diff --git a/test/unit_tests/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test/unit_tests/conftest.py
rename to test/conftest.py
diff --git a/test/exploration_tests/data_json_request_test.py b/test/exploration_tests/data_json_request_test.py
index b53ee42..f57bcc4 100644
--- a/test/exploration_tests/data_json_request_test.py
+++ b/test/exploration_tests/data_json_request_test.py
@@ -2,30 +2,9 @@ import json
 from operator import itemgetter
 
 import pytest
-from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
 import fpdf
 
-
-def set_up_processing_server():
-    app = Flask(__name__)
-
-    @app.route("/ready", methods=["GET"])
-    def ready():
-        resp = jsonify("OK")
-        resp.status_code = 200
-        return resp
-
-    @app.route("/process", methods=["POST"])
-    def process():
-        payload = json.loads(request.json)
-        data = payload["data"].encode()
-        metadata = payload["metadata"]
-
-        response_payload = {"metadata_type": str(type(metadata)), "data_type": str(type(data))}
-
-        return jsonify(response_payload)
-
-    return app
+from test.server import set_up_processing_server
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/test/server.py b/test/server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d7c0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import json
+
+from flask import Flask, jsonify, request
+
+
+def set_up_processing_server():
+    app = Flask(__name__)
+
+    @app.route("/ready", methods=["GET"])
+    def ready():
+        resp = jsonify("OK")
+        resp.status_code = 200
+        return resp
+
+    @app.route("/process", methods=["POST"])
+    def process():
+        payload = json.loads(request.json)
+        data = payload["data"].encode()
+        metadata = payload["metadata"]
+
+        response_payload = {"metadata_type": str(type(metadata)), "data_type": str(type(data))}
+
+        return jsonify(response_payload)
+
+    return app