diff --git a/docs/scripts/scripts.py b/docs/scripts/scripts.py
index 9712439..a5f2998 100644
--- a/docs/scripts/scripts.py
+++ b/docs/scripts/scripts.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # iterate through all the modules in auto_archiver.modules and turn the __manifest__.py file into a markdown table
 from pathlib import Path
-from auto_archiver.core.module import available_modules
+from auto_archiver.core.module import ModuleFactory
 from auto_archiver.core.base_module import BaseModule
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 import io
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def generate_module_docs():
     configs_cheatsheet = "\n## Configuration Options\n"
     configs_cheatsheet += header_row
 
-    for module in sorted(available_modules(with_manifest=True), key=lambda x: (x.requires_setup, x.name)):
+    for module in sorted(ModuleFactory().available_modules(), key=lambda x: (x.requires_setup, x.name)):
         # generate the markdown file from the __manifest__.py file.
 
         manifest = module.manifest
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 29de7e4..3c64eae 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [project]
 name = "auto-archiver"
-version = "0.13.3"
+version = "0.13.4"
 description = "Automatically archive links to videos, images, and social media content from Google Sheets (and more)."
 
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.13"
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/core/__init__.py b/src/auto_archiver/core/__init__.py
index ae4c41c..78d9a3d 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/core/__init__.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/core/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 """
 from .metadata import Metadata
 from .media import Media
-from .module import BaseModule
+from .base_module import BaseModule
 
 # cannot import ArchivingOrchestrator/Config to avoid circular dep
 # from .orchestrator import ArchivingOrchestrator
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/core/base_module.py b/src/auto_archiver/core/base_module.py
index dfdd5ad..50ea3ff 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/core/base_module.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/core/base_module.py
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
-from typing import  Mapping, Any
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import  Mapping, Any, Type, TYPE_CHECKING
 from abc import ABC
 from copy import deepcopy, copy
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from auto_archiver.utils import url as UrlUtil
+from auto_archiver.core.consts import MODULE_TYPES as CONF_MODULE_TYPES
 
 from loguru import logger
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from .module import ModuleFactory
+
 class BaseModule(ABC):
 
     """
@@ -17,41 +22,24 @@ class BaseModule(ABC):
     however modules can have a .setup() method to run any setup code
     (e.g. logging in to a site, spinning up a browser etc.)
 
-    See BaseModule.MODULE_TYPES for the types of modules you can create, noting that
+    See consts.MODULE_TYPES for the types of modules you can create, noting that
     a subclass can be of multiple types. For example, a module that extracts data from
     a website and stores it in a database would be both an 'extractor' and a 'database' module.
 
     Each module is a python package, and should have a __manifest__.py file in the
     same directory as the module file. The __manifest__.py specifies the module information
-    like name, author, version, dependencies etc. See BaseModule._DEFAULT_MANIFEST for the
+    like name, author, version, dependencies etc. See DEFAULT_MANIFEST for the
     default manifest structure.
 
     """
 
-    MODULE_TYPES = [
-        'feeder',
-        'extractor',
-        'enricher',
-        'database',
-        'storage',
-        'formatter'
-    ]
-
-    _DEFAULT_MANIFEST = {
-    'name': '', # the display name of the module
-    'author': 'Bellingcat', # creator of the module, leave this as Bellingcat or set your own name!
-    'type': [], # the type of the module, can be one or more of BaseModule.MODULE_TYPES
-    'requires_setup': True, # whether or not this module requires additional setup such as setting API Keys or installing additional softare
-    'description': '', # a description of the module
-    'dependencies': {}, # external dependencies, e.g. python packages or binaries, in dictionary format
-    'entry_point': '', # the entry point for the module, in the format 'module_name::ClassName'. This can be left blank to use the default entry point of module_name::ModuleName
-    'version': '1.0', # the version of the module
-    'configs': {} # any configuration options this module has, these will be exposed to the user in the config file or via the command line
-}
+    MODULE_TYPES = CONF_MODULE_TYPES
 
+    # NOTE: these here are declard as class variables, but they are overridden by the instance variables in the __init__ method
     config: Mapping[str, Any]
     authentication: Mapping[str, Mapping[str, str]]
     name: str
+    module_factory: ModuleFactory
 
     # this is set by the orchestrator prior to archiving
     tmp_dir: TemporaryDirectory = None
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/core/config.py b/src/auto_archiver/core/config.py
index 322ef6e..c3bc706 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/core/config.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/core/config.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from ruamel.yaml import YAML, CommentedMap, add_representer
 from loguru import logger
 
 from copy import deepcopy
-from .module import BaseModule
+from auto_archiver.core.consts import MODULE_TYPES
 
 from typing import Any, List, Type, Tuple
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ EMPTY_CONFIG = _yaml.load("""
 # Auto Archiver Configuration
 # Steps are the modules that will be run in the order they are defined
 
-steps:""" + "".join([f"\n   {module}s: []" for module in BaseModule.MODULE_TYPES]) + \
+steps:""" + "".join([f"\n   {module}s: []" for module in MODULE_TYPES]) + \
 """
 
 # Global configuration
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/core/consts.py b/src/auto_archiver/core/consts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fb81fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/core/consts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+MODULE_TYPES = [
+    'feeder',
+    'extractor',
+    'enricher',
+    'database',
+    'storage',
+    'formatter'
+]
+
+MANIFEST_FILE = "__manifest__.py"
+
+DEFAULT_MANIFEST = {
+    'name': '', # the display name of the module
+    'author': 'Bellingcat', # creator of the module, leave this as Bellingcat or set your own name!
+    'type': [], # the type of the module, can be one or more of MODULE_TYPES
+    'requires_setup': True, # whether or not this module requires additional setup such as setting API Keys or installing additional softare
+    'description': '', # a description of the module
+    'dependencies': {}, # external dependencies, e.g. python packages or binaries, in dictionary format
+    'entry_point': '', # the entry point for the module, in the format 'module_name::ClassName'. This can be left blank to use the default entry point of module_name::ModuleName
+    'version': '1.0', # the version of the module
+    'configs': {} # any configuration options this module has, these will be exposed to the user in the config file or via the command line
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/core/module.py b/src/auto_archiver/core/module.py
index c81e26a..9556621 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/core/module.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/core/module.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ by handling user configuration, validating the steps properties, and implementin
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, TYPE_CHECKING
 import shutil
 import ast
 import copy
@@ -16,99 +16,113 @@ import os
 from os.path import join
 from loguru import logger
 import auto_archiver
-from .base_module import BaseModule
+from auto_archiver.core.consts import DEFAULT_MANIFEST, MANIFEST_FILE
 
-_LAZY_LOADED_MODULES = {}
-
-MANIFEST_FILE = "__manifest__.py"
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from .base_module import BaseModule
 
 
-def setup_paths(paths: list[str]) -> None:
-    """
-    Sets up the paths for the modules to be loaded from
-    
-    This is necessary for the modules to be imported correctly
-    
-    """
-    for path in paths:
-        # check path exists, if it doesn't, log a warning
-        if not os.path.exists(path):
-            logger.warning(f"Path '{path}' does not exist. Skipping...")
-            continue
+HAS_SETUP_PATHS = False
 
-        # see odoo/module/module.py -> initialize_sys_path
-        if path not in auto_archiver.modules.__path__:
-                auto_archiver.modules.__path__.append(path)
+class ModuleFactory:
 
-    # sort based on the length of the path, so that the longest path is last in the list
-    auto_archiver.modules.__path__ = sorted(auto_archiver.modules.__path__, key=len, reverse=True)
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._lazy_modules = {}
 
-def get_module(module_name: str, config: dict) -> BaseModule:
-    """
-    Gets and sets up a module using the provided config
-    
-    This will actually load and instantiate the module, and load all its dependencies (i.e. not lazy)
-    
-    """
-    return get_module_lazy(module_name).load(config)
+    def setup_paths(self, paths: list[str]) -> None:
+        """
+        Sets up the paths for the modules to be loaded from
+        
+        This is necessary for the modules to be imported correctly
+        
+        """
+        global HAS_SETUP_PATHS
 
-def get_module_lazy(module_name: str, suppress_warnings: bool = False) -> LazyBaseModule:
-    """
-    Lazily loads a module, returning a LazyBaseModule
-    
-    This has all the information about the module, but does not load the module itself or its dependencies
-    
-    To load an actual module, call .setup() on a lazy module
-    
-    """
-    if module_name in _LAZY_LOADED_MODULES:
-        return _LAZY_LOADED_MODULES[module_name]
-
-    available = available_modules(limit_to_modules=[module_name], suppress_warnings=suppress_warnings)
-    if not available:
-        raise IndexError(f"Module '{module_name}' not found. Are you sure it's installed/exists?")
-    return available[0]
-
-def available_modules(with_manifest: bool=False, limit_to_modules: List[str]= [], suppress_warnings: bool = False) -> List[LazyBaseModule]:
-    
-    # search through all valid 'modules' paths. Default is 'modules' in the current directory
-
-    # see odoo/modules/module.py -> get_modules
-    def is_really_module(module_path):
-        if os.path.isfile(join(module_path, MANIFEST_FILE)):
-            return True
-
-    all_modules = []
-
-    for module_folder in auto_archiver.modules.__path__:
-        # walk through each module in module_folder and check if it has a valid manifest
-        try:
-            possible_modules = os.listdir(module_folder)
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            logger.warning(f"Module folder {module_folder} does not exist")
-            continue
-
-        for possible_module in possible_modules:
-            if limit_to_modules and possible_module not in limit_to_modules:
+        for path in paths:
+            # check path exists, if it doesn't, log a warning
+            if not os.path.exists(path):
+                logger.warning(f"Path '{path}' does not exist. Skipping...")
                 continue
 
-            possible_module_path = join(module_folder, possible_module)
-            if not is_really_module(possible_module_path):
+            # see odoo/module/module.py -> initialize_sys_path
+            if path not in auto_archiver.modules.__path__:
+                    if HAS_SETUP_PATHS == True:
+                        logger.warning(f"You are attempting to re-initialise the module paths with: '{path}' for a 2nd time. \
+                                       This could lead to unexpected behaviour. It is recommended to only use a single modules path. \
+                                       If you wish to load modules from different paths then load a 2nd python interpreter (e.g. using multiprocessing).")
+                    auto_archiver.modules.__path__.append(path)
+
+        # sort based on the length of the path, so that the longest path is last in the list
+        auto_archiver.modules.__path__ = sorted(auto_archiver.modules.__path__, key=len, reverse=True)
+
+        HAS_SETUP_PATHS = True
+
+    def get_module(self, module_name: str, config: dict) -> BaseModule:
+        """
+        Gets and sets up a module using the provided config
+        
+        This will actually load and instantiate the module, and load all its dependencies (i.e. not lazy)
+        
+        """
+        return self.get_module_lazy(module_name).load(config)
+
+    def get_module_lazy(self, module_name: str, suppress_warnings: bool = False) -> LazyBaseModule:
+        """
+        Lazily loads a module, returning a LazyBaseModule
+        
+        This has all the information about the module, but does not load the module itself or its dependencies
+        
+        To load an actual module, call .setup() on a lazy module
+        
+        """
+        if module_name in self._lazy_modules:
+            return self._lazy_modules[module_name]
+
+        available = self.available_modules(limit_to_modules=[module_name], suppress_warnings=suppress_warnings)
+        if not available:
+            raise IndexError(f"Module '{module_name}' not found. Are you sure it's installed/exists?")
+        return available[0]
+
+    def available_modules(self, limit_to_modules: List[str]= [], suppress_warnings: bool = False) -> List[LazyBaseModule]:
+        
+        # search through all valid 'modules' paths. Default is 'modules' in the current directory
+
+        # see odoo/modules/module.py -> get_modules
+        def is_really_module(module_path):
+            if os.path.isfile(join(module_path, MANIFEST_FILE)):
+                return True
+
+        all_modules = []
+
+        for module_folder in auto_archiver.modules.__path__:
+            # walk through each module in module_folder and check if it has a valid manifest
+            try:
+                possible_modules = os.listdir(module_folder)
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                logger.warning(f"Module folder {module_folder} does not exist")
                 continue
-            if _LAZY_LOADED_MODULES.get(possible_module):
-                continue
-            lazy_module = LazyBaseModule(possible_module, possible_module_path)
 
-            _LAZY_LOADED_MODULES[possible_module] = lazy_module
+            for possible_module in possible_modules:
+                if limit_to_modules and possible_module not in limit_to_modules:
+                    continue
 
-            all_modules.append(lazy_module)
-    
-    if not suppress_warnings:
-        for module in limit_to_modules:
-            if not any(module == m.name for m in all_modules):
-                logger.warning(f"Module '{module}' not found. Are you sure it's installed?")
+                possible_module_path = join(module_folder, possible_module)
+                if not is_really_module(possible_module_path):
+                    continue
+                if self._lazy_modules.get(possible_module):
+                    continue
+                lazy_module = LazyBaseModule(possible_module, possible_module_path, factory=self)
 
-    return all_modules
+                self._lazy_modules[possible_module] = lazy_module
+
+                all_modules.append(lazy_module)
+        
+        if not suppress_warnings:
+            for module in limit_to_modules:
+                if not any(module == m.name for m in all_modules):
+                    logger.warning(f"Module '{module}' not found. Are you sure it's installed?")
+
+        return all_modules
 
 @dataclass
 class LazyBaseModule:
@@ -123,14 +137,16 @@ class LazyBaseModule:
     type: list
     description: str
     path: str
+    module_factory: ModuleFactory
 
     _manifest: dict = None
     _instance: BaseModule = None
     _entry_point: str = None
 
-    def __init__(self, module_name, path):
+    def __init__(self, module_name, path, factory: ModuleFactory):
         self.name = module_name
         self.path = path
+        self.module_factory = factory
 
     @property
     def entry_point(self):
@@ -161,7 +177,7 @@ class LazyBaseModule:
             return self._manifest
         # print(f"Loading manifest for module {module_path}")
         # load the manifest file
-        manifest = copy.deepcopy(BaseModule._DEFAULT_MANIFEST)
+        manifest = copy.deepcopy(DEFAULT_MANIFEST)
 
         with open(join(self.path, MANIFEST_FILE)) as f:
             try:
@@ -189,13 +205,14 @@ class LazyBaseModule:
                     # clear out any empty strings that a user may have erroneously added
                     continue
                 if not check(dep):
-                    logger.error(f"Module '{self.name}' requires external dependency '{dep}' which is not available/setup. Have you installed the required dependencies for the '{self.name}' module? See the README for more information.")
+                    logger.error(f"Module '{self.name}' requires external dependency '{dep}' which is not available/setup. \
+                                 Have you installed the required dependencies for the '{self.name}' module? See the README for more information.")
                     exit(1)
 
         def check_python_dep(dep):
             # first check if it's a module:
             try:
-                m = get_module_lazy(dep, suppress_warnings=True)
+                m = self.module_factory.get_module_lazy(dep, suppress_warnings=True)
                 try:
                 # we must now load this module and set it up with the config
                     m.load(config)
@@ -230,19 +247,21 @@ class LazyBaseModule:
         __import__(f'{qualname}.{file_name}', fromlist=[self.entry_point])
         # finally, get the class instance
         instance: BaseModule = getattr(sys.modules[sub_qualname], class_name)()
-        if not getattr(instance, 'name', None):
-            instance.name = self.name
-
-        if not getattr(instance, 'display_name', None):
-            instance.display_name = self.display_name
-
-        self._instance = instance
 
+        # set the name, display name and module factory
+        instance.name = self.name
+        instance.display_name = self.display_name
+        instance.module_factory = self.module_factory
+        
         # merge the default config with the user config
         default_config = dict((k, v['default']) for k, v in self.configs.items() if v.get('default'))
+
         config[self.name] = default_config  | config.get(self.name, {})
         instance.config_setup(config)
         instance.setup()
+
+        # save the instance for future easy loading
+        self._instance = instance
         return instance
 
     def __repr__(self):
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/core/orchestrator.py b/src/auto_archiver/core/orchestrator.py
index 208512a..10d9215 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/core/orchestrator.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/core/orchestrator.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
-from typing import Generator, Union, List, Type
+from typing import Generator, Union, List, Type, TYPE_CHECKING
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from ipaddress import ip_address
 from copy import copy
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ from rich_argparse import RichHelpFormatter
 from .metadata import Metadata, Media
 from auto_archiver.version import __version__
 from .config import _yaml, read_yaml, store_yaml, to_dot_notation, merge_dicts, EMPTY_CONFIG, DefaultValidatingParser
-from .module import available_modules, LazyBaseModule, get_module, setup_paths
+from .module import ModuleFactory, LazyBaseModule
 from . import validators, Feeder, Extractor, Database, Storage, Formatter, Enricher
-from .module import BaseModule
-
+from .consts import MODULE_TYPES
 from loguru import logger
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from .base_module import BaseModule
+    from .module import LazyBaseModule
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = "orchestration.yaml"
 
@@ -95,6 +97,12 @@ class UniqueAppendAction(argparse.Action):
 
 class ArchivingOrchestrator:
 
+    # instance variables
+    module_factory: ModuleFactory
+    setup_finished: bool
+    logger_id: int
+
+    # instance variables, used for convenience to access modules by step
     feeders: List[Type[Feeder]]
     extractors: List[Type[Extractor]]
     enrichers: List[Type[Enricher]]
@@ -102,6 +110,11 @@ class ArchivingOrchestrator:
     storages: List[Type[Storage]]
     formatters: List[Type[Formatter]]
 
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.module_factory = ModuleFactory()
+        self.setup_finished = False
+        self.logger_id = None
+
     def setup_basic_parser(self):
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
             prog="auto-archiver",
@@ -133,7 +146,7 @@ class ArchivingOrchestrator:
         )
         self.add_modules_args(modules_parser)
         cli_modules, unused_args = modules_parser.parse_known_args(unused_args)
-        for module_type in BaseModule.MODULE_TYPES:
+        for module_type in MODULE_TYPES:
             yaml_config['steps'][f"{module_type}s"] = getattr(cli_modules, f"{module_type}s", []) or yaml_config['steps'].get(f"{module_type}s", [])
 
         parser = DefaultValidatingParser(
@@ -155,15 +168,15 @@ class ArchivingOrchestrator:
             # TODO: if some steps are empty (e.g. 'feeders' is empty), should we default to the 'simple' ones? Or only if they are ALL empty?
             enabled_modules = []
             # first loads the modules from the config file, then from the command line
-            for module_type in BaseModule.MODULE_TYPES:
+            for module_type in MODULE_TYPES:
                 enabled_modules.extend(yaml_config['steps'].get(f"{module_type}s", []))
 
             # clear out duplicates, but keep the order
             enabled_modules = list(dict.fromkeys(enabled_modules))
-            avail_modules = available_modules(with_manifest=True, limit_to_modules=enabled_modules, suppress_warnings=True)
+            avail_modules = self.module_factory.available_modules(limit_to_modules=enabled_modules, suppress_warnings=True)
             self.add_individual_module_args(avail_modules, parser)
         elif basic_config.mode == 'simple':
-            simple_modules = [module for module in available_modules(with_manifest=True) if not module.requires_setup]
+            simple_modules = [module for module in self.module_factory.available_modules() if not module.requires_setup]
             self.add_individual_module_args(simple_modules, parser)
 
             # for simple mode, we use the cli_feeder and any modules that don't require setup
@@ -176,7 +189,7 @@ class ArchivingOrchestrator:
                     yaml_config['steps'].setdefault(f"{module_type}s", []).append(module.name)
         else:
             # load all modules, they're not using the 'simple' mode
-            self.add_individual_module_args(available_modules(with_manifest=True), parser)
+            self.add_individual_module_args(self.module_factory.available_modules(), parser)
         
         parser.set_defaults(**to_dot_notation(yaml_config))
 
@@ -206,7 +219,7 @@ class ArchivingOrchestrator:
             parser = self.parser
 
         # Module loading from the command line
-        for module_type in BaseModule.MODULE_TYPES:
+        for module_type in MODULE_TYPES:
             parser.add_argument(f'--{module_type}s', dest=f'{module_type}s', nargs='+', help=f'the {module_type}s to use', default=[], action=UniqueAppendAction)
 
     def add_additional_args(self, parser: argparse.ArgumentParser = None):
@@ -232,7 +245,7 @@ class ArchivingOrchestrator:
     def add_individual_module_args(self, modules: list[LazyBaseModule] = None, parser: argparse.ArgumentParser = None) -> None:
 
         if not modules:
-            modules = available_modules(with_manifest=True)
+            modules = self.module_factory.available_modules()
         
         for module in modules:
 
@@ -274,11 +287,18 @@ class ArchivingOrchestrator:
 
     def setup_logging(self, config):
         # setup loguru logging
-        logger.remove(0)  # remove the default logger
+        try:
+            logger.remove(0)  # remove the default logger
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+
         logging_config = config['logging']
-        logger.add(sys.stderr, level=logging_config['level'])
-        if log_file := logging_config['file']:
-            logger.add(log_file) if not logging_config['rotation'] else logger.add(log_file, rotation=logging_config['rotation'])
+
+        # add other logging info
+        if self.logger_id is None: # note - need direct comparison to None since need to consider falsy value 0
+            self.logger_id = logger.add(sys.stderr, level=logging_config['level'])
+            if log_file := logging_config['file']:
+                logger.add(log_file) if not logging_config['rotation'] else logger.add(log_file, rotation=logging_config['rotation'])
 
     def install_modules(self, modules_by_type):
         """
@@ -288,7 +308,7 @@ class ArchivingOrchestrator:
         """
 
         invalid_modules = []
-        for module_type in BaseModule.MODULE_TYPES:
+        for module_type in MODULE_TYPES:
 
             step_items = []
             modules_to_load = modules_by_type[f"{module_type}s"]
@@ -333,7 +353,7 @@ class ArchivingOrchestrator:
                 if module in invalid_modules:
                     continue
                 try:
-                    loaded_module: BaseModule = get_module(module, self.config)
+                    loaded_module: BaseModule = self.module_factory.get_module(module, self.config)
                 except (KeyboardInterrupt, Exception) as e:
                     logger.error(f"Error during setup of modules: {e}\n{traceback.format_exc()}")
                     if module_type == 'extractor' and loaded_module.name == module:
@@ -359,14 +379,17 @@ class ArchivingOrchestrator:
     def setup_config(self, args: list) -> dict:
         """
         Sets up the configuration file, merging the default config with the user's config
+
+        This function should only ever be run once.
         """
+
         self.setup_basic_parser()
 
         # parse the known arguments for now (basically, we want the config file)
         basic_config, unused_args = self.basic_parser.parse_known_args(args)
 
         # setup any custom module paths, so they'll show in the help and for arg parsing
-        setup_paths(basic_config.module_paths)
+        self.module_factory.setup_paths(basic_config.module_paths)
 
         # if help flag was called, then show the help
         if basic_config.help:
@@ -378,16 +401,29 @@ class ArchivingOrchestrator:
 
     def setup(self, args: list):
         """
-        Main entry point for the orchestrator, sets up the basic parser, loads the config file, and sets up the complete parser
+        Function to configure all setup of the orchestrator: setup configs and load modules.
+        
+        This method should only ever be called once
         """
+
+        if self.setup_finished:
+            logger.warning("The `setup_config()` function should only ever be run once. \
+                           If you need to re-run the setup, please re-instantiate a new instance of the orchestrator. \
+                           For code implementatations, you should call .setup_config() once then you may call .feed() \
+                           multiple times to archive multiple URLs.")
+            return
+
+        self.setup_basic_parser()
         self.config = self.setup_config(args)
 
         logger.info(f"======== Welcome to the AUTO ARCHIVER ({__version__}) ==========")
         self.install_modules(self.config['steps'])
 
         # log out the modules that were loaded
-        for module_type in BaseModule.MODULE_TYPES:
+        for module_type in MODULE_TYPES:
             logger.info(f"{module_type.upper()}S: " + ", ".join(m.display_name for m in getattr(self, f"{module_type}s")))
+        
+        self.setup_finished = True
 
     def _command_line_run(self, args: list) -> Generator[Metadata]:
         """
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/core/storage.py b/src/auto_archiver/core/storage.py
index 15d4705..1535eab 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/core/storage.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/core/storage.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from auto_archiver.utils.misc import random_str
 
 from auto_archiver.core import Media, BaseModule, Metadata
 from auto_archiver.modules.hash_enricher.hash_enricher import HashEnricher
-from auto_archiver.core.module import get_module
+
 class Storage(BaseModule):
     
     """
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class Storage(BaseModule):
             filename = random_str(24)
         elif filename_generator == "static":
             # load the hash_enricher module
-            he = get_module(HashEnricher, self.config)
+            he = self.module_factory.get_module(HashEnricher, self.config)
             hd = he.calculate_hash(media.filename)
             filename = hd[:24]
         else:
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/modules/html_formatter/html_formatter.py b/src/auto_archiver/modules/html_formatter/html_formatter.py
index ce4e67b..deb4b44 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/modules/html_formatter/html_formatter.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/modules/html_formatter/html_formatter.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from auto_archiver.version import __version__
 from auto_archiver.core import Metadata, Media
 from auto_archiver.core import Formatter
 from auto_archiver.utils.misc import random_str
-from auto_archiver.core.module import get_module
 
 class HtmlFormatter(Formatter):
     environment: Environment = None
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ class HtmlFormatter(Formatter):
         final_media = Media(filename=html_path, _mimetype="text/html")
 
         # get the already instantiated hash_enricher module
-        he = get_module('hash_enricher', self.config)
+        he = self.module_factory.get_module('hash_enricher', self.config)
         if len(hd := he.calculate_hash(final_media.filename)):
             final_media.set("hash", f"{he.algorithm}:{hd}")
 
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/modules/whisper_enricher/whisper_enricher.py b/src/auto_archiver/modules/whisper_enricher/whisper_enricher.py
index 917ab85..d63d2ed 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/modules/whisper_enricher/whisper_enricher.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/modules/whisper_enricher/whisper_enricher.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from loguru import logger
 
 from auto_archiver.core import Enricher
 from auto_archiver.core import Metadata, Media
-from auto_archiver.core.module import get_module
 
 class WhisperEnricher(Enricher):
     """
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ class WhisperEnricher(Enricher):
 
     def setup(self) -> None:
         self.stores = self.config['steps']['storages']
-        self.s3 = get_module("s3_storage", self.config)
+        self.s3 = self.module_factory.get_module("s3_storage", self.config)
         if not "s3_storage" in self.stores:
             logger.error("WhisperEnricher: To use the WhisperEnricher you need to use S3Storage so files are accessible publicly to the whisper service being called.")
             return
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 2927735..a94abcd 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import hashlib
 
 import pytest
 from auto_archiver.core.metadata import Metadata
-from auto_archiver.core.module import get_module, _LAZY_LOADED_MODULES
+from auto_archiver.core.module import ModuleFactory
 
 # Test names inserted into this list will be run last. This is useful for expensive/costly tests
 # that you only want to run if everything else succeeds (e.g. API calls). The order here is important
@@ -22,19 +22,19 @@ TESTS_TO_RUN_LAST = ['test_twitter_api_archiver']
 def setup_module(request):
     def _setup_module(module_name, config={}):
 
+        module_factory = ModuleFactory()
+
         if isinstance(module_name, type):
             # get the module name:
             # if the class does not have a .name, use the name of the parent folder
             module_name = module_name.__module__.rsplit(".",2)[-2]
 
-        m = get_module(module_name, {module_name: config})
-
+        m = module_factory.get_module(module_name, {module_name: config})
         # add the tmp_dir to the module
         tmp_dir = TemporaryDirectory()
         m.tmp_dir = tmp_dir.name
-
+        
         def cleanup():
-            _LAZY_LOADED_MODULES.pop(module_name)
             tmp_dir.cleanup()
         request.addfinalizer(cleanup)
 
diff --git a/tests/enrichers/test_hash_enricher.py b/tests/enrichers/test_hash_enricher.py
index 4b61fc2..c2fe67a 100644
--- a/tests/enrichers/test_hash_enricher.py
+++ b/tests/enrichers/test_hash_enricher.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from auto_archiver.modules.hash_enricher import HashEnricher
 from auto_archiver.core import Metadata, Media
-from auto_archiver.core.module import get_module_lazy
+from auto_archiver.core.module import ModuleFactory
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("algorithm, filename, expected_hash", [
     ("SHA-256", "tests/data/testfile_1.txt", "1b4f0e9851971998e732078544c96b36c3d01cedf7caa332359d6f1d83567014"),
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def test_default_config_values(setup_module):
 
 def test_config():
     # test default config
-    c = get_module_lazy('hash_enricher').configs
+    c = ModuleFactory().get_module_lazy('hash_enricher').configs
     assert c["algorithm"]["default"] == "SHA-256"
     assert c["chunksize"]["default"] == 16000000
     assert c["algorithm"]["choices"] == ["SHA-256", "SHA3-512"]
diff --git a/tests/test_modules.py b/tests/test_modules.py
index 854edb5..7a2b14d 100644
--- a/tests/test_modules.py
+++ b/tests/test_modules.py
@@ -1,24 +1,18 @@
 import sys
 import pytest
-from auto_archiver.core.module import get_module_lazy, BaseModule, LazyBaseModule, _LAZY_LOADED_MODULES
+from auto_archiver.core.module import ModuleFactory, LazyBaseModule
+from auto_archiver.core.base_module import BaseModule
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def example_module():
     import auto_archiver
 
+    module_factory = ModuleFactory()
+
     previous_path = auto_archiver.modules.__path__
     auto_archiver.modules.__path__.append("tests/data/test_modules/")
 
-    module = get_module_lazy("example_module")
-    yield module
-    # cleanup
-    try:
-        del module._manifest
-    except AttributeError:
-        pass
-    del _LAZY_LOADED_MODULES["example_module"]
-    sys.modules.pop("auto_archiver.modules.example_module.example_module", None)
-    auto_archiver.modules.__path__ = previous_path
+    return module_factory.get_module_lazy("example_module")
 
 def test_get_module_lazy(example_module):
     assert example_module.name == "example_module"
@@ -46,12 +40,14 @@ def test_module_dependency_check_loads_module(example_module):
     # monkey patch the manifest to include a nonexistnet dependency
     example_module.manifest["dependencies"]["python"] = ["hash_enricher"]
 
+    module_factory = example_module.module_factory
+
     loaded_module = example_module.load({})
     assert loaded_module is not None
 
     # check the dependency is loaded
-    assert _LAZY_LOADED_MODULES["hash_enricher"] is not None
-    assert _LAZY_LOADED_MODULES["hash_enricher"]._instance is not None
+    assert module_factory._lazy_modules["hash_enricher"] is not None
+    assert module_factory._lazy_modules["hash_enricher"]._instance is not None
 
 def test_load_module(example_module):
 
@@ -69,7 +65,7 @@ def test_load_module(example_module):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("module_name", ["local_storage", "generic_extractor", "html_formatter", "csv_db"])
 def test_load_modules(module_name):
     # test that specific modules can be loaded
-    module = get_module_lazy(module_name)
+    module = ModuleFactory().get_module_lazy(module_name)
     assert module is not None
     assert isinstance(module, LazyBaseModule)
     assert module.name == module_name
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ def test_load_modules(module_name):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("module_name", ["local_storage", "generic_extractor", "html_formatter", "csv_db"])
 def test_lazy_base_module(module_name):
-    lazy_module = get_module_lazy(module_name)
+    lazy_module = ModuleFactory().get_module_lazy(module_name)
 
     assert lazy_module is not None
     assert isinstance(lazy_module, LazyBaseModule)
diff --git a/tests/test_orchestrator.py b/tests/test_orchestrator.py
index f93f8b8..301e4d9 100644
--- a/tests/test_orchestrator.py
+++ b/tests/test_orchestrator.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from argparse import ArgumentParser, ArgumentTypeError
 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/"
@@ -17,22 +17,7 @@ def test_args():
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def orchestrator():
-    yield ArchivingOrchestrator()
-    # hack - the loguru logger starts with one logger, but if orchestrator has run before
-    # it'll remove the default logger, add it back in:
-
-    from loguru import logger
-
-    if not logger._core.handlers.get(0):
-        logger._core.handlers_count = 0
-        logger.add(sys.stderr)
-    # and remove the custom logger
-    if logger._core.handlers.get(1):
-        logger.remove(1)
-
-    # delete out any loaded modules
-    _LAZY_LOADED_MODULES.clear()
-
+    return ArchivingOrchestrator()
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def basic_parser(orchestrator) -> ArgumentParser: