diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index c19849a7e..201517a09 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class Development(Config):
 
 class Test(Development):
     DEBUG = True
+    TESTING = True
     STATSD_ENABLED = True
     WTF_CSRF_ENABLED = False
     CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME = 'test-notifications-csv-upload'
diff --git a/app/notify_client/notification_api_client.py b/app/notify_client/notification_api_client.py
index bea8506d9..1f026eb9d 100644
--- a/app/notify_client/notification_api_client.py
+++ b/app/notify_client/notification_api_client.py
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@ class NotificationApiClient(NotifyAdminAPIClient):
                 params=params
             )
 
-    def get_notification(self, service_id, notification_id):m
+    def get_notification(self, service_id, notification_id):
         return self.get(url='/service/{}/notifications/{}'.format(service_id, notification_id))
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_notifications.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_notifications.py
index 07a2d867c..c03b4969a 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_notifications.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_notifications.py
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@ def test_notification_status_page_shows_details(
 ):
     page = client_request.get(
         'main.view_notification',
-        endpoint_kwargs={
-            'service_id': service_one['id'],
-            'notification_id': fake_uuid
-        }
+        service_id=service_one['id'],
+        notification_id=fake_uuid
     )
 
     assert page.find('div', {'class': 'sms-message-wrapper'}).text.strip() == 'service one: template content'
@@ -72,10 +70,8 @@ def test_notification_status_page_shows_correct_numbers(
 
     page = client_request.get(
         'main.view_notification',
-        endpoint_kwargs={
-            'service_id': service_one['id'],
-            'notification_id': fake_uuid
-        }
+        service_id=service_one['id'],
+        notification_id=fake_uuid
     )
 
     big_numbers = page.find_all('div', {'class': 'big-number-number'})
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 2b90a9e6e..fed2c3c1f 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 import os
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
 from unittest.mock import Mock
@@ -1702,26 +1703,27 @@ def os_environ():
     os.environ = old_env
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
 @pytest.fixture
 def client_request(logged_in_client):
     class ClientRequest:
 
         @staticmethod
-        def get(endpoint, endpoint_kwargs=None, expected_status=200, follow_redirects=False):
+        def get(endpoint, _expected_status=200, _follow_redirects=False, **endpoint_kwargs):
             resp = logged_in_client.get(
-                url_for(endpoint, **(endpoint_kwargs or {}))
+                url_for(endpoint, **(endpoint_kwargs or {})),
+                follow_redirects=_follow_redirects,
             )
-            assert resp.status_code == expected_status
+            assert resp.status_code == _expected_status
             return BeautifulSoup(resp.data.decode('utf-8'), 'html.parser')
 
         @staticmethod
-        def post(endpoint, endpoint_kwargs=None, data=None, expected_status=302, follow_redirects=False):
+        def post(endpoint, _data=None, _expected_status=302, _follow_redirects=False, **endpoint_kwargs):
             resp = logged_in_client.post(
                 url_for(endpoint, **(endpoint_kwargs or {})),
-                data
+                data=_data,
+                follow_redirects=_follow_redirects,
             )
-            assert resp.status_code == expected_status
+            assert resp.status_code == _expected_status
             return BeautifulSoup(resp.data.decode('utf-8'), 'html.parser')
 
     return ClientRequest