diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/core/extractor.py b/src/auto_archiver/core/extractor.py
index 51d784f..ed261eb 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/core/extractor.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/core/extractor.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import re
 from ..core import Metadata, ArchivingContext, BaseModule
 
 
-@dataclass
 class Extractor(BaseModule):
     """
     Base class for implementing extractors in the media archiving framework.
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/modules/twitter_api_extractor/twitter_api_extractor.py b/src/auto_archiver/modules/twitter_api_extractor/twitter_api_extractor.py
index 0434190..6573475 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/modules/twitter_api_extractor/twitter_api_extractor.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/modules/twitter_api_extractor/twitter_api_extractor.py
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ from pytwitter import Api
 from slugify import slugify
 
 from auto_archiver.core import Extractor
-from auto_archiver.core import Metadata,Media
+from auto_archiver.core import Metadata, Media
 
 class TwitterApiExtractor(Extractor):
-    valid_url = re.compile(r"(?:twitter|x).com\/(?:\#!\/)?(\w+)\/status(?:es)?\/(\d+)")
+
+    valid_url: re.Pattern = re.compile(r"(?:twitter|x).com\/(?:\#!\/)?(\w+)\/status(?:es)?\/(\d+)")
 
     def setup(self, config: dict) -> None:
         super().setup(config)
diff --git a/tests/extractors/test_extractor_base.py b/tests/extractors/test_extractor_base.py
index 24689b4..6e77ec3 100644
--- a/tests/extractors/test_extractor_base.py
+++ b/tests/extractors/test_extractor_base.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+from typing import Type
+
 import pytest
 
 from auto_archiver.core.metadata import Metadata
 from auto_archiver.core.extractor import Extractor
 
+
 class TestExtractorBase(object):
 
     extractor_module: str = None
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ class TestExtractorBase(object):
         assert self.extractor_module is not None, "self.extractor_module must be set on the subclass"
         assert self.config is not None, "self.config must be a dict set on the subclass"
 
-        self.extractor: Extractor = setup_module(self.extractor_module, self.config)
+        self.extractor: Type[Extractor] = setup_module(self.extractor_module, self.config)
     
     def assertValidResponseMetadata(self, test_response: Metadata, title: str, timestamp: str, status: str = ""):
         assert test_response is not False
diff --git a/tests/test_orchestrator.py b/tests/test_orchestrator.py
index 9e81df7..03cb521 100644
--- a/tests/test_orchestrator.py
+++ b/tests/test_orchestrator.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from auto_archiver.core.orchestrator import ArchivingOrchestrator
 from auto_archiver.version import __version__
 from auto_archiver.core.config import read_yaml, store_yaml
+from auto_archiver.core.module import _LAZY_LOADED_MODULES
 
 TEST_ORCHESTRATION = "tests/data/test_orchestration.yaml"
 TEST_MODULES = "tests/data/test_modules/"
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ def orchestrator():
     if logger._core.handlers.get(1):
         logger.remove(1)
 
+    # delete out any loaded modules
+    _LAZY_LOADED_MODULES.clear()
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def basic_parser(orchestrator) -> ArgumentParser:
     return orchestrator.setup_basic_parser()