diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8704865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# this file exists so that tests inside /tests always find /src imports,
+# because this will cause the root (/) to be added to sys.path
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 9005385..5821bdf 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from loguru import logger
 
 from src.coordinator import Coordinator
-from src.dirmanager import DirManager
+from src.dir_manager import DirManager
 from src.utils import get_session_id
 
 # ----------------------------- lookup env files ----------------------------- #
diff --git a/previous-work/wordpress_test.py b/previous-work/wordpress_test.py
index 1d65311..0e84a46 100644
--- a/previous-work/wordpress_test.py
+++ b/previous-work/wordpress_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from playwright.sync_api import BrowserContext, expect
 
-from src.dirmanager import DirManager
+from src.dir_manager import DirManager
 
 
 def test_wordpress(admin_session: BrowserContext, dotenv_config: dict[str, str], DIR: DirManager):
diff --git a/src/conftest.py b/src/conftest.py
index 690aaf6..6098f4e 100644
--- a/src/conftest.py
+++ b/src/conftest.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from dotenv import dotenv_values
 from playwright.sync_api import BrowserContext, expect
 from pytest import Parser
 
-from src.dirmanager import DirManager
+from src.dir_manager import DirManager
 
 # global timeout and LOCALE
 LOCALE = {"Accept-Language": "de_DE"}
diff --git a/src/coordinator.py b/src/coordinator.py
index 0baf934..509aa3e 100644
--- a/src/coordinator.py
+++ b/src/coordinator.py
@@ -1,78 +1,34 @@
-import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from dotenv import dotenv_values
 from loguru import logger
 
-from src.dirmanager import DirManager
-from src.env_file_helper import DependencyRule, EnvFile, sort_env_files_by_rule
+from src.dir_manager import DirManager
+from src.env_manager import EnvFile, EnvManager
 from src.html_helper import merge_html_files
 from src.runner import Runner
-from src.tests_authentik.runner_authentik import RunnerAuthentik
-from src.tests_nextcloud.runner_nextcloud import RunnerNextcloud
-from src.tests_wordpress.runner_wordpress import RunnerWordpress
+from src.runner_dict import RUNNER_DICT
 from src.utils import rmtree
 
-# Register all runners here. Each .env file with TYPE=authentik will be run with RunnerAuthentik
-RUNNER_DICT: dict[str, type[Runner]] = {
-    "authentik": RunnerAuthentik,
-    "wordpress": RunnerWordpress,
-    "nextcloud": RunnerNextcloud,
-}
-
 
 class Coordinator:
     def __init__(self, env_paths_list: list[Path], output_dir: Path, session_id: str) -> None:
+        # logging
         out_string = "".join([e.name + "\n" for e in env_paths_list])
         out_string += f"output_dir = {output_dir}\n"
         out_string += f"session_id = {session_id}"
         logger.info(f"initialize Coordinator instance with\nenv_paths_list =\n{out_string}")
 
         self.DIR = DirManager(output_dir=output_dir, session_id=session_id)
-        self.output_dir = output_dir
-        self.session_id = session_id
-
-        # parse env files
-        self.env_files: list[EnvFile] = self._getn_env_files_list(env_paths_list)
-        self.dependency_rules: list[DependencyRule] = self._get_dependency_rules(self.env_files)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _getn_env_files_list(env_paths: list[Path]) -> list[EnvFile]:
-        """Returns a list of EnvFile objects created from the given env files"""
-        env_files: list[EnvFile] = []
-        for env_path in env_paths:
-            assert env_path.is_file(), f"the env file {env_path} does not exist"
-            config: dict[str, str] = dotenv_values(env_path)  # type: ignore
-            assert "TYPE" in config, f"the env file {env_path} does not specify the required TYPE key."
-            env_type = config["TYPE"]
-            env_files.append(EnvFile(env_path=env_path, config=config, env_type=env_type))
-        return env_files
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _get_dependency_rules(env_files: list[EnvFile]) -> list[DependencyRule]:
-        dependency_rules: list[DependencyRule] = []
-        for env_file in env_files:
-            child_runner_class = RUNNER_DICT[env_file.env_type]
-            for dependency in child_runner_class.dependencies:
-                dependency_rule = DependencyRule(child=child_runner_class.name, dependency=dependency.name)
-                dependency_rules.append(dependency_rule)
-        return dependency_rules
+        self.ENV = EnvManager(env_paths_list)
 
     def setup_test(self) -> None:
         logger.info("calling setup_test()")
         self.DIR.create_all_dirs()
-        self._copy_env_files()
-
-    def _copy_env_files(self) -> None:
-        """Copies all env files to STATES/env_files. Files will be renamed to their own TYPE value."""
-        env_files_dir = self.DIR.STATES / "env_files"
-        env_files_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-        for env_file in self.env_files:
-            shutil.copy(env_file.env_path, env_files_dir / env_file.env_type)
+        self.ENV.copy_env_files(self.DIR)
 
     def run_test(self) -> None:
         logger.info("calling run_test()")
-        self.runners: list[Runner] = self._load_runners(self.env_files)
+        self.runners: list[Runner] = self._load_runners(self.ENV.env_files)
         for runner in self.runners:
             runner.run_setups()
         for runner in self.runners:
@@ -87,7 +43,9 @@ class Coordinator:
         for env_file in env_files:
             RunnerClass = RUNNER_DICT[env_file.config["TYPE"]]
             runners.append(
-                RunnerClass(dotenv_path=env_file.env_path, output_dir=self.output_dir, session_id=self.session_id)
+                RunnerClass(
+                    dotenv_path=env_file.env_path, output_dir=self.DIR.output_dir, session_id=self.DIR.session_id
+                )
             )
         return runners
 
diff --git a/src/dirmanager.py b/src/dir_manager.py
similarity index 60%
rename from src/dirmanager.py
rename to src/dir_manager.py
index b5228bf..10cb867 100644
--- a/src/dirmanager.py
+++ b/src/dir_manager.py
@@ -20,18 +20,25 @@ class DirManager:
         # root test dir
         if isinstance(output_dir, str):
             output_dir = Path(output_dir)
-        self._output_dir = output_dir.resolve()
+        self.output_dir = output_dir.resolve()
         self.session_id = session_id
 
-    def create_all_dirs(self):
-        self.create_dirs(self._output_dir, exist_ok=True)
-        self.create_dirs(
-            [self.SESSION, self.RECORDS, self.HTML, self.STATES, self.ENV_FILES, self.RESULTS], exist_ok=True
-        )
+    def create_all_dirs(self) -> None:
+        dirs: list[Path] = [
+            self.OUTPUT_DIR,
+            self.SESSION,
+            self.RECORDS,
+            self.HTML,
+            self.STATES,
+            self.ENV_FILES,
+            self.RESULTS,
+        ]
+        for d in dirs:
+            d.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
 
     @property
     def OUTPUT_DIR(self):
-        return self._output_dir
+        return self.output_dir
 
     @property
     def SESSION(self):
@@ -56,15 +63,3 @@ class DirManager:
     @property
     def RESULTS(self):
         return self.SESSION / "results"
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def create_dirs(dirs: Path | list[Path] | dict[str, Path], exist_ok=False):
-        match dirs:
-            case Path():
-                dirs.mkdir(exist_ok=exist_ok)
-            case list():
-                for d in dirs:
-                    d.mkdir(exist_ok=exist_ok)
-            case dict():
-                for d in dirs.values():
-                    d.mkdir(exist_ok=exist_ok)
diff --git a/src/env_file_helper.py b/src/env_file_helper.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 29fb914..0000000
--- a/src/env_file_helper.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import NamedTuple
-
-from loguru import logger
-
-
-class EnvFile(NamedTuple):
-    env_path: Path
-    config: dict[str, str]
-    env_type: str
-
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"EnvFile(type={self.env_type})"
-
-
-class DependencyRule(NamedTuple):
-    child: str
-    dependency: str
-
-
-def _is_rule_satisfied(in_list: list, rule: DependencyRule) -> tuple[bool, int]:
-    child_indices = [index for index, element in enumerate(in_list) if element.env_type == rule.child]
-    child_index = min(child_indices)
-    # child_index = in_list.index(rule.child)
-    parent_indices = [index for index, element in enumerate(in_list) if element.env_type == rule.dependency]
-    parent_index = max(parent_indices)
-    # parent_index = in_list.index(rule.dependency)
-    return parent_index < child_index, parent_index
-
-
-def sort_env_files_by_rule(env_list: list[EnvFile], rules: list[DependencyRule]) -> list:
-    in_list = env_list.copy()
-
-    def swap_item_with_previous(in_list: list[EnvFile], index: int):
-        """swaps item at index N with item at index N-1"""
-        assert index > 0, "cannot swap with negative index"
-        in_list[index], in_list[index - 1] = in_list[index - 1], in_list[index]
-
-    for _ in range(10_000):
-        rule_satisfied: list[bool] = []
-        for rule in rules:
-            is_rule_satisfied, parent_index = _is_rule_satisfied(in_list, rule)
-            if is_rule_satisfied:
-                rule_satisfied.append(True)
-            else:
-                rule_satisfied.append(False)
-                # parent_index = in_list.index(rule.dependency)
-                swap_item_with_previous(in_list, parent_index)
-        if all(rule_satisfied):
-            return in_list
-    logger.error("could not find order that satisfys all rules")
-    raise ValueError
diff --git a/src/env_manager.py b/src/env_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfc81fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/env_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import NamedTuple
+
+from dotenv import dotenv_values
+
+from src.dir_manager import DirManager
+from src.runner_dict import RUNNER_DICT
+
+
+class EnvFile(NamedTuple):
+    env_path: Path
+    config: dict[str, str]
+    env_type: str
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return f"EnvFile(type={self.env_type})"
+
+
+class DependencyRule(NamedTuple):
+    child: str
+    dependency: str
+
+
+class EnvManager:
+    def __init__(self, env_paths_list: list[Path]):
+        self.env_files: list[EnvFile] = self._get_env_files(env_paths_list)
+        self.dependency_rules: list[DependencyRule] = self._get_dependency_rules(self.env_files)
+        self.env_files = self.sort_env_files_by_rule(self.env_files, self.dependency_rules)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_env_files(env_paths: list[Path]) -> list[EnvFile]:
+        """Returns a list of EnvFile objects created from the given env files"""
+        env_files: list[EnvFile] = []
+        for env_path in env_paths:
+            assert env_path.is_file(), f"the env file {env_path} does not exist"
+            config: dict[str, str] = dotenv_values(env_path)  # type: ignore
+            assert "TYPE" in config, f"the env file {env_path} does not specify the required TYPE key."
+            env_type = config["TYPE"]
+            env_files.append(EnvFile(env_path=env_path, config=config, env_type=env_type))
+        return env_files
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_dependency_rules(env_files: list[EnvFile]) -> list[DependencyRule]:
+        dependency_rules: list[DependencyRule] = []
+        for env_file in env_files:
+            child_runner_class = RUNNER_DICT[env_file.env_type]
+            for dependency in child_runner_class.dependencies:
+                dependency_rule = DependencyRule(child=child_runner_class.name, dependency=dependency.name)
+                dependency_rules.append(dependency_rule)
+        return dependency_rules
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_indices_by_string(in_list: list[EnvFile], string: str) -> list[int]:
+        """returns all indices of items in in_list, where item.env_type matches string"""
+        return [index for index, element in enumerate(in_list) if element.env_type == string]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _swap_item_with_previous(in_list: list[EnvFile], index: int):
+        """swaps item at index N with item at index N-1"""
+        assert index > 0, "cannot swap with negative index"
+        in_list[index], in_list[index - 1] = in_list[index - 1], in_list[index]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def is_rule_satisfied(cls, env_list: list[EnvFile], rule: DependencyRule, swap=False) -> bool:
+        """returns if the ordering in in_list is compliant with the given rule
+
+        if swap=True, some reordering will happen in case of a violated rule"""
+
+        child_indices = cls._get_indices_by_string(env_list, rule.child)
+        parent_indices = cls._get_indices_by_string(env_list, rule.dependency)
+        for child_index in child_indices:
+            for parent_index in parent_indices:
+                if not parent_index < child_index:
+                    if swap:
+                        cls._swap_item_with_previous(env_list, parent_index)
+                    return False
+        return True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def sort_env_files_by_rule(cls, env_list: list[EnvFile], rules: list[DependencyRule]) -> list[EnvFile]:
+        out_list = env_list.copy()
+
+        for _ in range(10_000):
+            rule_satisfied: list[bool] = []
+            for rule in rules:
+                rule_satisfied.append(cls.is_rule_satisfied(out_list, rule, swap=True))
+
+            if all(rule_satisfied):
+                return out_list
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Could not resolve test order. This is possibly due to a circular dependency (a on b, b on c, c on a)"
+        )
+
+    def copy_env_files(self, DIR: DirManager) -> None:
+        """Copies all env files to STATES/env_files. Files will be renamed to their own TYPE value."""
+        env_files_dir = DIR.STATES / "env_files"
+        env_files_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+        for env_file in self.env_files:
+            shutil.copy(env_file.env_path, env_files_dir / env_file.env_type)
diff --git a/src/runner.py b/src/runner.py
index 71ca7ed..8ef444a 100644
--- a/src/runner.py
+++ b/src/runner.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import pytest
 from dotenv import dotenv_values
 from loguru import logger
 
-from src.dirmanager import DirManager
+from src.dir_manager import DirManager
 
 
 @dataclass
diff --git a/src/runner_dict.py b/src/runner_dict.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b000db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runner_dict.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from src.tests_authentik.runner_authentik import RunnerAuthentik
+from src.tests_nextcloud.runner_nextcloud import RunnerNextcloud
+from src.tests_wordpress.runner_wordpress import RunnerWordpress
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from src.runner import Runner
+
+# Register all runners here. Each .env file with TYPE=authentik will be run with RunnerAuthentik
+
+RUNNER_DICT: dict[str, type["Runner"]] = {
+    "authentik": RunnerAuthentik,
+    "wordpress": RunnerWordpress,
+    "nextcloud": RunnerNextcloud,
+}
diff --git a/src/tests_authentik/fixtures_authentik.py b/src/tests_authentik/fixtures_authentik.py
index d4c21c8..6b24538 100644
--- a/src/tests_authentik/fixtures_authentik.py
+++ b/src/tests_authentik/fixtures_authentik.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import pytest
 from dotenv import dotenv_values
 from playwright.sync_api import BrowserContext, Page
 
-from src.dirmanager import DirManager
+from src.dir_manager import DirManager
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/src/tests_authentik/setup_authentik.py b/src/tests_authentik/setup_authentik.py
index 7927895..18a4e3f 100644
--- a/src/tests_authentik/setup_authentik.py
+++ b/src/tests_authentik/setup_authentik.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import re
 
 from playwright.sync_api import BrowserContext, expect
 
-from src.dirmanager import DirManager
+from src.dir_manager import DirManager
 
 ADMIN_USER = os.environ["ADMIN_USER"]
 ADMIN_PASS = os.environ["ADMIN_PASS"]
diff --git a/src/tests_nextcloud/cleanup_nextcloud.py b/src/tests_nextcloud/cleanup_nextcloud.py
index 0bd456f..22e4f4f 100644
--- a/src/tests_nextcloud/cleanup_nextcloud.py
+++ b/src/tests_nextcloud/cleanup_nextcloud.py
@@ -1,25 +1,17 @@
-import pytest
-from playwright.sync_api import BrowserContext, expect
+import os
 
-# todo: what is this test for, why is it a fixture? -> ignore for now
+from playwright.sync_api import Page
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
-def delete_nextcloud_user(admin_context: BrowserContext):
+def delete_nextcloud_user(authentik_admin_page: Page):
     """Delete Nextcloud User"""
-    yield
-    context = setup_context(browser, f"{STATES}/admin_state.json")
-    page = context.new_page()
-    page.goto(CONFIG["domain"])
-    with page.expect_popup() as nextcloud_info:
-        page.get_by_role("link", name="Nextcloud").click()
+    with authentik_admin_page.expect_popup() as nextcloud_info:
+        authentik_admin_page.get_by_role("link", name="Nextcloud").click()
     nextcloud = nextcloud_info.value
     nextcloud.get_by_role("link", name="Open settings menu").click()
     nextcloud.get_by_role("link", name="Users").click()
-    nextcloud.locator("#app-content div").filter(has_text=testuser["username"]).get_by_role(
+    nextcloud.locator("#app-content div").filter(has_text=os.environ["NEXTCLOUD_USER"]).get_by_role(
         "button", name="Toggle user actions menu"
     ).click()
     nextcloud.get_by_role("button", name="Delete user").click()
-    nextcloud.get_by_role("button", name=f"Delete authentik-{testuser['username']}'s account").click()
-    context.tracing.stop(path=f"{RECORDS}/nextcloud_delete_user.zip")
-    context.close()
+    nextcloud.get_by_role("button", name=f"Delete authentik-{os.environ["NEXTCLOUD_USER"]}'s account").click()
diff --git a/src/tests_nextcloud/conftest.py b/src/tests_nextcloud/conftest.py
index df1eac3..0805ce5 100644
--- a/src/tests_nextcloud/conftest.py
+++ b/src/tests_nextcloud/conftest.py
@@ -1 +1,16 @@
-from src.tests_authentik.fixtures_authentik import admin_context, authentik_admin_page, user_context
+import os
+
+from src.tests_authentik.fixtures_authentik import (
+    authentik_admin_context,
+    authentik_admin_page,
+    authentik_user_context,
+    authentik_user_page,
+)
+
+NEXTCLOUD_DEMO_USER = {
+    "NEXTCLOUD_USER": "next_demo_user",
+    "NEXTCLOUD_PASS": "P@ss.123",
+}
+
+for key, value in NEXTCLOUD_DEMO_USER.items():
+    os.environ[key] = value
diff --git a/src/tests_wordpress/conftest.py b/src/tests_wordpress/conftest.py
index f2d4e2c..ac095dc 100644
--- a/src/tests_wordpress/conftest.py
+++ b/src/tests_wordpress/conftest.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import pytest
 from dotenv import dotenv_values
 from playwright.sync_api import BrowserContext, Page
 
-from src.dirmanager import DirManager
+from src.dir_manager import DirManager
 
 # from src.tests_authentik.fixtures_authentik import (
 #     authentik_admin_context,
diff --git a/src/tests_wordpress/setup_wordpress.py b/src/tests_wordpress/setup_wordpress.py
index 6543c9d..4feca93 100644
--- a/src/tests_wordpress/setup_wordpress.py
+++ b/src/tests_wordpress/setup_wordpress.py
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 import pytest
 from playwright.sync_api import BrowserContext, Page, expect
 
-from src.dirmanager import DirManager
+from src.dir_manager import DirManager
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="wordpress sso login has not been generated")
 def test_visit_from_domain(authentik_admin_context: BrowserContext, dotenv_config: dict[str, str]):
     """visit wordpress directly with admin_session, expect not to be logged in"""
     page = authentik_admin_context.new_page()
     url = "https://" + dotenv_config["DOMAIN"]
     page.goto(url)
-    # look for content wrapper
-    expect(page.locator("#wpcontent")).to_be_visible(timeout=3_000)
-    # look for admin bar
-    expect(page.locator("#wpadminbar")).to_be_visible(timeout=3_000)
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        # look for admin bar
+        expect(page.locator("#wpadminbar")).to_be_visible(timeout=3_000)
 
 
 def setup_wordpress_admin_session(authentik_admin_page: Page, DIR: DirManager):
diff --git a/src/tests_wordpress/test_wordpress_localization.py b/src/tests_wordpress/test_wordpress_localization.py
index 77bce95..8c9ffa4 100644
--- a/src/tests_wordpress/test_wordpress_localization.py
+++ b/src/tests_wordpress/test_wordpress_localization.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from playwright.sync_api import BrowserContext, expect
 
-from src.dirmanager import DirManager
+from src.dir_manager import DirManager
 
 
 def test_welcome_message(context: BrowserContext, dotenv_config: dict[str, str], DIR: DirManager):
diff --git a/tests/test_env_resolution.py b/tests/test_env_resolution.py
index 9d14908..2c1bc97 100644
--- a/tests/test_env_resolution.py
+++ b/tests/test_env_resolution.py
@@ -1,59 +1,101 @@
-import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from icecream import ic
+import pytest
 
-sys.path.append(Path(__file__).parent.parent.resolve().__str__())
-
-# import pytest
-
-# from prototyping.sorting_algo import Rule, is_rule_satisfied, sort_by_rules
-from src.coordinator import Coordinator
-from src.env_file_helper import DependencyRule, EnvFile, sort_env_files_by_rule
-
-# @pytest.fixture
-# def in_list():
-#     return ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g"]
+# from src.env_file_helper import DependencyRule, EnvFile, sort_env_files_by_rule
+from src.env_manager import DependencyRule, EnvFile, EnvManager
 
 
-# @pytest.fixture
-# def rules() -> list[Rule]:
-#     return [  # X depends on Y
-#         Rule("a", "e"),
-#         Rule("b", "e"),
-#         Rule("b", "f"),
-#         Rule("c", "e"),
-#         Rule("d", "e"),
-#         Rule("f", "e"),
-#     ]
+def test_complex_sorting() -> None:
+    demo_rules = [  # X depends on Y
+        DependencyRule("a", "e"),
+        DependencyRule("b", "e"),
+        DependencyRule("b", "f"),
+        DependencyRule("c", "e"),
+        DependencyRule("d", "e"),
+        DependencyRule("f", "e"),
+    ]
+
+    demo_types = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g"]
+    env_files = [EnvFile(env_type=t, env_path=Path(), config=dict()) for t in demo_types]
+    EnvManager.sort_env_files_by_rule
+    sorted_env_files = EnvManager.sort_env_files_by_rule(env_files, demo_rules)
+
+    assert sorted_env_files[0].env_type == "e"
 
 
-# def has_rules_satisfied(in_list, rules):
-#     rule_satisfied: list[bool] = []
-#     for rule in rules:
-#         if is_rule_satisfied(in_list, rule):
-#             rule_satisfied.append(True)
-#         else:
-#             rule_satisfied.append(False)
-#     return all(rule_satisfied)
+def test_circular_import() -> None:
+    """This test will raise ValueError because the example input cannot be correctly ordered"""
+    demo_rules = [
+        DependencyRule("a", "b"),
+        DependencyRule("b", "c"),
+        DependencyRule("c", "a"),
+    ]
+
+    demo_types = ["a", "b", "c"]
+    env_files = [EnvFile(env_type=t, env_path=Path(), config=dict()) for t in demo_types]
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        EnvManager.sort_env_files_by_rule(env_files, demo_rules)
 
 
-# def test_stuff(in_list, rules):
-#     sort_by_rules(in_list, rules)
-#     assert has_unique_elements(in_list)
-#     assert has_rules_satisfied(in_list, rules)
+def test_real_env_files() -> None:
+    """authentik should be first"""
+
+    ENV_FILES = [
+        Path("envfiles/blog.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # wordpress
+        Path("envfiles/login.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # authentik
+    ]
+    env_files: list[EnvFile] = EnvManager._get_env_files(ENV_FILES)
+    dependency_rules: list[DependencyRule] = EnvManager._get_dependency_rules(env_files)
+    sorted_env_files = EnvManager.sort_env_files_by_rule(env_files, dependency_rules)
+    assert sorted_env_files[0].env_type == "authentik"
 
 
-ENV_FILES = [
-    Path("envfiles/blog.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # wordpress
-    Path("envfiles/login.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # authentik
-]
+def test_real_env_files_duplicate() -> None:
+    """authentik should be first"""
+
+    ENV_FILES = [
+        Path("envfiles/blog.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # wordpress
+        Path("envfiles/login.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # authentik
+        Path("envfiles/login.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # authentik
+    ]
+    env_files: list[EnvFile] = EnvManager._get_env_files(ENV_FILES)
+    dependency_rules: list[DependencyRule] = EnvManager._get_dependency_rules(env_files)
+    sorted_env_files = EnvManager.sort_env_files_by_rule(env_files, dependency_rules)
+    assert sorted_env_files[0].env_type == "authentik"
+    assert sorted_env_files[1].env_type == "authentik"
+    assert sorted_env_files[2].env_type == "wordpress"
 
 
-env_files: list[EnvFile] = Coordinator._getn_env_files_list(ENV_FILES)
-dependency_rules: list[DependencyRule] = Coordinator._get_dependency_rules(env_files)
+def test_real_env_files_duplicate_six() -> None:
+    """authentik should be first"""
 
-ic(env_files)
-sorted_env_files = sort_env_files_by_rule(env_files, dependency_rules)
-ic(env_files)
-ic(sorted_env_files)
+    ENV_FILES = [
+        Path("envfiles/blog.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # wordpress
+        Path("envfiles/login.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # authentik
+        Path("envfiles/blog.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # wordpress
+        Path("envfiles/login.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # authentik
+        Path("envfiles/login.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # authentik
+        Path("envfiles/blog.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # wordpress
+    ]
+    env_files: list[EnvFile] = EnvManager._get_env_files(ENV_FILES)
+    dependency_rules: list[DependencyRule] = EnvManager._get_dependency_rules(env_files)
+    sorted_env_files = EnvManager.sort_env_files_by_rule(env_files, dependency_rules)
+    assert sorted_env_files[0].env_type == "authentik"
+    assert sorted_env_files[1].env_type == "authentik"
+    assert sorted_env_files[2].env_type == "authentik"
+    assert sorted_env_files[3].env_type == "wordpress"
+    assert sorted_env_files[4].env_type == "wordpress"
+    assert sorted_env_files[5].env_type == "wordpress"
+
+
+def test_env_manager() -> None:
+    env_paths_list = [
+        Path("envfiles/blog.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # wordpress
+        Path("envfiles/login.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # authentik
+        Path("envfiles/login.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env"),  # authentik
+    ]
+    ENV = EnvManager(env_paths_list)
+    assert ENV.env_files[0].env_type == "authentik"
+    assert ENV.env_files[1].env_type == "authentik"
+    assert ENV.env_files[2].env_type == "wordpress"