diff --git a/OpenOversight/app/__init__.py b/OpenOversight/app/__init__.py
index 69ebd3fbd..23f22a4d7 100644
--- a/OpenOversight/app/__init__.py
+++ b/OpenOversight/app/__init__.py
@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@
 from flask import Flask, jsonify, render_template, request
 from flask_bootstrap import Bootstrap5
 from flask_compress import Compress
-from flask_limiter import Limiter
-from flask_limiter.util import get_remote_address
 from flask_login import LoginManager
 from flask_migrate import Migrate
-from flask_sitemap import Sitemap
 from flask_wtf.csrf import CSRFProtect
 
+from OpenOversight.app.auth.views import auth as auth_blueprint
 from OpenOversight.app.email_client import EmailClient
 from OpenOversight.app.filters import instantiate_filters
+from OpenOversight.app.main.views import main as main_blueprint
 from OpenOversight.app.models.config import config
 from OpenOversight.app.models.database import db
 from OpenOversight.app.models.users import AnonymousUser
 from OpenOversight.app.utils.constants import MEGABYTE
+from OpenOversight.app.utils.flask import limiter, sitemap
 
 
 bootstrap = Bootstrap5()
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@
 login_manager.anonymous_user = AnonymousUser
 login_manager.login_view = "auth.login"
 
-limiter = Limiter(
-    key_func=get_remote_address, default_limits=["100 per minute", "5 per second"]
-)
-
-sitemap = Sitemap()
 csrf = CSRFProtect()
 
 
@@ -52,15 +47,11 @@ def create_app(config_name="default"):
     sitemap.init_app(app)
     compress.init_app(app)
 
-    from OpenOversight.app.main import main as main_blueprint
-
+    # Register Blueprints for application routes
+    app.register_blueprint(auth_blueprint)
     app.register_blueprint(main_blueprint)
 
-    from OpenOversight.app.auth import auth as auth_blueprint
-
-    app.register_blueprint(auth_blueprint, url_prefix="/auth")
-
-    max_log_size = 10 * MEGABYTE  # start new log file after 10 MB
+    max_log_size = 10 * MEGABYTE  # Start new log file after 10 MB
     num_logs_to_keep = 5
     file_handler = RotatingFileHandler(
         "/tmp/openoversight.log", "a", max_log_size, num_logs_to_keep
@@ -77,7 +68,7 @@ def create_app(config_name="default"):
     app.logger.addHandler(file_handler)
     app.logger.info("OpenOversight startup")
 
-    # Also log when endpoints are getting hit hard
+    # Log when endpoints are getting hit hard
     limiter.logger.addHandler(file_handler)
 
     # Define error handlers
diff --git a/OpenOversight/app/auth/__init__.py b/OpenOversight/app/auth/__init__.py
index 09585ca9a..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/OpenOversight/app/auth/__init__.py
+++ b/OpenOversight/app/auth/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-from flask import Blueprint
-
-
-auth = Blueprint("auth", __name__)
-
-from . import views  # noqa: E402,F401
diff --git a/OpenOversight/app/auth/views.py b/OpenOversight/app/auth/views.py
index 8a3fc0a26..88e509e8e 100644
--- a/OpenOversight/app/auth/views.py
+++ b/OpenOversight/app/auth/views.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from http import HTTPMethod, HTTPStatus
 
 from flask import (
+    Blueprint,
     current_app,
     flash,
     redirect,
@@ -12,8 +13,6 @@
 )
 from flask_login import current_user, login_required, login_user, logout_user
 
-from OpenOversight.app import sitemap
-from OpenOversight.app.auth import auth
 from OpenOversight.app.auth.forms import (
     ChangeDefaultDepartmentForm,
     ChangeEmailForm,
@@ -36,10 +35,12 @@
 )
 from OpenOversight.app.utils.auth import admin_required
 from OpenOversight.app.utils.constants import KEY_APPROVE_REGISTRATIONS
+from OpenOversight.app.utils.flask import sitemap
 from OpenOversight.app.utils.forms import set_dynamic_default
 from OpenOversight.app.utils.general import validate_redirect_url
 
 
+auth = Blueprint("auth", __name__, url_prefix="/auth")
 js_loads = ["js/zxcvbn.js", "js/password.js"]
 sitemap_endpoints = []
 
diff --git a/OpenOversight/app/main/__init__.py b/OpenOversight/app/main/__init__.py
index 34232f053..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/OpenOversight/app/main/__init__.py
+++ b/OpenOversight/app/main/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-from flask import Blueprint
-
-
-main = Blueprint("main", __name__)
-
-from OpenOversight.app.main import views  # noqa: E402,F401
diff --git a/OpenOversight/app/main/views.py b/OpenOversight/app/main/views.py
index 6c5fb10d8..8d8cfc024 100644
--- a/OpenOversight/app/main/views.py
+++ b/OpenOversight/app/main/views.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from typing import Optional
 
 from flask import (
+    Blueprint,
     Response,
     abort,
     current_app,
@@ -23,9 +24,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import contains_eager, joinedload, selectinload
 from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
 
-from OpenOversight.app import limiter, sitemap
 from OpenOversight.app.auth.forms import LoginForm
-from OpenOversight.app.main import main
 from OpenOversight.app.main.downloads import (
     assignment_record_maker,
     descriptions_record_maker,
@@ -100,6 +99,7 @@
     dept_choices,
     unit_choices,
 )
+from OpenOversight.app.utils.flask import limiter, sitemap
 from OpenOversight.app.utils.forms import (
     add_new_assignment,
     add_officer_profile,
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
 )
 
 
+main = Blueprint("main", __name__)
 sitemap_endpoints = []
 
 
diff --git a/OpenOversight/app/utils/flask.py b/OpenOversight/app/utils/flask.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1836d0f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenOversight/app/utils/flask.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from flask_limiter import Limiter
+from flask_limiter.util import get_remote_address
+from flask_sitemap import Sitemap
+
+
+limiter: Limiter = Limiter(
+    key_func=get_remote_address, default_limits=["100 per minute", "5 per second"]
+)
+
+sitemap = Sitemap()