diff --git a/alertmanager/test_alert.sh b/alertmanager/test_alert.sh
index 9b29f66..cd4baf6 100644
--- a/alertmanager/test_alert.sh
+++ b/alertmanager/test_alert.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-url='http://localhost:9093/api/v1/alerts'
+url='http://localhost:9093/api/v2/alerts'
 name="TEST ALERT"
 echo "firing up alert $name" 
 
diff --git a/alertmanager/test_resolve.sh b/alertmanager/test_resolve.sh
index e16bc52..8544431 100644
--- a/alertmanager/test_resolve.sh
+++ b/alertmanager/test_resolve.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-url='http://localhost:9093/api/v1/alerts'
+url='http://localhost:9093/api/v2/alerts'
 name="TEST ALERT"
 echo "resolving alert $name" 
 
diff --git a/backend/alive.py b/backend/alive.py
index 239b59d..c654ec1 100644
--- a/backend/alive.py
+++ b/backend/alive.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def check_port(host, port):
         return False
 
 
-def check_all_hosts():
+def check_all_hosts(): # pragma: no cover
     """
     Pulls in all hosts and checks them all
     """
diff --git a/backend/serve.py b/backend/serve.py
index e827c97..af9adc1 100755
--- a/backend/serve.py
+++ b/backend/serve.py
@@ -825,8 +825,11 @@ def list_alerts():
     """
     url = "http://alertmanager:9093/api/v2/alerts"
     password = open("/alertmanager/pass").read()
+    headers = {
+        "Content-Type" : "application/json"
+    }
 
-    return json.dumps(requests.get(url, auth=("admin", password)).json()), 200
+    return json.dumps(requests.get(url, auth=("admin", password), headers=headers).json()), 200
 
 
 @app.route("/alertmanager/alert", methods=["POST"])
@@ -842,15 +845,19 @@ def resolve_alert(data=""):
     else:  # pragma: no cover
         return "Invalid data", 419
 
-    url = "http://alertmanager:9093/api/v1/alerts"
+    url = "http://alertmanager:9093/api/v2/alerts"
     password = open("/alertmanager/pass").read()
 
     del parsed_data["startsAt"]
     parsed_data["status"] = "resolved"
     parsed_data["endsAt"] = "2021-08-03T14:34:41-05:00"
+    
+    headers = {
+        "Content-Type" : "application/json"
+    }
 
     retval = requests.post(
-        url, data=json.dumps([parsed_data]), auth=("admin", password)
+        url, data=json.dumps([parsed_data]), auth=("admin", password), headers=headers
     )
 
     return retval.text, retval.status_code
@@ -865,7 +872,11 @@ def restart_alertmanager():
     url = "http://alertmanager:9093/-/reload"
     password = open("/alertmanager/pass").read()
 
-    retval = requests.post(url, auth=("admin", password))
+    headers = {
+        "Content-Type" : "application/json"
+    }
+
+    retval = requests.post(url, auth=("admin", password), headers=headers)
     return retval.text, retval.status_code
 
 
@@ -1192,7 +1203,7 @@ def save_ansible_file(fname, inp_data="", vars_file=""):
 # Ansible runner
 @app.route("/ansible_runner/", methods=["POST"])
 @requires_auth_admin
-def run_ansible(inp_data=""):  # pragma: no cover
+def run_ansible(inp_data=""):  
     if inp_data != "":
         data = inp_data
     elif request.method == "POST":  # pragma: no cover
@@ -1228,7 +1239,7 @@ def run_ansible(inp_data=""):  # pragma: no cover
             cmdline="-vvvvv --vault-password-file ../vault.pass",
             quiet=True
         )
-    except Exception as e:
+    except Exception as e: # pragma: no cover
         # Delete Vault Password
         if "vault.pass" in os.listdir(RUN_DIR):
             os.remove("{}/vault.pass".format(RUN_DIR))
diff --git a/backend/test/test_01_alertmanager.py b/backend/test/test_01_alertmanager.py
index e3c15b0..383f742 100644
--- a/backend/test/test_01_alertmanager.py
+++ b/backend/test/test_01_alertmanager.py
@@ -83,14 +83,17 @@ def test_send_alert():
         - Will just print out URL and payload
     """
     a = unwrap(serve.list_alerts)()
+    print(a[0])
     assert a[1] == 200
     b = json.loads(a[0])
 
-    assert watcher.send_alert(
+    output= watcher.send_alert(
         "test-alert",
         "test-service",
         "test-host",
     )
+    print(output.text)
+    assert output
     a = unwrap(serve.list_alerts)()
     assert a[1] == 200
 
diff --git a/backend/watcher.py b/backend/watcher.py
index c2e8fda..3da5edb 100644
--- a/backend/watcher.py
+++ b/backend/watcher.py
@@ -28,22 +28,25 @@ def send_alert(
 
     :param serverity - defaults to error
     """
-    url = "http://alertmanager:9093/api/v1/alerts"
+    url = "http://alertmanager:9093/api/v2/alerts"
+    headers = {
+        "Content-Type": "application/json"
+    }
     data = {
         "status": "firing",
         "labels": {
             "alertname": alert_name,
             "service": service,
             "severity": severity,
-            "instance": instance,
+            "instance": instance
         },
         "annotations": {
-            "summary": summary,
+            "summary": summary
         },
-        "generatorURL": url,
+        "generatorURL": url
     }
 
     password = open("/alertmanager/pass").read()
 
-    retval = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps([data]), auth=("admin", password))
+    retval = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps([data]), auth=("admin", password))
     return retval