diff --git a/docs/source/_custom_js/package-lock.json b/docs/source/_custom_js/package-lock.json
index 8632d1665..ed1027145 100644
--- a/docs/source/_custom_js/package-lock.json
+++ b/docs/source/_custom_js/package-lock.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       }
     },
     "../../../src/client/packages/idom-client-react": {
-      "version": "0.41.0",
+      "version": "0.42.0",
       "integrity": "sha512-pIK5eNwFSHKXg7ClpASWFVKyZDYxz59MSFpVaX/OqJFkrJaAxBuhKGXNTMXmuyWOL5Iyvb/ErwwDRxQRzMNkfQ==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/docs/source/_exts/async_doctest.py b/docs/source/_exts/async_doctest.py
index 7db4116d9..905c1d00a 100644
--- a/docs/source/_exts/async_doctest.py
+++ b/docs/source/_exts/async_doctest.py
@@ -8,16 +8,15 @@
 
 
 test_template = """
-import asyncio as __asyncio
+import asyncio as __test_template_asyncio
 
-async def __run():
+async def __test_template__main():
 
     {test}
 
     globals().update(locals())
 
-loop = __asyncio.get_event_loop()
-loop.run_until_complete(__run())
+__test_template_asyncio.run(__test_template__main())
 """
 
 
diff --git a/docs/source/_exts/idom_example.py b/docs/source/_exts/idom_example.py
index ba89e1809..0d0ef61f7 100644
--- a/docs/source/_exts/idom_example.py
+++ b/docs/source/_exts/idom_example.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def run(self):
             [],
             {},
             _make_tab_items(labeled_tab_items),
-            self.lineno - 1,
+            self.lineno - 2,
             self.content_offset,
             "",
             self.state,
diff --git a/docs/source/_exts/idom_view.py b/docs/source/_exts/idom_view.py
index 995640301..e3bc322b5 100644
--- a/docs/source/_exts/idom_view.py
+++ b/docs/source/_exts/idom_view.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def run(self):
                 <div>
                     <div
                         id="{container_id}"
-                        class="interactive widget-container center-content"
+                        class="interactive widget-container"
                         style="margin-bottom: {self.options.get("margin", 0)}px;"
                     />
                     <script type="module">
diff --git a/docs/source/_static/css/idom-view.css b/docs/source/_static/css/idom-view.css
index 9abe24198..56df74970 100644
--- a/docs/source/_static/css/idom-view.css
+++ b/docs/source/_static/css/idom-view.css
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@
   width: 100%;
 }
 
-.center-content {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-}
 .enable-widget-button {
   padding: 10px;
   color: #ffffff !important;
diff --git a/docs/source/_static/css/set-color-scheme.css b/docs/source/_static/css/set-color-scheme.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b9521c7d..000000000
--- a/docs/source/_static/css/set-color-scheme.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-:root {
-  color-scheme: light dark;
-}
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 935e0232e..3b065f987 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 #
 # This is also used if you do content translation via gettext catalogs.
 # Usually you set "language" from the command line for these cases.
-language = None
+language = "en"
 
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
diff --git a/docs/source/guides/getting-started/installing-idom.rst b/docs/source/guides/getting-started/installing-idom.rst
index 352d82294..6c3ad9ce9 100644
--- a/docs/source/guides/getting-started/installing-idom.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guides/getting-started/installing-idom.rst
@@ -107,10 +107,9 @@ ensure the modifications you've made are backwards compatible. If you want to ad
 feature to IDOM you should write your own test that validates its behavior.
 
 If you have questions about how to modify IDOM or help with its development, be sure to
-`start a discussion
-<https://github.com/idom-team/idom/discussions/new?category=question>`__. The IDOM team
-are always excited to :ref:`welcome <everyone can contribute>` new contributions and
-contributors of all kinds
+:discussion:`start a discussion <new?category=question>`. The IDOM team are always
+excited to :ref:`welcome <everyone can contribute>` new contributions and contributors
+of all kinds
 
 .. card::
     :link: /about/contributor-guide
diff --git a/requirements/build-docs.txt b/requirements/build-docs.txt
index a0eed26be..274cbb56b 100644
--- a/requirements/build-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/build-docs.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-sphinx ==4.2.0
-sphinx-autodoc-typehints ==1.7.0
-furo ==2021.10.09
-setuptools_scm
-sphinx-copybutton ==0.3.0
-sphinx-autobuild ==2020.9.1
-sphinx-reredirects ==0.0.1
-sphinx-design ==0.0.13
-sphinx-resolve-py-references ==0.1.0
-sphinxext-opengraph ==0.5.1
+sphinx
+sphinx-autodoc-typehints
+furo ==2022.04.07
+sphinx-copybutton
+sphinx-autobuild
+sphinx-reredirects
+sphinx-design
+sphinx-resolve-py-references
+sphinxext-opengraph
diff --git a/requirements/pkg-extras.txt b/requirements/pkg-extras.txt
index 7d7a59bdb..70edde6d5 100644
--- a/requirements/pkg-extras.txt
+++ b/requirements/pkg-extras.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ uvicorn[standard] >=0.19.0
 # extra=sanic
 sanic >=21
 sanic-cors
+uvicorn[standard] >=0.19.0
 
 # extra=fastapi
 fastapi >=0.63.0
diff --git a/scripts/live_docs.py b/scripts/live_docs.py
index 540af79db..600ac69fa 100644
--- a/scripts/live_docs.py
+++ b/scripts/live_docs.py
@@ -81,7 +81,13 @@ def main():
 
     build_args, pre_build_commands = _get_build_args(args)
     builder = wrap_builder(
-        get_builder(server.watcher, build_args, pre_build_commands=pre_build_commands)
+        get_builder(
+            server.watcher,
+            build_args,
+            host=args.host,
+            port=args.port,
+            pre_build_commands=pre_build_commands,
+        )
     )
 
     ignore_handler = _get_ignore_handler(args)
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ def main():
 
         def opener():
             time.sleep(args.delay)
-            webbrowser.open("http://%s:%s/index.html" % (args.host, 8000))
+            webbrowser.open("http://%s:%s/index.html" % (args.host, args.port))
 
         threading.Thread(target=opener, daemon=True).start()
 
diff --git a/src/idom/backend/sanic.py b/src/idom/backend/sanic.py
index fda9d214f..bb5e70952 100644
--- a/src/idom/backend/sanic.py
+++ b/src/idom/backend/sanic.py
@@ -58,8 +58,11 @@ def configure(
 
 
 def create_development_app() -> Sanic:
-    """Return a :class:`Sanic` app instance in debug mode"""
-    return Sanic(f"idom_development_app_{uuid4().hex}", Config())
+    """Return a :class:`Sanic` app instance in test mode"""
+    Sanic.test_mode = True
+    logger.warning("Sanic.test_mode is now active")
+    app = Sanic(f"idom_development_app_{uuid4().hex}", Config())
+    return app
 
 
 async def serve_development_app(
diff --git a/src/idom/web/utils.py b/src/idom/web/utils.py
index a1f812187..7ffc2a555 100644
--- a/src/idom/web/utils.py
+++ b/src/idom/web/utils.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def resolve_module_exports_from_url(
         return set()
 
     try:
-        text = requests.get(url).text
+        text = requests.get(url, headers={"User-Agent": _FAKE_USER_AGENT}).text
     except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as error:
         reason = "" if error is None else " - {error.errno}"
         logger.warning("Did not resolve exports for url " + url + reason)
@@ -155,3 +155,8 @@ def _resolve_relative_url(base_url: str, rel_url: str) -> str:
 _JS_GENERAL_EXPORT_PATTERN = re.compile(
     r"(?:^|;|})\s*export(?=\s+|{)(.*?)(?=;|$)", re.MULTILINE
 )
+
+# we fake the user agent to bypass some bot blockers
+_FAKE_USER_AGENT = (
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (platform; rv:geckoversion) Gecko/geckotrail Firefox/firefoxversion"
+)