diff --git a/api/hff_entry_forms_api.nimble b/api/hff_entry_forms_api.nimble
index 5fbe0e0..5b65a22 100644
--- a/api/hff_entry_forms_api.nimble
+++ b/api/hff_entry_forms_api.nimble
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ requires "https://git.jdb-software.com/jdb/nim-time-utils.git >= 0.5.0"
 requires "https://git.jdb-software.com/jdb/update-nim-package-version"
 
 task updateVersion, "Update the version of this package.":
-  exec "update_nim_package_version hff_entry_forms_api 'src/hff_entry_forms_apipkg/version.nim'"
\ No newline at end of file
+  exec "update_nim_package_version hff_entry_forms_api 'src/hff_entry_forms_apipkg/version.nim'"
+
+task unittest, "Runs the unit test suite.":
+  exec "nim c -r test/runner"
diff --git a/api/src/hff_entry_forms_api.nim b/api/src/hff_entry_forms_api.nim
index a02de3b..4164233 100644
--- a/api/src/hff_entry_forms_api.nim
+++ b/api/src/hff_entry_forms_api.nim
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Usage:
 
 Options:
 
-  -C, --config <cfgFile>    Location of the config file to use (defaults to
+  -c, --config <cfgFile>    Location of the config file to use (defaults to
                             hff_entry_forms_api.config.json)
 
   -d, --debug               Log debugging information.
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ Options:
 
   let consoleLogger = newConsoleLogger(
     levelThreshold=lvlInfo,
-    fmtStr="$app - $levelname: ")
+    fmtStr="$appname - $levelname: ",
+    useStderr=true)
   logging.addHandler(consoleLogger)
 
   # Initialize our service context
diff --git a/api/src/hff_entry_forms_apipkg/models.nim b/api/src/hff_entry_forms_apipkg/models.nim
index 4b7ce5a..e1ba6b5 100644
--- a/api/src/hff_entry_forms_apipkg/models.nim
+++ b/api/src/hff_entry_forms_apipkg/models.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import json, times, timeutils
+import std/json, std/times
+import timeutils
+
+import ../../../../notion_utils/src/notion_utils
 
 type
   EventProposal* = object
@@ -26,14 +29,6 @@ proc getOrFail(n: JsonNode, key: string): JsonNode =
 proc parseIso8601(n: JsonNode, key: string): DateTime =
   return parseIso8601(n.getOrFail(key).getStr)
 
-proc textProp(value: string): JsonNode =
-  return %*[
-    {
-      "type": "text",
-      "text": { "content": value }
-    }
-  ]
-
 proc parseEventProposal*(n: JsonNode): EventProposal {.raises: [JsonParsingError].} =
 
   try:
@@ -52,33 +47,33 @@ proc parseEventProposal*(n: JsonNode): EventProposal {.raises: [JsonParsingError
 proc asNotionPage*(ep: EventProposal): JsonNode =
   result = %*{
     "properties": {
-      "Event": { "title": textProp(ep.name) },
+      "Event": makeTextProp("title", ep.name),
       "Date": { "date": { "start": formatIso8601(ep.date) } },
       "Department": { "multi_select": [ { "name": ep.department } ] },
-      "Location": { "rich_text": textProp(ep.location) },
-      "Owner": { "rich_text": textProp(ep.owner) },
+      "Location": makeTextProp("rich_text", ep.location),
+      "Owner": makeTextProp("rich_text", ep.owner),
       "State": { "select": { "name": "Proposed" } }
     },
     "children": [
       {
         "object": "block",
         "type": "heading_2",
-        "heading_2": { "text": textProp("Purpose") }
+        "heading_2": makeTextProp("text", "Purpose")
       },
       {
         "object": "block",
         "type": "paragraph",
-        "paragraph": { "text": textProp(ep.purpose) }
+        "paragraph": makeTextProp("text", ep.purpose)
       },
       {
         "object": "block",
         "type": "heading_2",
-        "heading_2": { "text": textProp("Description") }
+        "heading_2": makeTextProp("text", "Description")
       },
       {
         "object": "block",
         "type": "paragraph",
-        "paragraph": { "text": textProp(ep.description) }
+        "paragraph": makeTextProp("text", ep.description)
       }
     ]
   }
diff --git a/api/src/hff_entry_forms_apipkg/notion_client.nim b/api/src/hff_entry_forms_apipkg/notion_client.nim
index 434de2b..8e5ab7e 100644
--- a/api/src/hff_entry_forms_apipkg/notion_client.nim
+++ b/api/src/hff_entry_forms_apipkg/notion_client.nim
@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
 import json, logging, std/httpclient, sequtils, strutils
 
+import ../../../../notion_utils/src/notion_utils
 import ./models, ./service
 
-proc makeHttpClient(cfg: HffEntryFormsApiConfig): HttpClient =
-  let headers = newHttpHeaders([
-    ("Content-Type", "application/json"),
-    ("Authorization", "Bearer " & cfg.integrationToken),
-    ("Notion-Version", cfg.notionVersion)
-  ], true)
-  debug $headers
-  return newHttpClient(headers = headers, )
-
 proc getEventProposalConfig*(cfg: HffEntryFormsApiConfig): EventProposalConfig =
-  let http = makeHttpClient(cfg)
+  let http = newNotionClient(
+    apiVersion = cfg.notionVersion,
+    integrationToken = cfg.integrationToken)
 
   let apiResp = http.get(cfg.notionApiBaseUrl & "/databases/" & cfg.eventParentId)
   debug apiResp.status
@@ -37,7 +31,10 @@ proc getEventProposalConfig*(cfg: HffEntryFormsApiConfig): EventProposalConfig =
   )
 
 proc createProposedEvent*(cfg: HffEntryFormsApiConfig, ep: EventProposal): bool =
-  let http = makeHttpClient(cfg)
+  let http = newNotionClient(
+    apiVersion = cfg.notionVersion,
+    integrationToken = cfg.integrationToken)
+
   let epNotionPage = ep.asNotionPage
   epNotionPage["parent"] = %*{ "database_id": cfg.eventParentId }
 
diff --git a/api/test/config.nims b/api/test/config.nims
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd13e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/test/config.nims
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+switch("path", "../src")
+switch("verbosity", "0")
diff --git a/api/test/runner b/api/test/runner
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0dfedcd
Binary files /dev/null and b/api/test/runner differ
diff --git a/api/test/runner.nim b/api/test/runner.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c46c65c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/test/runner.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import std/unittest
+
+import ./tmodels
diff --git a/api/test/tmodels.nim b/api/test/tmodels.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c6ed62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/test/tmodels.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import std/json, std/times, std/unittest
+
+import hff_entry_forms_apipkg/models
+
+suite "models":
+
+  test "asNotionPage(EventProposal)":
+    let ep = EventProposal(
+      name: "Test Event",
+      description: "A test event.",
+      purpose: "Event example for unit testing.",
+      department: "Testing",
+      location: "Hope Family Fellowship",
+      owner: "Jonathan Bernard",
+      date: parse("2021-10-30", "YYYY-MM-dd"),
+      budgetInDollars: 56)
+
+    let expectedJson = """{"properties":{"Event":{"title":[{"type":"text","text":{"content":"Test Event"}}]},"Date":{"date":{"start":"2021-10-30T00:00:00.000-05:00"}},"Department":{"multi_select":[{"name":"Testing"}]},"Location":{"rich_text":[{"type":"text","text":{"content":"Hope Family Fellowship"}}]},"Owner":{"rich_text":[{"type":"text","text":{"content":"Jonathan Bernard"}}]},"State":{"select":{"name":"Proposed"}}},"children":[{"object":"block","type":"heading_2","heading_2":{"text":[{"type":"text","text":{"content":"Purpose"}}]}},{"object":"block","type":"paragraph","paragraph":{"text":[{"type":"text","text":{"content":"Event example for unit testing."}}]}},{"object":"block","type":"heading_2","heading_2":{"text":[{"type":"text","text":{"content":"Description"}}]}},{"object":"block","type":"paragraph","paragraph":{"text":[{"type":"text","text":{"content":"A test event."}}]}}]}"""
+
+    check $(ep.asNotionPage) == expectedJson