diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c51bb8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Run tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - main
+    - develop
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+    - main
+    - develop
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install \
+            -r requirements.txt \
+            flake8 \
+            pytest \
+            .
+      - name: Lint
+        run: |
+          flake8 . --count --select=E901,E999,F821,F822,F823 --show-source --statistics
+          flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+      - name: Test
+        run: |
+          pytest --capture=sys --ignore=test/test_docker.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7a86eb0..6399338 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 name: Publish
 
 on:
+  release:
+    types:
+      - published
   push:
-    tags:
-      - '*'
     branches:
-      - main
+      - main  # publish pre-release packages on every push to main
 
 jobs:
   package:
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           # probably be removed.
           fetch-depth: 0
           fetch-tags: true
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
@@ -36,22 +37,24 @@ jobs:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/
 
-#  pypi-publish:
-#    name: Upload release to PyPI
-#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-#    environment:
-#      name: release
-#      url: https://pypi.org/p/aardvark
-#    permissions:
-#      id-token: write
-#    steps:
-#      - name: Download all the dists
-#        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-#        with:
-#          name: python-package-distributions
-#          path: dist/
-#      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-#        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+  pypi-publish:
+    name: Upload release to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - package
+    environment:
+      name: release
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/aardvark
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Download all the dists
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: python-package-distributions
+          path: dist/
+      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
 
   pypi-test-publish:
     name: Upload release to TestPyPI
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d52f6a..48de534 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Aardvark
+Aardvark - Multi-Account AWS IAM Access Advisor API
 ========
 [![NetflixOSS Lifecycle](https://img.shields.io/osslifecycle/Netflix/osstracker.svg)]()
 [![Discord chat](https://img.shields.io/discord/754080763070382130?logo=discord)](https://discord.gg/9kwMWa6)
diff --git a/aardvark/__init__.py b/aardvark/__init__.py
index 0fd02d8..e69de29 100644
--- a/aardvark/__init__.py
+++ b/aardvark/__init__.py
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-import os.path
-from logging.config import dictConfig
-
-from dynaconf.contrib import FlaskDynaconf
-from flasgger import Swagger
-from flask import Flask
-
-from aardvark.advisors import advisor_bp
-from aardvark.persistence.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemyPersistence
-
-BLUEPRINTS = [advisor_bp]
-
-API_VERSION = "1"
-
-log = logging.getLogger("aardvark")
-
-
-def create_app(**kwargs):
-    init_logging()
-    app = Flask(__name__, static_url_path="/static")
-    Swagger(app)
-    persistence = SQLAlchemyPersistence()
-
-    FlaskDynaconf(app, **kwargs)
-
-    # For ELB and/or Eureka
-    @app.route("/healthcheck")
-    def healthcheck():
-        """Healthcheck
-        Simple healthcheck that indicates the services is up
-        ---
-        responses:
-          200:
-            description: service is up
-        """
-        return "ok"
-
-    # Blueprints
-    for bp in BLUEPRINTS:
-        app.register_blueprint(bp, url_prefix=f"/api/{API_VERSION}")
-
-    # Extensions:
-    persistence.init_db()
-
-    return app
-
-
-def init_logging():
-    log_cfg = {
-        "version": 1,
-        "disable_existing_loggers": False,
-        "formatters": {
-            "standard": {"format": "%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s " "[in %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d]"}
-        },
-        "handlers": {
-            "file": {
-                "class": "logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler",
-                "level": "DEBUG",
-                "formatter": "standard",
-                "filename": "aardvark.log",
-                "maxBytes": 10485760,
-                "backupCount": 100,
-                "encoding": "utf8",
-            },
-            "console": {
-                "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
-                "level": "DEBUG",
-                "formatter": "standard",
-                "stream": "ext://sys.stdout",
-            },
-        },
-        "loggers": {"aardvark": {"handlers": ["file", "console"], "level": "DEBUG"}},
-    }
-    dictConfig(log_cfg)
-
-
-def _find_config():
-    """Search for config.py in order of preference and return path if it exists, else None"""
-    config_paths = [
-        os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "config.py"),
-        "/etc/aardvark/config.py",
-        "/apps/aardvark/config.py",
-    ]
-    for path in config_paths:
-        if os.path.exists(path):
-            return path
-    return None
diff --git a/aardvark/app.py b/aardvark/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29b8e60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aardvark/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os.path
+import logging
+import sys
+from logging import DEBUG, Formatter, StreamHandler
+from logging.config import dictConfig
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+from flask import Flask
+from flasgger import Swagger
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from flask import Config
+
+db = SQLAlchemy()
+
+from aardvark.view import mod as advisor_bp  # noqa
+
+BLUEPRINTS = [
+    advisor_bp
+]
+
+API_VERSION = "1"
+
+
+def create_app(config_override: Config = None):
+    app = Flask(__name__, static_url_path="/static")
+    Swagger(app)
+
+    if config_override:
+        app.config.from_mapping(config_override)
+    else:
+        path = _find_config()
+        if not path:
+            print("No config")
+            app.config.from_pyfile("_config.py")
+        else:
+            app.config.from_pyfile(path)
+
+    # For ELB and/or Eureka
+    @app.route("/healthcheck")
+    def healthcheck():
+        """Healthcheck
+        Simple healthcheck that indicates the services is up
+        ---
+        responses:
+          200:
+            description: service is up
+        """
+        return "ok"
+
+    # Blueprints
+    for bp in BLUEPRINTS:
+        app.register_blueprint(bp, url_prefix=f"/api/{API_VERSION}")
+
+    # Extensions:
+    db.init_app(app)
+    setup_logging(app)
+
+    return app
+
+
+def _find_config():
+    """Search for config.py in order of preference and return path if it exists, else None"""
+    config_paths = [
+        os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "config.py"),
+        "/etc/aardvark/config.py",
+        "/apps/aardvark/config.py",
+    ]
+    for path in config_paths:
+        if os.path.exists(path):
+            return path
+    return None
+
+
+def setup_logging(app):
+    if not app.debug:
+        if app.config.get("LOG_CFG"):
+            # initialize the Flask logger (removes all handlers)
+            dictConfig(app.config.get("LOG_CFG"))
+            app.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+        else:
+            handler = StreamHandler(stream=sys.stderr)
+
+            handler.setFormatter(Formatter("%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s [in %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d]"))
+            app.logger.setLevel(app.config.get("LOG_LEVEL", DEBUG))
+            app.logger.addHandler(handler)
diff --git a/aardvark/model.py b/aardvark/model.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/aardvark/updater/__init__.py b/aardvark/updater/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/aardvark/utils/sqla_regex.py b/aardvark/utils/sqla_regex.py
index 939088b..f98acb2 100644
--- a/aardvark/utils/sqla_regex.py
+++ b/aardvark/utils/sqla_regex.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 """
 
 # courtesy of Xion: http://xion.io/post/code/sqlalchemy-regex-filters.html
+
 import re
 import sqlite3
 
diff --git a/aardvark/view.py b/aardvark/view.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7a58b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import pytest
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
+def app_config():
+    """Return a Flask configuration object for testing. The returned configuration is intended to be a good base for
+    testing and can be customized for specific testing needs.
+    """
+    from flask import Config
+    c = Config('.')
+    c.from_mapping({
+        "SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI": "sqlite:///:memory:",
+        "SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS": False,
+        "DEBUG": False,
+        "LOG_CFG": {'version': 1, 'handlers': []},  # silence logging
+    })
+    return c
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
+def mock_database(app_config):
+    """Yield an instance of flask_sqlalchemy.SQLAlchemy associated with the base model class used in aardvark.model.
+    This is almost certainly not safe for parallel/multi-threaded use.
+    """
+    from aardvark.app import db
+    mock_db = SQLAlchemy(model_class=db.Model)
+
+    from aardvark.app import create_app
+    app = create_app(config_override=app_config)
+    with app.app_context():
+        mock_db.create_all()
+        yield mock_db
+        mock_db.drop_all()
diff --git a/test/test_model.py b/test/test_model.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3780acf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_model.py
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+def test_advisor_data_create(mock_database):
+    from aardvark.model import AdvisorData, db
+    AdvisorData.create_or_update(
+        9999,
+        1111,
+        "Swifties United",
+        "swift",
+        "taylor",
+        1,
+    )
+    db.session.commit()
+
+    record: AdvisorData = AdvisorData.query.filter(
+        AdvisorData.item_id == 9999,
+        AdvisorData.serviceNamespace == "swift",
+    ).scalar()
+    assert record
+    assert record.id
+    assert record.item_id == 9999
+    assert record.lastAuthenticated == 1111
+    assert record.lastAuthenticatedEntity == "taylor"
+    assert record.serviceName == "Swifties United"
+    assert record.serviceNamespace == "swift"
+    assert record.totalAuthenticatedEntities == 1
+
+
+def test_advisor_data_update(mock_database):
+    from aardvark.model import AdvisorData, db
+    AdvisorData.create_or_update(
+        9999,
+        0,
+        "Pink Pony Club",
+        "roan",
+        None,
+        0,
+    )
+    db.session.commit()
+
+    record: AdvisorData = db.session.query(AdvisorData).filter(
+        AdvisorData.id == 1,
+    ).scalar()
+    assert record
+    assert record.lastAuthenticated == 0
+
+    AdvisorData.create_or_update(
+        9999,
+        1111,
+        "Pink Pony Club",
+        "roan",
+        "chappell",
+        1,
+    )
+    db.session.commit()
+
+    record: AdvisorData = db.session.query(AdvisorData).filter(
+        AdvisorData.id == 1,
+    ).scalar()
+    assert record
+    assert record.item_id == 9999
+    assert record.lastAuthenticated == 1111
+    assert record.lastAuthenticatedEntity == "chappell"
+    assert record.serviceName == "Pink Pony Club"
+    assert record.serviceNamespace == "roan"
+    assert record.totalAuthenticatedEntities == 1
+
+
+def test_advisor_data_update_older_last_authenticated(mock_database):
+    from aardvark.model import AdvisorData, db
+    AdvisorData.create_or_update(
+        9999,
+        1111,
+        "Pink Pony Club",
+        "roan",
+        "chappell",
+        1,
+    )
+    db.session.commit()
+
+    record: AdvisorData = db.session.query(AdvisorData).filter(
+        AdvisorData.id == 1,
+        ).scalar()
+    assert record
+    assert record.lastAuthenticated == 1111
+
+    # Calling create_or_update with a lower lastAuthenticated value should NOT update lastAuthenticated in the DB
+    AdvisorData.create_or_update(
+        9999,
+        1000,
+        "Pink Pony Club",
+        "roan",
+        "chappell",
+        1,
+    )
+    db.session.commit()
+
+    record: AdvisorData = db.session.query(AdvisorData).filter(
+        AdvisorData.id == 1,
+        ).scalar()
+    assert record
+    assert record.item_id == 9999
+    assert record.lastAuthenticated == 1111
+    assert record.lastAuthenticatedEntity == "chappell"
+    assert record.serviceName == "Pink Pony Club"
+    assert record.serviceNamespace == "roan"
+    assert record.totalAuthenticatedEntities == 1
+
+
+def test_advisor_data_update_zero_last_authenticated(mock_database):
+    from aardvark.model import AdvisorData, db
+    AdvisorData.create_or_update(
+        9999,
+        1111,
+        "Pink Pony Club",
+        "roan",
+        "chappell",
+        1,
+    )
+    db.session.commit()
+
+    record: AdvisorData = db.session.query(AdvisorData).filter(
+        AdvisorData.id == 1,
+        ).scalar()
+    assert record
+    assert record.lastAuthenticated == 1111
+
+    # Calling create_or_update with a zero lastAuthenticated value SHOULD update lastAuthenticated in the DB
+    AdvisorData.create_or_update(
+        9999,
+        0,
+        "Pink Pony Club",
+        "roan",
+        "",
+        0,
+    )
+    db.session.commit()
+
+    record: AdvisorData = db.session.query(AdvisorData).filter(
+        AdvisorData.id == 1,
+        ).scalar()
+    assert record
+    assert record.item_id == 9999
+    assert record.lastAuthenticated == 0
+    assert record.lastAuthenticatedEntity == ""
+    assert record.serviceName == "Pink Pony Club"
+    assert record.serviceNamespace == "roan"
+    assert record.totalAuthenticatedEntities == 0