diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 758c3b5af..429003954 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -122,3 +122,10 @@ audio/*.json
 *.out
 audio/._.DS_Store
 audio/._Readme.md
+uniquebible/audio/bibles/
+uniquebible.egg-info/
+uniquebible/htmlResources/images/exlbl_largeHD/
+uniquebible/venv*/
+uniquebible/marvelData/
+uniquebible/marvelData_*/
+uniquebible/macros/
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diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0087a24d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[pytest]
+testpaths = tests/
+norecursedirs = .git venv*
diff --git a/tests/test.py b/tests/test.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e32d36a41..000000000
--- a/tests/test.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-print("testing")
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diff --git a/tests/test_uba.py b/tests/test_uba.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..560942e17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_uba.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def test_uba():
+    pass
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diff --git a/uniquebible/plugins/context/Strongs2csv/strong2csv.py b/uniquebible/plugins/context/Strongs2csv/strong2csv.py
index 229764d0e..90899f6ea 100644
--- a/uniquebible/plugins/context/Strongs2csv/strong2csv.py
+++ b/uniquebible/plugins/context/Strongs2csv/strong2csv.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# flake8: noqa
 '''
 A utility to extract Strongs Numbers data into a CSV fi1e.
 Can enter one or more numbers, i.e. H25 or H356,G217,G875. Saved file will 
diff --git a/uniquebible/plugins/menu/GoogleDriveUtility/access_google_drive.py b/uniquebible/plugins/menu/GoogleDriveUtility/access_google_drive.py
index 44e7c56b2..a871bf94e 100644
--- a/uniquebible/plugins/menu/GoogleDriveUtility/access_google_drive.py
+++ b/uniquebible/plugins/menu/GoogleDriveUtility/access_google_drive.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# flake8: noqa
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import mimetypes
diff --git a/uniquebible/util/ConfigUtil.py b/uniquebible/util/ConfigUtil.py
index 9ce60f9b7..3c69552b8 100644
--- a/uniquebible/util/ConfigUtil.py
+++ b/uniquebible/util/ConfigUtil.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# flake8: noqa
 import codecs
 import logging
 import os, pprint, platform, sys
diff --git a/uniquebible/util/LocalCliHandler.py b/uniquebible/util/LocalCliHandler.py
index 51f99250d..4d053932c 100644
--- a/uniquebible/util/LocalCliHandler.py
+++ b/uniquebible/util/LocalCliHandler.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# flake8: noqa
 import re, pprint, os, requests, platform, pydoc, markdown, sys, subprocess, json, shutil, webbrowser, traceback, textwrap, wcwidth, unicodedata
 from uniquebible import config
 import threading, time