diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 19621a6..43f4d1c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-    version: 2
+  version: 2
+    orbs:
+      flake8: arrai/flake8@5.0.0
     jobs:
       build:
         environment:
@@ -139,7 +141,8 @@
           - dgoss:
               requires:
                 - build
-          - test
+          - test-unit
+          - flake8/flake8
           - publish:
               requires:
                 - dgoss
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87f2df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="JavaScriptSettings">
+    <option name="languageLevel" value="ES6" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3.7 (splunk-connect-for-syslog)" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
+  <component name="PythonCompatibilityInspectionAdvertiser">
+    <option name="version" value="3" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/sc4s.iml b/.idea/sc4s.iml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bda388e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/sc4s.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="PYTHON_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/venv" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="Python 3.7 (splunk-connect-for-syslog)" jdkType="Python SDK" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="TestRunnerService">
+    <option name="PROJECT_TEST_RUNNER" value="Unittests" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b11f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-r ./tests/requirements.txt
+
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index f5e5e97..199f49b 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ pytest
 jinja2
 jinja2-time
 http://dev.splunk.com/goto/sdk-python
+flake8
diff --git a/tests/test_poc.py b/tests/test_poc.py
index 5aa0efe..e04aa01 100644
--- a/tests/test_poc.py
+++ b/tests/test_poc.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def sendsingle(message):
         try:
             sock.connect(server_address)
             break
-        except:
+        except socket:
             tried += 1
             if tried > 90:
                 raise