diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e2b718ae..97296634 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -48,17 +48,17 @@ matrix:
   - name: "Python 3.7 Tests"
     python: 3.7
     env: TEST=bench
-    script: python -m unittest -v bench.tests.test_init
+    script: python -m unittest -v bench.tests.test_utils && python -m unittest -v bench.tests.test_init
 
   - name: "Python 3.8 Tests"
     python: 3.8
     env: TEST=bench
-    script: python -m unittest -v bench.tests.test_init
+    script: python -m unittest -v bench.tests.test_utils && python -m unittest -v bench.tests.test_init
 
   - name: "Python 3.9 Tests"
     python: 3.9
     env: TEST=bench
-    script: python -m unittest -v bench.tests.test_init
+    script: python -m unittest -v bench.tests.test_utils && python -m unittest -v bench.tests.test_init
 
   - name: "Python 3.7 Easy Install"
     python: 3.7
diff --git a/bench/tests/test_utils.py b/bench/tests/test_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63147df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import os
+import shutil
+import unittest
+
+from bench.app import App
+from bench.bench import Bench
+from bench.utils import exec_cmd, is_valid_frappe_branch
+from bench.utils.app import get_required_deps_url
+
+
+class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):
+	def test_app_utils(self):
+		git_url = "https://github.com/frappe/frappe"
+		branch = "develop"
+		app = App(name=git_url, branch=branch, bench=Bench("."))
+		self.assertTrue(
+			all(
+				[
+					app.name == git_url,
+					app.branch == branch,
+					app.tag == branch,
+					app.is_url == True,
+					app.on_disk == False,
+					app.org == "frappe",
+					app.url == git_url,
+				]
+			)
+		)
+
+	def test_get_required_deps_url(self):
+		self.assertEqual(
+			get_required_deps_url(git_url="https://github.com/frappe/frappe.git", branch=None, repo_name="frappe"),
+			"https://raw.github.com/frappe/frappe/develop/frappe/hooks.py",
+		)
+		self.assertEqual(
+			get_required_deps_url(
+				git_url="https://github.com/frappe/frappe.git", branch="version-13", repo_name="frappe"
+			),
+			"https://raw.github.com/frappe/frappe/version-13/frappe/hooks.py",
+		)
+
+	def test_is_valid_frappe_branch(self):
+		self.assertTrue(is_valid_frappe_branch("https://github.com/frappe/frappe", frappe_branch=""))
+		self.assertTrue(is_valid_frappe_branch("https://github.com/frappe/frappe", frappe_branch="develop"))
+		self.assertTrue(is_valid_frappe_branch("https://github.com/frappe/erpnext", frappe_branch="version-13"))
+		self.assertFalse(is_valid_frappe_branch("https://github.com/frappe/erpnext", frappe_branch="version-1"))
+
+	def test_app_states(self):
+		bench_dir = "./sandbox"
+		sites_dir = os.path.join(bench_dir, "sites")
+
+		if not os.path.exists(sites_dir):
+			os.makedirs(sites_dir)
+
+		fake_bench = Bench(bench_dir)
+
+		fake_bench.apps.set_states()
+
+		self.assertTrue(hasattr(fake_bench.apps, "states"))
+		self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(sites_dir, "apps_states.json")))
+
+		fake_bench.apps.states = {"frappe": {"resolution": None, "version": "14.0.0-dev"}}
+		fake_bench.apps.update_apps_states()
+
+		self.assertEqual(fake_bench.apps.states, {})
+
+		frappe_path = os.path.join(bench_dir, "apps", "frappe", "frappe")
+
+		os.makedirs(frappe_path)
+
+		with open(os.path.join(frappe_path, "__init__.py"), "w+") as f:
+			f.write("__version__ = '11.0'")
+
+		fake_bench.apps.update_apps_states("frappe")
+
+		self.assertIn("frappe", fake_bench.apps.states)
+		self.assertIn("version", fake_bench.apps.states["frappe"])
+		self.assertEqual("11.0", fake_bench.apps.states["frappe"]["version"])
+
+		shutil.rmtree(bench_dir)
+
+	def test_get_dependencies(self):
+		fake_app = App("frappe/healthcare@develop")
+		self.assertIn("erpnext", fake_app._get_dependencies())
+		fake_app = App("frappe/not_healthcare@not-a-branch")
+		self.assertTrue(len(fake_app._get_dependencies()) == 0)
diff --git a/bench/utils/app.py b/bench/utils/app.py
index 6d5f0f32..a04d60ac 100644
--- a/bench/utils/app.py
+++ b/bench/utils/app.py
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ def switch_to_develop(apps=None, bench_path=".", upgrade=True):
 
 
 def get_version_from_string(contents, field="__version__"):
-	match = re.search(r"^(\s*%s\s*=\s*['\\\"])(.+?)(['\"])(?sm)" % field, contents)
+	match = re.search(r"^(\s*%s\s*=\s*['\\\"])(.+?)(['\"])" % field, contents, flags=(re.S | re.M))
+	if not match:
+		raise Exception("No match was found")
 	return match.group(2)
 
 
@@ -174,6 +176,15 @@ def get_required_deps(org, name, branch, deps="hooks.py"):
 	return base64.decodebytes(res["content"].encode()).decode()
 
 
+def get_required_deps_url(git_url, repo_name, branch, deps="hooks.py"):
+	git_url = (
+		git_url.replace(".git", "").replace("github.com", "raw.github.com")
+	)
+	branch = branch if branch else "develop"
+	git_url += f"/{branch}/{repo_name}/{deps}"
+	return git_url
+
+
 def get_remote(app, bench_path="."):
 	repo_dir = get_repo_dir(app, bench_path=bench_path)
 	contents = subprocess.check_output(
@@ -215,6 +226,12 @@ def check_existing_dir(bench_path, repo_name):
 	dir_already_exists = os.path.isdir(cloned_path)
 	return dir_already_exists, cloned_path
 
+def check_existing_dir(bench_path, repo_name):
+	cloned_path = os.path.join(bench_path, "apps", repo_name)
+	dir_already_exists = os.path.isdir(cloned_path)
+	return dir_already_exists, cloned_path
+
+
 def get_current_version(app, bench_path="."):
 	current_version = None
 	repo_dir = get_repo_dir(app, bench_path=bench_path)