff --git a/backend/__init__.py b/backend/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28a833a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,478 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+
+# @todo logging
+# @todo sort by last_changed
+# @todo extra options for url like , verify=False etc.
+# @todo enable https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user-guide.html#ssl as option?
+# @todo maybe a button to reset all 'last-changed'.. so you can see it clearly when something happens since your last visit
+# @todo option for interval day/6 hour/etc
+# @todo on change detected, config for calling some API
+# @todo make tables responsive!
+# @todo fetch title into json
+# https://distill.io/features
+# proxy per check
+#  - flask_cors, itsdangerous,MarkupSafe
+
+import time
+import os
+import timeago
+
+import threading
+import queue
+
+from flask import Flask, render_template, request, send_file, send_from_directory,  abort, redirect, url_for
+
+datastore = None
+
+# Local
+running_update_threads = []
+ticker_thread = None
+
+messages = []
+extra_stylesheets = []
+
+update_q = queue.Queue()
+
+app = Flask(__name__, static_url_path="/var/www/change-detection/backen/static")
+
+# Stop browser caching of assets
+app.config['SEND_FILE_MAX_AGE_DEFAULT'] = 0
+
+app.config['STOP_THREADS'] = False
+
+# Disables caching of the templates
+app.config['TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD'] = True
+
+
+# We use the whole watch object from the store/JSON so we can see if there's some related status in terms of a thread
+# running or something similar.
+@app.template_filter('format_last_checked_time')
+def _jinja2_filter_datetime(watch_obj, format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"):
+    # Worker thread tells us which UUID it is currently processing.
+    for t in running_update_threads:
+        if t.current_uuid == watch_obj['uuid']:
+            return "Checking now.."
+
+    if watch_obj['last_checked'] == 0:
+        return 'Not yet'
+
+    return timeago.format(int(watch_obj['last_checked']), time.time())
+
+
+# @app.context_processor
+# def timeago():
+#    def _timeago(lower_time, now):
+#        return timeago.format(lower_time, now)
+#    return dict(timeago=_timeago)
+
+@app.template_filter('format_timestamp_timeago')
+def _jinja2_filter_datetimestamp(timestamp, format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"):
+    return timeago.format(timestamp, time.time())
+    # return timeago.format(timestamp, time.time())
+    # return datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp).strftime(format)
+
+
+def changedetection_app(config=None, datastore_o=None):
+    global datastore
+    datastore = datastore_o
+    # Hmm
+    app.config.update(dict(DEBUG=True))
+    app.config.update(config or {})
+
+    # Setup cors headers to allow all domains
+    # https://flask-cors.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+    #    CORS(app)
+
+    # https://github.com/pallets/flask/blob/93dd1709d05a1cf0e886df6223377bdab3b077fb/examples/tutorial/flaskr/__init__.py#L39
+    # You can divide up the stuff like this
+
+    @app.route("/", methods=['GET'])
+    def index():
+        global messages
+
+        limit_tag = request.args.get('tag')
+
+        # Sort by last_changed and add the uuid which is usually the key..
+        sorted_watches = []
+        for uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
+
+            if limit_tag != None:
+                # Support for comma separated list of tags.
+                for tag_in_watch in watch['tag'].split(','):
+                    tag_in_watch = tag_in_watch.strip()
+                    if tag_in_watch == limit_tag:
+                        watch['uuid'] = uuid
+                        sorted_watches.append(watch)
+
+            else:
+                watch['uuid'] = uuid
+                sorted_watches.append(watch)
+
+        sorted_watches.sort(key=lambda x: x['last_changed'], reverse=True)
+
+        existing_tags = datastore.get_all_tags()
+        output = render_template("watch-overview.html",
+                                 watches=sorted_watches,
+                                 messages=messages,
+                                 tags=existing_tags,
+                                 active_tag=limit_tag)
+
+        # Show messages but once.
+        messages = []
+        return output
+
+    @app.route("/scrub", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+    def scrub_page():
+        from pathlib import Path
+
+        global messages
+
+        if request.method == 'POST':
+            confirmtext = request.form.get('confirmtext')
+
+            if confirmtext == 'scrub':
+
+                for txt_file_path in Path(app.config['datastore_path']).rglob('*.txt'):
+                    os.unlink(txt_file_path)
+
+                for uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
+                    watch['last_checked'] = 0
+                    watch['last_changed'] = 0
+                    watch['previous_md5'] = None
+                    watch['history'] = {}
+
+                datastore.needs_write = True
+                messages.append({'class': 'ok', 'message': 'Cleaned all version history.'})
+            else:
+                messages.append({'class': 'error', 'message': 'Wrong confirm text.'})
+
+            return redirect(url_for('index'))
+
+        return render_template("scrub.html")
+
+    @app.route("/edit", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+    def edit_page():
+        global messages
+        import validators
+
+        if request.method == 'POST':
+            uuid = request.args.get('uuid')
+
+            url = request.form.get('url').strip()
+            tag = request.form.get('tag').strip()
+
+            form_headers = request.form.get('headers').strip().split("\n")
+            extra_headers = {}
+            if form_headers:
+                for header in form_headers:
+                    if len(header):
+                        parts = header.split(':', 1)
+                        extra_headers.update({parts[0].strip(): parts[1].strip()})
+
+            validators.url(url)  # @todo switch to prop/attr/observer
+            datastore.data['watching'][uuid].update({'url': url,
+                                                     'tag': tag,
+                                                     'headers': extra_headers})
+            datastore.needs_write = True
+
+            messages.append({'class': 'ok', 'message': 'Updated watch.'})
+
+            return redirect(url_for('index'))
+
+        else:
+
+            uuid = request.args.get('uuid')
+            output = render_template("edit.html", uuid=uuid, watch=datastore.data['watching'][uuid], messages=messages)
+
+        return output
+
+    @app.route("/settings", methods=['GET', "POST"])
+    def settings_page():
+        global messages
+        if request.method == 'POST':
+            try:
+                minutes = int(request.values.get('minutes').strip())
+            except ValueError:
+                messages.append({'class': 'error', 'message': "Invalid value given, use an integer."})
+
+            else:
+                if minutes >= 5 and minutes <= 600:
+                    datastore.data['settings']['requests']['minutes_between_check'] = minutes
+                    datastore.needs_write = True
+
+                    messages.append({'class': 'ok', 'message': "Updated"})
+                else:
+                    messages.append(
+                        {'class': 'error', 'message': "Must be equal to or greater than 5 and less than 600 minutes"})
+
+        output = render_template("settings.html", messages=messages,
+                                 minutes=datastore.data['settings']['requests']['minutes_between_check'])
+        messages = []
+
+        return output
+
+    @app.route("/import", methods=['GET', "POST"])
+    def import_page():
+        import validators
+        global messages
+        remaining_urls = []
+
+        good = 0
+
+        if request.method == 'POST':
+            urls = request.values.get('urls').split("\n")
+            for url in urls:
+                url = url.strip()
+                if len(url) and validators.url(url):
+                    new_uuid = datastore.add_watch(url=url.strip(), tag="")
+                    # Straight into the queue.
+                    update_q.put(new_uuid)
+                    good += 1
+                else:
+                    if len(url):
+                        remaining_urls.append(url)
+
+            messages.append({'class': 'ok', 'message': "{} Imported, {} Skipped.".format(good, len(remaining_urls))})
+
+        if len(remaining_urls) == 0:
+            return redirect(url_for('index'))
+        else:
+            output = render_template("import.html",
+                                     messages=messages,
+                                     remaining="\n".join(remaining_urls)
+                                     )
+            messages = []
+        return output
+
+    @app.route("/diff/<string:uuid>", methods=['GET'])
+    def diff_history_page(uuid):
+        global messages
+
+        extra_stylesheets = ['/static/css/diff.css']
+
+        watch = datastore.data['watching'][uuid]
+
+        dates = list(watch['history'].keys())
+        # Convert to int, sort and back to str again
+        dates = [int(i) for i in dates]
+        dates.sort(reverse=True)
+        dates = [str(i) for i in dates]
+
+        # Save the current newest history as the most recently viewed
+        datastore.set_last_viewed(uuid, dates[0])
+
+        newest_file = watch['history'][dates[0]]
+        with open(newest_file, 'r') as f:
+            newest_version_file_contents = f.read()
+
+        previous_version = request.args.get('previous_version')
+
+        try:
+            previous_file = watch['history'][previous_version]
+        except KeyError:
+            # Not present, use a default value, the second one in the sorted list.
+            previous_file = watch['history'][dates[1]]
+
+        with open(previous_file, 'r') as f:
+            previous_version_file_contents = f.read()
+
+        output = render_template("diff.html", watch_a=watch,
+                                 messages=messages,
+                                 newest=newest_version_file_contents,
+                                 previous=previous_version_file_contents,
+                                 extra_stylesheets=extra_stylesheets,
+                                 versions=dates[1:],
+                                 newest_version_timestamp=dates[0],
+                                 current_previous_version=str(previous_version),
+                                 current_diff_url=watch['url'])
+
+        return output
+
+    @app.route("/favicon.ico", methods=['GET'])
+    def favicon():
+        return send_from_directory("/app/static/images", filename="favicon.ico")
+
+    # We're good but backups are even better!
+    @app.route("/backup", methods=['GET'])
+    def get_backup():
+        import zipfile
+        from pathlib import Path
+
+        # create a ZipFile object
+        backupname = "changedetection-backup-{}.zip".format(int(time.time()))
+
+        # We only care about UUIDS from the current index file
+        uuids = list(datastore.data['watching'].keys())
+
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(os.path.join(app.config['datastore_path'], backupname), 'w',
+                             compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED,
+                             compresslevel=6) as zipObj:
+
+            # Be sure we're written fresh
+            datastore.sync_to_json()
+
+            # Add the index
+            zipObj.write(os.path.join(app.config['datastore_path'], "url-watches.json"))
+            # Add any snapshot data we find
+            for txt_file_path in Path(app.config['datastore_path']).rglob('*.txt'):
+                parent_p = txt_file_path.parent
+                if parent_p.name in uuids:
+                    zipObj.write(txt_file_path)
+
+        return send_file(os.path.join(app.config['datastore_path'], backupname),
+                         as_attachment=True,
+                         mimetype="application/zip",
+                         attachment_filename=backupname)
+
+    @app.route("/static/<string:group>/<string:filename>", methods=['GET'])
+    def static_content(group, filename):
+        # These files should be in our subdirectory
+        full_path = os.path.realpath(__file__)
+        p = os.path.dirname(full_path)
+
+        try:
+            return send_from_directory("{}/static/{}".format(p, group), filename=filename)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            abort(404)
+
+    @app.route("/api/add", methods=['POST'])
+    def api_watch_add():
+        global messages
+
+        # @todo add_watch should throw a custom Exception for validation etc
+        new_uuid = datastore.add_watch(url=request.form.get('url').strip(), tag=request.form.get('tag').strip())
+        # Straight into the queue.
+        update_q.put(new_uuid)
+
+        messages.append({'class': 'ok', 'message': 'Watch added.'})
+        return redirect(url_for('index'))
+
+    @app.route("/api/delete", methods=['GET'])
+    def api_delete():
+        global messages
+        uuid = request.args.get('uuid')
+        datastore.delete(uuid)
+        messages.append({'class': 'ok', 'message': 'Deleted.'})
+
+        return redirect(url_for('index'))
+
+    @app.route("/api/checknow", methods=['GET'])
+    def api_watch_checknow():
+
+        global messages
+
+        tag = request.args.get('tag')
+        uuid = request.args.get('uuid')
+        i = 0
+
+        running_uuids = []
+        for t in running_update_threads:
+            running_uuids.append(t.current_uuid)
+
+        # @todo check thread is running and skip
+
+        if uuid:
+            if uuid not in running_uuids:
+                update_q.put(uuid)
+            i = 1
+
+        elif tag != None:
+            # Items that have this current tag
+            for watch_uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
+                if (tag != None and tag in watch['tag']):
+                    i += 1
+                    if watch_uuid not in running_uuids:
+                        update_q.put(watch_uuid)
+        else:
+            # No tag, no uuid, add everything.
+            for watch_uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
+                i += 1
+                if watch_uuid not in running_uuids:
+                    update_q.put(watch_uuid)
+
+        messages.append({'class': 'ok', 'message': "{} watches are rechecking.".format(i)})
+        return redirect(url_for('index', tag=tag))
+
+    # @todo handle ctrl break
+    ticker_thread = threading.Thread(target=ticker_thread_check_time_launch_checks).start()
+
+    return app
+
+
+# Requests for checking on the site use a pool of thread Workers managed by a Queue.
+class Worker(threading.Thread):
+    current_uuid = None
+
+    def __init__(self, q, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.q = q
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def run(self):
+        from backend import fetch_site_status
+
+        update_handler = fetch_site_status.perform_site_check(datastore=datastore)
+
+        while True:
+
+            try:
+                uuid = self.q.get(block=True, timeout=1)
+            except queue.Empty:
+                # We have a chance to kill this thread that needs to monitor for new jobs..
+                # Delays here would be caused by a current response object pending
+                # @todo switch to threaded response handler
+                if app.config['STOP_THREADS']:
+                    return
+            else:
+                self.current_uuid = uuid
+
+                if uuid in list(datastore.data['watching'].keys()):
+
+                    try:
+                        result, contents = update_handler.run(uuid)
+
+                    except PermissionError as s:
+                        app.logger.error("File permission error updating", uuid, str(s))
+                    else:
+                        if result:
+
+                            datastore.update_watch(uuid=uuid, update_obj=result)
+
+                            if contents:
+                                # A change was detected
+                                datastore.save_history_text(uuid=uuid, contents=contents, result_obj=result)
+
+
+                self.current_uuid = None  # Done
+                self.q.task_done()
+
+
+# Thread runner to check every minute, look for new watches to feed into the Queue.
+def ticker_thread_check_time_launch_checks():
+    # Spin up Workers.
+    for _ in range(datastore.data['settings']['requests']['workers']):
+        new_worker = Worker(update_q)
+        running_update_threads.append(new_worker)
+        new_worker.start()
+
+    # Every minute check for new UUIDs to follow up on
+    while True:
+
+        if app.config['STOP_THREADS']:
+            return
+
+        running_uuids = []
+        for t in running_update_threads:
+            running_uuids.append(t.current_uuid)
+
+        # Look at the dataset, find a stale watch to process
+        minutes = datastore.data['settings']['requests']['minutes_between_check']
+        for uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
+            if watch['last_checked'] <= time.time() - (minutes * 60):
+
+                # @todo maybe update_q.queue is enough?
+                if not uuid in running_uuids and uuid not in update_q.queue:
+                    update_q.put(uuid)
+
+        # Should be low so we can break this out in testing
+        time.sleep(1)
diff --git a/backend/backend.py b/backend/backend.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a007d71..00000000
--- a/backend/backend.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,501 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
-
-
-# @todo logging
-# @todo sort by last_changed
-# @todo extra options for url like , verify=False etc.
-# @todo enable https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user-guide.html#ssl as option?
-# @todo maybe a button to reset all 'last-changed'.. so you can see it clearly when something happens since your last visit
-# @todo option for interval day/6 hour/etc
-# @todo on change detected, config for calling some API
-# @todo make tables responsive!
-# @todo fetch title into json
-# https://distill.io/features
-# proxy per check
-#i
-import json
-import eventlet
-import eventlet.wsgi
-
-import time
-import os
-import getopt
-import sys
-import datetime
-import timeago
-
-import threading
-import queue
-
-
-from flask import Flask, render_template, request, send_file, send_from_directory, safe_join, abort, redirect, url_for
-
-
-# Local
-import store
-running_update_threads = []
-ticker_thread = None
-
-datastore = store.ChangeDetectionStore()
-messages = []
-extra_stylesheets = []
-
-update_q = queue.Queue()
-
-
-app = Flask(__name__, static_url_path='/static')
-app.config['STATIC_RESOURCES'] = "/app/static"
-app.config['SEND_FILE_MAX_AGE_DEFAULT'] = 0
-
-# app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'secret!'
-
-# Disables caching of the templates
-app.config['TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD'] = True
-
-
-# We use the whole watch object from the store/JSON so we can see if there's some related status in terms of a thread
-# running or something similar.
-@app.template_filter('format_last_checked_time')
-def _jinja2_filter_datetime(watch_obj, format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"):
-    # Worker thread tells us which UUID it is currently processing.
-    for t in running_update_threads:
-        if t.current_uuid == watch_obj['uuid']:
-            return "Checking now.."
-
-    if watch_obj['last_checked'] == 0:
-        return 'Not yet'
-
-    return timeago.format(int(watch_obj['last_checked']), time.time())
-
-
-# @app.context_processor
-# def timeago():
-#    def _timeago(lower_time, now):
-#        return timeago.format(lower_time, now)
-#    return dict(timeago=_timeago)
-
-@app.template_filter('format_timestamp_timeago')
-def _jinja2_filter_datetimestamp(timestamp, format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"):
-    return timeago.format(timestamp, time.time())
-    # return timeago.format(timestamp, time.time())
-    # return datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp).strftime(format)
-
-
-@app.route("/", methods=['GET'])
-def main_page():
-    global messages
-
-    limit_tag = request.args.get('tag')
-
-    # Sort by last_changed and add the uuid which is usually the key..
-    sorted_watches = []
-    for uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
-
-
-        if limit_tag != None:
-            # Support for comma separated list of tags.
-            for tag_in_watch in watch['tag'].split(','):
-                tag_in_watch = tag_in_watch.strip()
-                if tag_in_watch == limit_tag:
-                    watch['uuid'] = uuid
-                    sorted_watches.append(watch)
-
-        else:
-            watch['uuid'] = uuid
-            sorted_watches.append(watch)
-
-
-    sorted_watches.sort(key=lambda x: x['last_changed'], reverse=True)
-
-    existing_tags = datastore.get_all_tags()
-    output = render_template("watch-overview.html",
-                             watches=sorted_watches,
-                             messages=messages,
-                             tags=existing_tags,
-                             active_tag=limit_tag)
-
-    # Show messages but once.
-    messages = []
-    return output
-
-@app.route("/scrub", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
-def scrub_page():
-    from pathlib import Path
-
-    global messages
-
-    if request.method == 'POST':
-        confirmtext = request.form.get('confirmtext')
-
-        if confirmtext == 'scrub':
-
-            for txt_file_path in Path('/datastore').rglob('*.txt'):
-                os.unlink(txt_file_path)
-
-            for uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
-                watch['last_checked'] = 0
-                watch['last_changed'] = 0
-                watch['previous_md5'] = None
-                watch['history'] = {}
-
-            datastore.needs_write = True
-            messages.append({'class': 'ok', 'message': 'Cleaned all version history.'})
-        else:
-            messages.append({'class': 'error', 'message': 'Wrong confirm text.'})
-
-        return redirect(url_for('main_page'))
-
-    return render_template("scrub.html")
-
-
-@app.route("/edit", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
-def edit_page():
-    global messages
-    import validators
-
-    if request.method == 'POST':
-        uuid = request.args.get('uuid')
-
-        url = request.form.get('url').strip()
-        tag = request.form.get('tag').strip()
-
-        form_headers = request.form.get('headers').strip().split("\n")
-        extra_headers = {}
-        if form_headers:
-            for header in form_headers:
-                if len(header):
-                    parts = header.split(':', 1)
-                    extra_headers.update({parts[0].strip(): parts[1].strip()})
-
-        validators.url(url)  # @todo switch to prop/attr/observer
-        datastore.data['watching'][uuid].update({'url': url,
-                                                 'tag': tag,
-                                                 'headers': extra_headers})
-        datastore.needs_write = True
-
-        messages.append({'class': 'ok', 'message': 'Updated watch.'})
-
-        return redirect(url_for('main_page'))
-
-    else:
-
-        uuid = request.args.get('uuid')
-        output = render_template("edit.html", uuid=uuid, watch=datastore.data['watching'][uuid], messages=messages)
-
-    return output
-
-
-@app.route("/settings", methods=['GET', "POST"])
-def settings_page():
-    global messages
-    if request.method == 'POST':
-        try:
-            minutes = int(request.values.get('minutes').strip())
-        except ValueError:
-            messages.append({'class': 'error', 'message': "Invalid value given, use an integer."})
-
-        else:
-            if minutes >= 5 and minutes <= 600:
-                datastore.data['settings']['requests']['minutes_between_check'] = minutes
-                datastore.needs_write = True
-
-                messages.append({'class': 'ok', 'message': "Updated"})
-            else:
-                messages.append({'class': 'error', 'message': "Must be equal to or greater than 5 and less than 600 minutes"})
-
-    output = render_template("settings.html", messages=messages, minutes=datastore.data['settings']['requests']['minutes_between_check'])
-    messages =[]
-
-    return output
-
-@app.route("/import", methods=['GET', "POST"])
-def import_page():
-    import validators
-    global messages
-    remaining_urls=[]
-
-    good = 0
-
-    if request.method == 'POST':
-        urls = request.values.get('urls').split("\n")
-        for url in urls:
-            url = url.strip()
-            if len(url) and validators.url(url):
-                datastore.add_watch(url=url.strip(), tag="")
-                good += 1
-            else:
-                if len(url):
-                    remaining_urls.append(url)
-
-        messages.append({'class': 'ok', 'message': "{} Imported, {} Skipped.".format(good, len(remaining_urls))})
-
-    output = render_template("import.html",
-                             messages=messages,
-                             remaining="\n".join(remaining_urls)
-                             )
-    messages = []
-    return output
-
-
-@app.route("/diff/<string:uuid>", methods=['GET'])
-def diff_history_page(uuid):
-    global messages
-
-    extra_stylesheets=['/static/css/diff.css']
-
-    watch = datastore.data['watching'][uuid]
-
-    dates = list(watch['history'].keys())
-    # Convert to int, sort and back to str again
-    dates = [int(i) for i in dates]
-    dates.sort(reverse=True)
-    dates = [str(i) for i in dates]
-
-    # Save the current newest history as the most recently viewed
-    datastore.set_last_viewed(uuid, dates[0])
-
-    newest_file = watch['history'][dates[0]]
-    with open(newest_file, 'r') as f:
-        newest_version_file_contents = f.read()
-
-    previous_version = request.args.get('previous_version')
-
-    try:
-        previous_file = watch['history'][previous_version]
-    except KeyError:
-        # Not present, use a default value, the second one in the sorted list.
-        previous_file = watch['history'][dates[1]]
-
-    with open(previous_file, 'r') as f:
-        previous_version_file_contents = f.read()
-
-    output = render_template("diff.html", watch_a=watch,
-                             messages=messages,
-                             newest=newest_version_file_contents,
-                             previous=previous_version_file_contents,
-                             extra_stylesheets=extra_stylesheets,
-                             versions=dates[1:],
-                             newest_version_timestamp=dates[0],
-                             current_previous_version=str(previous_version),
-                             current_diff_url=watch['url'])
-
-    return output
-
-@app.route("/favicon.ico", methods=['GET'])
-def favicon():
-    return send_from_directory("/app/static/images", filename="favicon.ico")
-
-
-# We're good but backups are even better!
-@app.route("/backup", methods=['GET'])
-def get_backup():
-    import zipfile
-    from pathlib import Path
-    import zlib
-
-    # create a ZipFile object
-    backupname = "changedetection-backup-{}.zip".format(int(time.time()))
-
-    # We only care about UUIDS from the current index file
-    uuids = list(datastore.data['watching'].keys())
-
-    with zipfile.ZipFile(os.path.join("/datastore", backupname), 'w', compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED,
-                         compresslevel=6) as zipObj:
-
-        # Be sure we're written fresh
-        datastore.sync_to_json()
-
-        # Add the index
-        zipObj.write(os.path.join("/datastore", "url-watches.json"))
-        # Add any snapshot data we find
-        for txt_file_path in Path('/datastore').rglob('*.txt'):
-            parent_p = txt_file_path.parent
-            if parent_p.name in uuids:
-                zipObj.write(txt_file_path)
-
-    return send_file(os.path.join("/datastore", backupname),
-                     as_attachment=True,
-                     mimetype="application/zip",
-                     attachment_filename=backupname)
-
-
-
-# A few self sanity checks, mostly for developer/bug check
-@app.route("/self-check", methods=['GET'])
-def selfcheck():
-    output = "All fine"
-    # In earlier versions before a single threaded write of the JSON store, sometimes histories could get mixed.
-    # Could also maybe affect people who manually fiddle with their JSON store?
-    for uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
-        for timestamp, path in watch['history'].items():
-            # Each history snapshot should include a full path, which contains the {uuid}
-            if not uuid in path:
-                output = "Something weird in {}, suspected incorrect snapshot path.".format(uuid)
-
-    return output
-
-@app.route("/static/<string:group>/<string:filename>", methods=['GET'])
-def static_content(group, filename):
-    try:
-        return send_from_directory("/app/static/{}".format(group), filename=filename)
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        abort(404)
-
-
-@app.route("/api/add", methods=['POST'])
-def api_watch_add():
-    global messages
-
-    # @todo add_watch should throw a custom Exception for validation etc
-    new_uuid = datastore.add_watch(url=request.form.get('url').strip(), tag=request.form.get('tag').strip())
-    # Straight into the queue.
-    update_q.put(new_uuid)
-
-    messages.append({'class': 'ok', 'message': 'Watch added.'})
-    return redirect(url_for('main_page'))
-
-
-@app.route("/api/delete", methods=['GET'])
-def api_delete():
-    global messages
-    uuid = request.args.get('uuid')
-    datastore.delete(uuid)
-    messages.append({'class': 'ok', 'message': 'Deleted.'})
-
-    return redirect(url_for('main_page'))
-
-
-@app.route("/api/checknow", methods=['GET'])
-def api_watch_checknow():
-    global messages
-
-    tag = request.args.get('tag')
-    uuid = request.args.get('uuid')
-    i=0
-
-    if uuid:
-        update_q.put(uuid)
-        i = 1
-
-    elif tag != None:
-        for watch_uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
-            if (tag != None and tag in watch['tag']):
-                i += 1
-                update_q.put(watch_uuid)
-    else:
-        # No tag, no uuid, add everything.
-        for watch_uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
-            i += 1
-            update_q.put(watch_uuid)
-
-    messages.append({'class': 'ok', 'message': "{} watches are rechecking.".format(i)})
-    return redirect(url_for('main_page', tag=tag))
-
-
-
-# Requests for checking on the site use a pool of thread Workers managed by a Queue.
-class Worker(threading.Thread):
-
-    current_uuid = None
-
-
-    def __init__(self, q, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.q = q
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
-    def run(self):
-        import fetch_site_status
-
-        from copy import deepcopy
-
-        update_handler = fetch_site_status.perform_site_check(datastore=datastore)
-
-        try:
-            while True:
-                uuid = self.q.get()  # Blocking
-                self.current_uuid = uuid
-
-                if uuid in list(datastore.data['watching'].keys()):
-
-                    result = update_handler.run(uuid)
-
-                    datastore.update_watch(uuid=uuid, update_obj=result)
-
-
-                self.current_uuid = None  # Done
-                self.q.task_done()
-
-        except KeyboardInterrupt:
-            return
-
-# Thread runner to check every minute, look for new watches to feed into the Queue.
-def ticker_thread_check_time_launch_checks():
-
-    # Spin up Workers.
-    for _ in range(datastore.data['settings']['requests']['workers']):
-        new_worker = Worker(update_q)
-        running_update_threads.append(new_worker)
-        new_worker.start()
-
-    # Every minute check for new UUIDs to follow up on
-    while True:
-        minutes = datastore.data['settings']['requests']['minutes_between_check']
-        for uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
-            if watch['last_checked'] <= time.time() - (minutes * 60):
-                update_q.put(uuid)
-
-        time.sleep(60)
-
-
-# Thread runner, this helps with thread/write issues when there are many operations that want to update the JSON
-# by just running periodically in one thread, according to python, dict updates are threadsafe.
-def save_datastore():
-    try:
-        while True:
-            if datastore.needs_write:
-                datastore.sync_to_json()
-            time.sleep(1)
-
-    except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        return
-
-def main(argv):
-    ssl_mode = False
-    port = 5000
-
-    try:
-        opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, "sp:", "purge")
-    except getopt.GetoptError:
-        print('backend.py -s SSL enable -p [port]')
-        sys.exit(2)
-
-    for opt, arg in opts:
-        if opt == '--purge':
-            # Remove history, the actual files you need to delete manually.
-            for uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
-                watch.update({'history': {}, 'last_checked': 0, 'last_changed': 0, 'previous_md5': None})
-
-        if opt == '-s':
-            ssl_mode = True
-
-        if opt == '-p':
-            port = arg
-
-    # @todo handle ctrl break
-    ticker_thread = threading.Thread(target=ticker_thread_check_time_launch_checks).start()
-
-    save_data_thread = threading.Thread(target=save_datastore).start()
-
-    # @todo finalise SSL config, but this should get you in the right direction if you need it.
-    if ssl_mode:
-        eventlet.wsgi.server(eventlet.wrap_ssl(eventlet.listen(('', port)),
-                                               certfile='cert.pem',
-                                               keyfile='privkey.pem',
-                                               server_side=True), app)
-
-    else:
-        eventlet.wsgi.server(eventlet.listen(('', port)), app)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/backend/dev-docker/sleep.py b/backend/dev-docker/sleep.py
index e2108f0f..27c632b5 100644
--- a/backend/dev-docker/sleep.py
+++ b/backend/dev-docker/sleep.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import time
-import sys
 
 print ("Sleep loop, you should run your script from the console")
 
 while True: 
     # Wait for 5 seconds
-
-    time.sleep(2)
\ No newline at end of file
+    time.sleep(2)
diff --git a/backend/fetch_site_status.py b/backend/fetch_site_status.py
index a5770ffb..f03cdb00 100644
--- a/backend/fetch_site_status.py
+++ b/backend/fetch_site_status.py
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 import time
 import requests
 import hashlib
-import os
-import re
 from inscriptis import get_text
 
-from copy import deepcopy
-
 
 # Some common stuff here that can be moved to a base class
 class perform_site_check():
@@ -15,37 +11,15 @@ class perform_site_check():
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.datastore = datastore
 
-    def save_firefox_screenshot(self, uuid, output):
-        # @todo call selenium or whatever
-        return
-
-    def ensure_output_path(self):
-
-        try:
-            os.stat(self.output_path)
-        except:
-            os.mkdir(self.output_path)
-
-    def save_response_stripped_output(self, output, fname):
-
-        with open(fname, 'w') as f:
-            f.write(output)
-            f.close()
-
-        return fname
-
     def run(self, uuid):
-
         timestamp = int(time.time())  # used for storage etc too
+        stripped_text_from_html = False
 
         update_obj = {'previous_md5': self.datastore.data['watching'][uuid]['previous_md5'],
                       'history': {},
                       "last_checked": timestamp
                       }
 
-        self.output_path = "/datastore/{}".format(uuid)
-        self.ensure_output_path()
-
         extra_headers = self.datastore.get_val(uuid, 'headers')
 
         # Tweak the base config with the per-watch ones
@@ -65,15 +39,15 @@ class perform_site_check():
             timeout = 15
 
         try:
-            r = requests.get(self.datastore.get_val(uuid, 'url'),
+            url = self.datastore.get_val(uuid, 'url')
+
+            r = requests.get(url,
                              headers=request_headers,
                              timeout=timeout,
                              verify=False)
 
             stripped_text_from_html = get_text(r.text)
 
-
-
         # Usually from networkIO/requests level
         except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError, requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout) as e:
             update_obj["last_error"] = str(e)
@@ -111,13 +85,5 @@ class perform_site_check():
                     update_obj["last_changed"] = timestamp
 
                 update_obj["previous_md5"] = fetched_md5
-                fname = "{}/{}.stripped.txt".format(self.output_path, fetched_md5)
-                with open(fname, 'w') as f:
-                    f.write(stripped_text_from_html)
-                    f.close()
-
-                # Update history with the stripped text for future reference, this will also mean we save the first
-                # Should always be keyed by string(timestamp)
-                update_obj.update({"history": {str(timestamp): fname}})
 
-        return update_obj
+        return update_obj, stripped_text_from_html
diff --git a/backend/nocache.py b/backend/nocache.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d0b2ae2..00000000
--- a/backend/nocache.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-
-from flask import make_response
-from functools import wraps, update_wrapper
-from datetime import datetime
-
-def nocache(view):
-    @wraps(view)
-    def no_cache(*args, **kwargs):
-        response = make_response(view(*args, **kwargs))
-        response.headers['hmm'] = datetime.now()
-
-        return response
-
-    return update_wrapper(no_cache, view)
diff --git a/backend/pytest.ini b/backend/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b9ccf85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[pytest]
+addopts = --no-start-live-server --live-server-port=5005
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/store.py b/backend/store.py
index f68d60e8..1600dd1f 100644
--- a/backend/store.py
+++ b/backend/store.py
@@ -1,21 +1,27 @@
 import json
 import uuid as uuid_builder
-import validators
 import os.path
 from os import path
-from threading import Lock, Thread
+from threading import Lock
 
 from copy import deepcopy
 
+import logging
+import time
+import threading
+
+
 # Is there an existing library to ensure some data store (JSON etc) is in sync with CRUD methods?
 # Open a github issue if you know something :)
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6190468/how-to-trigger-function-on-value-change
 class ChangeDetectionStore:
     lock = Lock()
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, datastore_path="/datastore", include_default_watches=True):
         self.needs_write = False
-
+        self.datastore_path = datastore_path
+        self.json_store_path = "{}/url-watches.json".format(self.datastore_path)
+        self.stop_thread = False
         self.__data = {
             'note': "Hello! If you change this file manually, please be sure to restart your changedetection.io instance!",
             'watching': {},
@@ -41,7 +47,7 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
             'tag': None,
             'last_checked': 0,
             'last_changed': 0,
-            'last_viewed': 0, # history key value of the last viewed via the [diff] link
+            'last_viewed': 0,  # history key value of the last viewed via the [diff] link
             'newest_history_key': "",
             'title': None,
             'previous_md5': "",
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
                 self.__data['build_sha'] = f.read()
 
         try:
-            with open('/datastore/url-watches.json') as json_file:
+            with open(self.json_store_path) as json_file:
                 from_disk = json.load(json_file)
 
                 # @todo isnt there a way todo this dict.update recursively?
@@ -84,11 +90,16 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
 
         # First time ran, doesnt exist.
         except (FileNotFoundError, json.decoder.JSONDecodeError):
-            print("Creating JSON store")
-            self.add_watch(url='http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php', tag='test')
-            self.add_watch(url='https://news.ycombinator.com/', tag='Tech news')
-            self.add_watch(url='https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus', tag='Covid')
-            self.add_watch(url='https://changedetection.io', tag='Tech news')
+            if include_default_watches:
+                print("Creating JSON store at", self.datastore_path)
+
+                self.add_watch(url='http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php', tag='test')
+                self.add_watch(url='https://news.ycombinator.com/', tag='Tech news')
+                self.add_watch(url='https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus', tag='Covid')
+                self.add_watch(url='https://changedetection.io', tag='Tech news')
+
+        # Finally start the thread that will manage periodic data saves to JSON
+        save_data_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.save_datastore).start()
 
     # Returns the newest key, but if theres only 1 record, then it's counted as not being new, so return 0.
     def get_newest_history_key(self, uuid):
@@ -105,9 +116,6 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
 
         return 0
 
-
-
-
     def set_last_viewed(self, uuid, timestamp):
         self.data['watching'][uuid].update({'last_viewed': str(timestamp)})
         self.needs_write = True
@@ -121,7 +129,7 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
                 if isinstance(d, dict):
                     if update_obj is not None and dict_key in update_obj:
                         self.__data['watching'][uuid][dict_key].update(update_obj[dict_key])
-                        del(update_obj[dict_key])
+                        del (update_obj[dict_key])
 
             self.__data['watching'][uuid].update(update_obj)
             self.__data['watching'][uuid]['newest_history_key'] = self.get_newest_history_key(uuid)
@@ -140,7 +148,7 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
             # Support for comma separated list of tags.
             for tag in watch['tag'].split(','):
                 tag = tag.strip()
-                if not tag in tags:
+                if tag not in tags:
                     tags.append(tag)
 
         tags.sort()
@@ -166,7 +174,6 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
 
     def add_watch(self, url, tag):
         with self.lock:
-
             # @todo use a common generic version of this
             new_uuid = str(uuid_builder.uuid4())
             _blank = deepcopy(self.generic_definition)
@@ -178,17 +185,50 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
 
             self.data['watching'][new_uuid] = _blank
 
-        self.needs_write = True
+        # Get the directory ready
+        output_path = "{}/{}".format(self.datastore_path, new_uuid)
+        try:
+            os.mkdir(output_path)
+        except FileExistsError:
+            print(output_path, "already exists.")
 
+        self.sync_to_json()
         return new_uuid
 
-    def sync_to_json(self):
+    # Save some text file to the appropriate path and bump the history
+    # result_obj from fetch_site_status.run()
+    def save_history_text(self, uuid, result_obj, contents):
 
+        output_path = "{}/{}".format(self.datastore_path, uuid)
+        fname = "{}/{}-{}.stripped.txt".format(output_path, result_obj['previous_md5'], str(time.time()))
+        with open(fname, 'w') as f:
+            f.write(contents)
+            f.close()
 
-        with open('/datastore/url-watches.json', 'w') as json_file:
+        # Update history with the stripped text for future reference, this will also mean we save the first
+        # Should always be keyed by string(timestamp)
+        self.update_watch(uuid, {"history": {str(result_obj["last_checked"]): fname}})
+
+        return fname
+
+    def sync_to_json(self):
+        print("Saving..")
+        with open(self.json_store_path, 'w') as json_file:
             json.dump(self.__data, json_file, indent=4)
-            print("Re-saved index")
+            logging.info("Re-saved index")
 
         self.needs_write = False
 
+    # Thread runner, this helps with thread/write issues when there are many operations that want to update the JSON
+    # by just running periodically in one thread, according to python, dict updates are threadsafe.
+    def save_datastore(self):
+
+        while True:
+            if self.stop_thread:
+                print("Shutting down datastore thread")
+                return
+            if self.needs_write:
+                self.sync_to_json()
+            time.sleep(1)
+
 # body of the constructor
diff --git a/backend/tests/__init__.py b/backend/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..085b3d78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+"""Tests for the app."""
+
diff --git a/backend/tests/conftest.py b/backend/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c2fa334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import pytest
+from backend import changedetection_app
+from backend import store
+import os
+
+
+# https://github.com/pallets/flask/blob/1.1.2/examples/tutorial/tests/test_auth.py
+
+# Much better boilerplate than the docs
+# https://www.python-boilerplate.com/py3+flask+pytest/
+
+global app
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='session')
+def app(request):
+    """Create application for the tests."""
+
+    datastore_path = "./test-datastore"
+
+    try:
+        os.mkdir(datastore_path)
+    except FileExistsError:
+        pass
+
+    try:
+        os.unlink("{}/url-watches.json".format(datastore_path))
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        pass
+
+    app_config = {'datastore_path': datastore_path}
+    datastore = store.ChangeDetectionStore(datastore_path=app_config['datastore_path'], include_default_watches=False)
+    app = changedetection_app(app_config, datastore)
+
+    def teardown():
+        datastore.stop_thread = True
+        app.config['STOP_THREADS'] = True
+
+    request.addfinalizer(teardown)
+
+    return app
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_backend.py b/backend/tests/test_backend.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1fdff19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/test_backend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import time
+from flask import url_for
+from urllib.request import urlopen
+
+
+def set_original_response():
+    test_return_data = """<html>
+       <body>
+     Some initial text</br>
+     <p>Which is across multiple lines</p>
+     </br>
+     So let's see what happens.  </br>
+     </body>
+     </html>
+
+    """
+
+    with open("test-datastore/output.txt", "w") as f:
+        f.write(test_return_data)
+
+
+def set_modified_response():
+    test_return_data = """<html>
+       <body>
+     Some initial text</br>
+     <p>which has this one new line</p>
+     </br>
+     So let's see what happens.  </br>
+     </body>
+     </html>
+
+    """
+
+    with open("test-datastore/output.txt", "w") as f:
+        f.write(test_return_data)
+
+
+def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server):
+    sleep_time_for_fetch_thread = 3
+
+    @live_server.app.route('/test-endpoint')
+    def test_endpoint():
+        # Tried using a global var here but didn't seem to work, so reading from a file instead.
+        with open("test-datastore/output.txt", "r") as f:
+            return f.read()
+
+    set_original_response()
+
+    live_server.start()
+
+    # Add our URL to the import page
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("import_page"),
+        data={"urls": url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+
+    client.get(url_for("api_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
+
+    # Give the thread time to pick it up
+    time.sleep(sleep_time_for_fetch_thread)
+
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    res = client.get(url_for("index"))
+    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'test-endpoint' in res.data
+
+    # Give the thread time to pick it up
+    time.sleep(sleep_time_for_fetch_thread)
+    res = client.get(url_for("index"))
+
+    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+
+    #####################
+
+    # Make a change
+    set_modified_response()
+
+    res = urlopen(url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True))
+    assert b'which has this one new line' in res.read()
+
+    # Force recheck
+    res = client.get(url_for("api_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
+    assert b'1 watches are rechecking.' in res.data
+
+    time.sleep(sleep_time_for_fetch_thread)
+
+    # Now something should be ready, indicated by having a 'unviewed' class
+    res = client.get(url_for("index"))
+    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f0121d9f..77412b12 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ six==1.10.0
 yarl
 flask
 
+pytest
+pytest-flask # for live_server
+
 eventlet
 requests
 validators