diff --git a/mealie/app.py b/mealie/app.py
index 5f829d4dc..025c3d190 100644
--- a/mealie/app.py
+++ b/mealie/app.py
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ app.include_router(static_routes.router)
 
 
 # Generate API Documentation
-if not PRODUCTION:
-    generate_api_docs(app)
+# if not PRODUCTION:
+#     generate_api_docs(app)
 
 start_scheduler()
 
diff --git a/mealie/db/db_base.py b/mealie/db/db_base.py
index cbc2da4a9..63727743d 100644
--- a/mealie/db/db_base.py
+++ b/mealie/db/db_base.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class BaseDocument:
 
     def get_all_limit_columns(
         self, session: Session, fields: List[str], limit: int = None
-    ) -> list[SqlAlchemyBase]:
+    ) -> List[SqlAlchemyBase]:
         """Queries the database for the selected model. Restricts return responses to the
         keys specified under "fields"
 
diff --git a/mealie/routes/backup_routes.py b/mealie/routes/backup_routes.py
index 7dcc4020d..076a334d7 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/backup_routes.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/backup_routes.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
 from starlette.responses import FileResponse
 from utils.snackbar import SnackResponse
 
-router = APIRouter(prefix="/api/backups", tags=["Import / Export"])
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/api/backups", tags=["Backups"])
 
 
 @router.get("/available", response_model=Imports)
diff --git a/mealie/routes/meal_routes.py b/mealie/routes/meal_routes.py
index baea93a27..6145676fd 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/meal_routes.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/meal_routes.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def delete_meal_plan(plan_id, db: Session = Depends(generate_session)):
     return SnackResponse.success("Mealplan Deleted")
 
 
-@router.get("/today/", tags=["Meal Plan"])
+@router.get("/today", tags=["Meal Plan"])
 def get_today(db: Session = Depends(generate_session)):
     """
     Returns the recipe slug for the meal scheduled for today.
diff --git a/mealie/services/scrape_services.py b/mealie/services/scrape_services.py
index fc9ae6d95..106d27cf3 100644
--- a/mealie/services/scrape_services.py
+++ b/mealie/services/scrape_services.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def normalize_time(time_entry) -> str:
 
 def normalize_data(recipe_data: dict) -> dict:
     recipe_data["totalTime"] = normalize_time(recipe_data.get("totalTime"))
-    recipe_data["description"] = cleanhtml(recipe_data.get("description"))
+    recipe_data["description"] = cleanhtml(recipe_data.get("description", ""))
     recipe_data["prepTime"] = normalize_time(recipe_data.get("prepTime"))
     recipe_data["performTime"] = normalize_time(recipe_data.get("performTime"))
     recipe_data["recipeYield"] = normalize_yield(recipe_data.get("recipeYield"))
diff --git a/mealie/services/settings_services.py b/mealie/services/settings_services.py
index 3e3c8398e..e7f1d7c34 100644
--- a/mealie/services/settings_services.py
+++ b/mealie/services/settings_services.py
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ def default_settings_init():
         default_entry = SiteSettings(name="main", webhooks=webhooks)
         document = db.settings.save_new(session, default_entry.dict(), webhooks.dict())
 
+    session.close()
+
 
 if not sql_exists:
     default_settings_init()
diff --git a/mealie/tests/conftest.py b/mealie/tests/conftest.py
index 2ec4a9e3b..d30411537 100644
--- a/mealie/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/mealie/tests/conftest.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ def override_get_db():
         db.close()
 
 
+
+
 @fixture(scope="session")
 def api_client():
 
diff --git a/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_meal_routes.py b/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_meal_routes.py
index 7107834cb..f86e77c48 100644
--- a/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_meal_routes.py
+++ b/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_meal_routes.py
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ import json
 
 import pytest
 from tests.test_routes.utils.routes_data import recipe_test_data
+from tests.utils.routes import (
+    MEALPLAN_ALL,
+    MEALPLAN_CREATE,
+    MEALPLAN_PREFIX,
+    RECIPES_CREATE_URL,
+    RECIPES_PREFIX,
+)
 
 
 def get_meal_plan_template(first=None, second=None):
@@ -23,30 +30,30 @@ def get_meal_plan_template(first=None, second=None):
     }
 
 
+## Meal Routes
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def slug_1(api_client):
     # Slug 1
-    slug_1 = api_client.post(
-        "/api/recipe/create-url/", json={"url": recipe_test_data[0].url}
-    )
+
+    slug_1 = api_client.post(RECIPES_CREATE_URL, json={"url": recipe_test_data[0].url})
     slug_1 = json.loads(slug_1.content)
 
     yield slug_1
 
-    api_client.delete(f"/api/recipe/{recipe_test_data[1].expected_slug}/delete/")
+    api_client.delete(RECIPES_PREFIX + "/" + slug_1)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def slug_2(api_client):
     # Slug 2
-    slug_2 = api_client.post(
-        "/api/recipe/create-url/", json={"url": recipe_test_data[1].url}
-    )
+    slug_2 = api_client.post(RECIPES_CREATE_URL, json={"url": recipe_test_data[1].url})
     slug_2 = json.loads(slug_2.content)
 
     yield slug_2
 
-    api_client.delete(f"/api/recipe/{recipe_test_data[0].expected_slug}/delete/")
+    api_client.delete(RECIPES_PREFIX + "/" + slug_2)
 
 
 def test_create_mealplan(api_client, slug_1, slug_2):
@@ -54,12 +61,12 @@ def test_create_mealplan(api_client, slug_1, slug_2):
     meal_plan["meals"][0]["slug"] = slug_1
     meal_plan["meals"][1]["slug"] = slug_2
 
-    response = api_client.post("/api/meal-plan/create/", json=meal_plan)
+    response = api_client.post(MEALPLAN_CREATE, json=meal_plan)
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
 
 def test_read_mealplan(api_client, slug_1, slug_2):
-    response = api_client.get("/api/meal-plan/all/")
+    response = api_client.get(MEALPLAN_ALL)
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ def test_read_mealplan(api_client, slug_1, slug_2):
 
 def test_update_mealplan(api_client, slug_1, slug_2):
 
-    response = api_client.get("/api/meal-plan/all/")
+    response = api_client.get(MEALPLAN_ALL)
 
     existing_mealplan = json.loads(response.text)
     existing_mealplan = existing_mealplan[0]
@@ -84,13 +91,11 @@ def test_update_mealplan(api_client, slug_1, slug_2):
     existing_mealplan["meals"][0]["slug"] = slug_2
     existing_mealplan["meals"][1]["slug"] = slug_1
 
-    response = api_client.post(
-        f"/api/meal-plan/{plan_uid}/update/", json=existing_mealplan
-    )
+    response = api_client.put(f"{MEALPLAN_PREFIX}/{plan_uid}", json=existing_mealplan)
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
-    response = api_client.get("/api/meal-plan/all/")
+    response = api_client.get(MEALPLAN_ALL)
     existing_mealplan = json.loads(response.text)
     existing_mealplan = existing_mealplan[0]
 
@@ -99,11 +104,13 @@ def test_update_mealplan(api_client, slug_1, slug_2):
 
 
 def test_delete_mealplan(api_client):
-    response = api_client.get("/api/meal-plan/all/")
+    response = api_client.get(MEALPLAN_ALL)
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
     existing_mealplan = json.loads(response.text)
     existing_mealplan = existing_mealplan[0]
 
     plan_uid = existing_mealplan.get("uid")
-    response = api_client.delete(f"/api/meal-plan/{plan_uid}/delete/")
+    response = api_client.delete(f"{MEALPLAN_PREFIX}/{plan_uid}")
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
diff --git a/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_migration_routes.py b/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_migration_routes.py
index 8706a02c1..2bb35ec93 100644
--- a/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_migration_routes.py
+++ b/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_migration_routes.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import shutil
 import pytest
 from app_config import MIGRATION_DIR
 from tests.test_config import TEST_CHOWDOWN_DIR, TEST_NEXTCLOUD_DIR
+from tests.utils.routes import MIGRATIONS_PREFIX, RECIPES_PREFIX
 
 
 ### Chowdown
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ def chowdown_zip():
 def test_upload_chowdown_zip(api_client, chowdown_zip):
 
     response = api_client.post(
-        "/api/migrations/chowdown/upload/", files={"archive": chowdown_zip.open("rb")}
+        f"{MIGRATIONS_PREFIX}/chowdown/upload",
+        files={"archive": chowdown_zip.open("rb")},
     )
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ def test_upload_chowdown_zip(api_client, chowdown_zip):
 
 def test_import_chowdown_directory(api_client, chowdown_zip):
     selection = chowdown_zip.name
-    response = api_client.post(f"/api/migrations/chowdown/{selection}/import/")
+    response = api_client.post(f"{MIGRATIONS_PREFIX}/chowdown/{selection}/import")
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
@@ -41,13 +43,13 @@ def test_import_chowdown_directory(api_client, chowdown_zip):
     assert report["failed"] == []
 
     expected_slug = "roasted-okra"
-    response = api_client.get(f"/api/recipe/{expected_slug}/")
+    response = api_client.get(f"{RECIPES_PREFIX}/{expected_slug}")
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
 
 def test_delete_chowdown_migration_data(api_client, chowdown_zip):
     selection = chowdown_zip.name
-    response = api_client.delete(f"/api/migrations/chowdown/{selection}/delete/")
+    response = api_client.delete(f"{MIGRATIONS_PREFIX}/chowdown/{selection}/delete")
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert not MIGRATION_DIR.joinpath(chowdown_zip.name).is_file()
@@ -70,7 +72,8 @@ def nextcloud_zip():
 def test_upload_nextcloud_zip(api_client, nextcloud_zip):
 
     response = api_client.post(
-        "/api/migrations/nextcloud/upload/", files={"archive": nextcloud_zip.open("rb")}
+        f"{MIGRATIONS_PREFIX}/nextcloud/upload",
+        files={"archive": nextcloud_zip.open("rb")},
     )
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ def test_upload_nextcloud_zip(api_client, nextcloud_zip):
 
 def test_import_nextcloud_directory(api_client, nextcloud_zip):
     selection = nextcloud_zip.name
-    response = api_client.post(f"/api/migrations/nextcloud/{selection}/import/")
+    response = api_client.post(f"{MIGRATIONS_PREFIX}/nextcloud/{selection}/import")
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
@@ -88,13 +91,13 @@ def test_import_nextcloud_directory(api_client, nextcloud_zip):
     assert report["failed"] == []
 
     expected_slug = "air-fryer-shrimp"
-    response = api_client.get(f"/api/recipe/{expected_slug}/")
+    response = api_client.get(f"{RECIPES_PREFIX}/{expected_slug}")
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
 
 def test_delete__nextcloud_migration_data(api_client, nextcloud_zip):
     selection = nextcloud_zip.name
-    response = api_client.delete(f"/api/migrations/nextcloud/{selection}/delete/")
+    response = api_client.delete(f"{MIGRATIONS_PREFIX}/nextcloud/{selection}/delete")
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert not MIGRATION_DIR.joinpath(nextcloud_zip.name).is_file()
diff --git a/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_recipe_routes.py b/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_recipe_routes.py
index 1543df416..286513abe 100644
--- a/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_recipe_routes.py
+++ b/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_recipe_routes.py
@@ -2,32 +2,31 @@ import json
 
 import pytest
 from slugify import slugify
-from tests.test_routes.utils.routes_data import (
-    RecipeTestData,
-    raw_recipe,
-    raw_recipe_no_image,
-    recipe_test_data,
-)
+from tests.test_routes.utils.routes_data import (RecipeTestData, raw_recipe,
+                                                 raw_recipe_no_image,
+                                                 recipe_test_data)
+from tests.utils.routes import (RECIPES_ALL, RECIPES_CREATE,
+                                RECIPES_CREATE_URL, RECIPES_PREFIX)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("recipe_data", recipe_test_data)
 def test_create_by_url(api_client, recipe_data: RecipeTestData):
-    response = api_client.post("/api/recipe/create-url/", json={"url": recipe_data.url})
+    response = api_client.post(RECIPES_CREATE_URL, json={"url": recipe_data.url})
     assert response.status_code == 201
     assert json.loads(response.text) == recipe_data.expected_slug
 
 
 def test_create_by_json(api_client):
-    response = api_client.post("/api/recipe/create/", json=raw_recipe)
+    response = api_client.post(RECIPES_CREATE, json=raw_recipe)
 
-    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.status_code == 201
     assert json.loads(response.text) == "banana-bread"
 
 
 def test_create_no_image(api_client):
-    response = api_client.post("/api/recipe/create/", json=raw_recipe_no_image)
+    response = api_client.post(RECIPES_CREATE, json=raw_recipe_no_image)
 
-    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.status_code == 201
     assert json.loads(response.text) == "banana-bread-no-image"
 
 
@@ -35,24 +34,24 @@ def test_create_no_image(api_client):
 #     data = {"image": test_image.open("rb").read(), "extension": "jpg"}
 
 #     response = api_client.post(
-#         "/api/recipe/banana-bread-no-image/update/image/", files=data
+#         "{RECIPES_PREFIX}banana-bread-no-image/update/image/", files=data
 #     )
 
 #     assert response.status_code == 200
 
-#     response = api_client.get("/api/recipe/banana-bread-no-image/update/image/")
+#     response = api_client.get("{RECIPES_PREFIX}banana-bread-no-image/update/image/")
 
 
 def test_read_all_post(api_client):
     response = api_client.post(
-        "/api/all-recipes/", json={"properties": ["slug", "description", "rating"]}
+        RECIPES_ALL, json={"properties": ["slug", "description", "rating"]}
     )
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("recipe_data", recipe_test_data)
 def test_read_update(api_client, recipe_data):
-    response = api_client.get(f"/api/recipe/{recipe_data.expected_slug}/")
+    response = api_client.get(f"{RECIPES_PREFIX}/{recipe_data.expected_slug}")
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
     recipe = json.loads(response.content)
@@ -66,14 +65,14 @@ def test_read_update(api_client, recipe_data):
     test_categories = ["one", "two", "three"]
     recipe["categories"] = test_categories
 
-    response = api_client.post(
-        f"/api/recipe/{recipe_data.expected_slug}/update/", json=recipe
+    response = api_client.put(
+        f"{RECIPES_PREFIX}/{recipe_data.expected_slug}", json=recipe
     )
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert json.loads(response.text) == recipe_data.expected_slug
 
-    response = api_client.get(f"/api/recipe/{recipe_data.expected_slug}/")
+    response = api_client.get(f"{RECIPES_PREFIX}/{recipe_data.expected_slug}")
 
     recipe = json.loads(response.content)
 
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ def test_read_update(api_client, recipe_data):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("recipe_data", recipe_test_data)
 def test_rename(api_client, recipe_data):
-    response = api_client.get(f"/api/recipe/{recipe_data.expected_slug}/")
+    response = api_client.get(f"{RECIPES_PREFIX}/{recipe_data.expected_slug}")
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
     recipe = json.loads(response.content)
@@ -91,8 +90,8 @@ def test_rename(api_client, recipe_data):
     new_slug = slugify(new_name)
     recipe["name"] = new_name
 
-    response = api_client.post(
-        f"/api/recipe/{recipe_data.expected_slug}/update/", json=recipe
+    response = api_client.put(
+        f"{RECIPES_PREFIX}/{recipe_data.expected_slug}", json=recipe
     )
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
@@ -103,5 +102,5 @@ def test_rename(api_client, recipe_data):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("recipe_data", recipe_test_data)
 def test_delete(api_client, recipe_data):
-    response = api_client.delete(f"/api/recipe/{recipe_data.expected_slug}/delete/")
+    response = api_client.delete(f"{RECIPES_PREFIX}/{recipe_data.expected_slug}")
     assert response.status_code == 200
diff --git a/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_settings_routes.py b/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_settings_routes.py
index a8ef3b62a..f5a748179 100644
--- a/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_settings_routes.py
+++ b/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_settings_routes.py
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import json
 
 import pytest
+from tests.utils.routes import (
+    SETTINGS_PREFIX,
+    SETTINGS_UPDATE,
+    THEMES_CREATE,
+    THEMES_PREFIX,
+)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
@@ -26,7 +32,7 @@ def default_theme(api_client):
             "error": "#EF5350",
         },
     }
-    api_client.post("/api/site-settings/themes/create/", json=default_theme)
+    api_client.post(THEMES_CREATE, json=default_theme)
 
     return default_theme
 
@@ -48,7 +54,7 @@ def new_theme():
 
 
 def test_default_settings(api_client, default_settings):
-    response = api_client.get("/api/site-settings/")
+    response = api_client.get(SETTINGS_PREFIX)
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
@@ -62,47 +68,45 @@ def test_update_settings(api_client, default_settings):
         "https://test3.url.com",
     ]
 
-    response = api_client.post("/api/site-settings/update/", json=default_settings)
+    response = api_client.put(SETTINGS_UPDATE, json=default_settings)
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
-    response = api_client.get("/api/site-settings/")
+    response = api_client.get(SETTINGS_PREFIX)
     assert json.loads(response.content) == default_settings
 
 
 def test_default_theme(api_client, default_theme):
-    response = api_client.get("/api/site-settings/themes/default/")
+    response = api_client.get(f"{THEMES_PREFIX}/default")
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert json.loads(response.content) == default_theme
 
 
 def test_create_theme(api_client, new_theme):
 
-    response = api_client.post("/api/site-settings/themes/create/", json=new_theme)
+    response = api_client.post(THEMES_CREATE, json=new_theme)
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
-    response = api_client.get(f"/api/site-settings/themes/{new_theme.get('name')}/")
+    response = api_client.get(f"{THEMES_PREFIX}/{new_theme.get('name')}")
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert json.loads(response.content) == new_theme
 
 
 def test_read_all_themes(api_client, default_theme, new_theme):
-    response = api_client.get("/api/site-settings/themes/")
+    response = api_client.get(THEMES_PREFIX)
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert json.loads(response.content) == [default_theme, new_theme]
 
 
 def test_read_theme(api_client, default_theme, new_theme):
     for theme in [default_theme, new_theme]:
-        response = api_client.get(f"/api/site-settings/themes/{theme.get('name')}/")
+        response = api_client.get(f"{THEMES_PREFIX}/{theme.get('name')}")
         assert response.status_code == 200
         assert json.loads(response.content) == theme
 
 
 def test_delete_theme(api_client, default_theme, new_theme):
     for theme in [default_theme, new_theme]:
-        response = api_client.delete(
-            f"/api/site-settings/themes/{theme.get('name')}/delete/"
-        )
+        response = api_client.delete(f"{THEMES_PREFIX}/{theme.get('name')}")
 
         assert response.status_code == 200
diff --git a/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_tags_categories.py b/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_tags_categories.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b28b04f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mealie/tests/test_routes/test_tags_categories.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+
+
diff --git a/mealie/tests/utils.py b/mealie/tests/utils.py
index 6e02cf326..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/mealie/tests/utils.py
+++ b/mealie/tests/utils.py
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-test_
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mealie/tests/utils/__init__.py b/mealie/tests/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/mealie/tests/utils/routes.py b/mealie/tests/utils/routes.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b58a7a25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mealie/tests/utils/routes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+BASE = "/api"
+
+ALL_RECIPES = BASE + "/recipes"
+
+RECIPES_PREFIX = BASE + "/recipes"
+RECIPES_ALL = RECIPES_PREFIX
+RECIPES_CREATE = RECIPES_PREFIX + "/create"
+RECIPES_CREATE_URL = RECIPES_PREFIX + "/create-url"
+
+CATEGORIES_PREFIX = BASE + "/categories"
+TAGS_PREFIX = BASE + "/tags"
+
+MEALPLAN_PREFIX = BASE + "/meal-plans"
+MEALPLAN_ALL = MEALPLAN_PREFIX + "/all"
+MEALPLAN_CREATE = MEALPLAN_PREFIX + "/create"
+MEALPLAN_THIS_WEEK = MEALPLAN_PREFIX + "/this-week"
+MEALPLAN_TODAY = MEALPLAN_PREFIX + "/today"
+
+SETTINGS_PREFIX = BASE + "/site-settings"
+SETTINGS_UPDATE = SETTINGS_PREFIX
+TEST_WEBHOOKS = SETTINGS_PREFIX + "/webhooks/test"
+
+THEMES_PREFIX = BASE + "/themes"
+THEMES_CREATE = THEMES_PREFIX + "/create"
+
+BACKUPS_PREFIX = BASE + "/backups"
+BACKUPS_AVAILABLE = BACKUPS_PREFIX + "/available"
+BACKUPS_EXPORT = BACKUPS_PREFIX + "/export/database"
+BACKUPS_UPLOAD = BACKUPS_PREFIX + "/upload"
+
+MIGRATIONS_PREFIX = BASE + "/migrations"