diff --git a/tests/app/aws/test_s3.py b/tests/app/aws/test_s3.py
index 57673e6b4..e18e31f1b 100644
--- a/tests/app/aws/test_s3.py
+++ b/tests/app/aws/test_s3.py
@@ -571,9 +571,9 @@ def test_purge_bucket(mocker):
     mock_s3_resource = MagicMock()
     mock_bucket = MagicMock()
     mock_s3_resource.Bucket.return_value = mock_bucket
-    mocker.patch('app.aws.s3.get_s3_resource', return_value=mock_s3_resource)
+    mocker.patch("app.aws.s3.get_s3_resource", return_value=mock_s3_resource)
 
-    purge_bucket('my-bucket', 'access-key', 'secret-key', 'region')
+    purge_bucket("my-bucket", "access-key", "secret-key", "region")
 
     # Assert that the bucket's objects.all().delete() method was called
     mock_bucket.objects.all.return_value.delete.assert_called_once()
@@ -613,8 +613,7 @@ def test_get_s3_files_handles_exception(mocker):
 
     # Make the first call succeed, second call should fail.
     mock_read_s3_file = mocker.patch(
-        "app.aws.s3.read_s3_file",
-        side_effect=[None, Exception("exception here")]
+        "app.aws.s3.read_s3_file", side_effect=[None, Exception("exception here")]
     )
 
     mock_thread_pool_executor = mocker.patch("app.aws.s3.ThreadPoolExecutor")
diff --git a/tests/app/dao/notification_dao/test_notification_dao.py b/tests/app/dao/notification_dao/test_notification_dao.py
index 44d55f1ce..4df57ec07 100644
--- a/tests/app/dao/notification_dao/test_notification_dao.py
+++ b/tests/app/dao/notification_dao/test_notification_dao.py
@@ -2136,7 +2136,9 @@ def test_sanitize_successful_notification_by_id():
         )
 
 
-def test_dao_get_notifications_by_recipient_or_reference_covers_sms_search_by_reference(notify_db_session):
+def test_dao_get_notifications_by_recipient_or_reference_covers_sms_search_by_reference(
+    notify_db_session,
+):
     """
     This test:
       1. Creates a service and an SMS template.
@@ -2153,7 +2155,7 @@ def test_dao_get_notifications_by_recipient_or_reference_covers_sms_search_by_re
     data = {
         "id": uuid.uuid4(),
         "to": "1",
-        "normalised_to": "1",     # phone is irrelevant here
+        "normalised_to": "1",  # phone is irrelevant here
         "service_id": service.id,
         "service": service,
         "template_id": template.id,
diff --git a/tests/app/dao/test_fact_notification_status_dao.py b/tests/app/dao/test_fact_notification_status_dao.py
index 5b9a7d695..083546464 100644
--- a/tests/app/dao/test_fact_notification_status_dao.py
+++ b/tests/app/dao/test_fact_notification_status_dao.py
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ def test_fetch_notification_status_for_service_by_month(notify_db_session):
     service_2 = create_service(service_name="service_2")
 
     create_template(service=service_1)
-    create_template(service=service_1, template_type=TemplateType.EMAIL)
+    template_email = create_template(
+        service=service_1, template_type=TemplateType.EMAIL
+    )
     # not the service being tested
     create_template(service=service_2)
 
@@ -50,11 +52,15 @@ def test_fetch_notification_status_for_service_by_month(notify_db_session):
     create_notification(
         service_1.templates[0], created_at=datetime(2018, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0)
     )
-    create_notification(
+    questionable_notification = create_notification(
         service_1.templates[1],
         created_at=datetime(2018, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0),
         status=NotificationStatus.DELIVERED,
     )
+    print(
+        f"QN status = {questionable_notification.status} type = {questionable_notification.notification_type}"
+    )
+
     create_notification(
         service_1.templates[0],
         created_at=datetime(2018, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0),
@@ -85,6 +91,7 @@ def test_fetch_notification_status_for_service_by_month(notify_db_session):
     assert len(results) == 4
 
     assert results[0].month.date() == date(2018, 1, 1)
+    assert results[0].template == template_email
     assert results[0].notification_type == NotificationType.EMAIL
     assert results[0].notification_status == NotificationStatus.DELIVERED
     assert results[0].count == 1