maybe?

run.py

@@ -12,18 +12,25 @@
 from app.routes.stream import stream_bp
 from config import Config
 
-app = Flask(__name__, template_folder='./templates', static_folder='./static')
-app.config.from_object('config.Config')
-app.register_blueprint(auth_blueprint)
-app.register_blueprint(manifest_blueprint)
-app.register_blueprint(catalog_bp)
-app.register_blueprint(meta_bp)
-app.register_blueprint(content_sync_bp)
-app.register_blueprint(stream_bp)
-
-Compress(app)
-
-logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s %(message)s')
+
+def create_app():
+    load_dotenv()
+
+    app = Flask(__name__, template_folder='./templates', static_folder='./static')
+    app.config.from_object('config.Config')
+    app.register_blueprint(auth_blueprint)
+    app.register_blueprint(manifest_blueprint)
+    app.register_blueprint(catalog_bp)
+    app.register_blueprint(meta_bp)
+    app.register_blueprint(content_sync_bp)
+    app.register_blueprint(stream_bp)
+
+    Compress(app)
+    logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s %(message)s')
+    return app
+
+
+app = create_app()
 
 
 @app.route('/')

tests/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-
-load_dotenv()

tests/routes/test_manifest.py

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import unittest
 
-from run import app
+from run import app, create_app
 
 
 class TestManifestBlueprint(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         """
         Set up the test class
         """
-        self.client = app.test_client()
+        self.client = create_app().test_client()
 
     def test_manifest(self):
         """