diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/setup.cfg b/tangostationcontrol/setup.cfg
index 82d6efb049aa4dae8f7842518c20aea2f4ae1ba1..0fe48b128f13c2e09ccca534cf0b5fa609aee02b 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/setup.cfg
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/setup.cfg
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ console_scripts =
     l2ss-bst = tangostationcontrol.devices.sdp.bst:main
     l2ss-sst = tangostationcontrol.devices.sdp.sst:main
     l2ss-statistics-reader = tangostationcontrol.statistics_writer.statistics_reader:main
-    l2ss-statistics-writer = tangostationcontrol.statistics_writer.statistics_writer:main
+    l2ss-statistics-writer = tangostationcontrol.statistics.writer:main
     l2ss-unb2 = tangostationcontrol.devices.unb2:main
     l2ss-xst = tangostationcontrol.devices.sdp.xst:main
     l2ss-temperature-manager = tangostationcontrol.devices.temperature_manager:main
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/__init__.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/statistics/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tangostationcontrol/__init__.py
rename to tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/statistics/__init__.py
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/statistics_writer/test_statistics_writer_sst.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/statistics/test_writer_sst.py
similarity index 88%
rename from tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/statistics_writer/test_statistics_writer_sst.py
rename to tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/statistics/test_writer_sst.py
index 5b2b8fae5c280cac3409bdcca4c70c6220066135..e2907240e772d0b21acd0abe18704bf40b8be940 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/statistics_writer/test_statistics_writer_sst.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/statistics/test_writer_sst.py
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 from tangostationcontrol.integration_test.base import BaseIntegrationTestCase
 from tangostationcontrol.integration_test.device_proxy import TestDeviceProxy
 from tangostationcontrol.statistics.statistics_collector import SSTCollector
-from tangostationcontrol.statistics_writer import statistics_writer, statistics_reader
+from tangostationcontrol.statistics_writer import statistics_reader
+from tangostationcontrol.statistics import writer
+
 import sys
 from os.path import dirname, isfile, join
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ from unittest import mock
 
 from tango import DevState
 
+
 class TestStatisticsWriterSST(BaseIntegrationTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -51,10 +54,10 @@ class TestStatisticsWriterSST(BaseIntegrationTestCase):
         self.assertListEqual(collector.parameters["rcu_dth_on"].tolist(), self.recv_proxy.rcu_dth_on_r.tolist())
 
         with TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
-            new_sys_argv = [sys.argv[0], "--mode", "SST", "--file", join(dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__)))), "test", "SDP_SST_statistics_packets.bin"), "--output_dir", tmpdir]
-            with mock.patch.object(statistics_writer.sys, 'argv', new_sys_argv):
+            new_sys_argv = [sys.argv[0], "--mode", "SST", "--file", join(dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__)))), "test/statistics", "SDP_SST_statistics_packets.bin"), "--output_dir", tmpdir]
+            with mock.patch.object(writer.sys, 'argv', new_sys_argv):
                 with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
-                    statistics_writer.main()
+                    writer.main()
 
             # check if file was written
             self.assertTrue(isfile(f"{tmpdir}/SST_2021-09-20-12-17-40.h5"))
@@ -76,10 +79,10 @@ class TestStatisticsWriterSST(BaseIntegrationTestCase):
     def test_no_tango_SST_statistics(self):
 
         with TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
-            new_sys_argv = [sys.argv[0], "--mode", "SST", "--no-tango", "--file", join(dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__)))), "test", "SDP_SST_statistics_packets.bin"), "--output_dir", tmpdir]
-            with mock.patch.object(statistics_writer.sys, 'argv', new_sys_argv):
+            new_sys_argv = [sys.argv[0], "--mode", "SST", "--no-tango", "--file", join(dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__)))), "test/statistics", "SDP_SST_statistics_packets.bin"), "--output_dir", tmpdir]
+            with mock.patch.object(writer.sys, 'argv', new_sys_argv):
                 with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
-                    statistics_writer.main()
+                    writer.main()
             
             # check if file was written
             self.assertTrue(isfile(f"{tmpdir}/SST_2021-09-20-12-17-40.h5"))
@@ -104,10 +107,10 @@ class TestStatisticsWriterSST(BaseIntegrationTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(DevState.OFF, self.recv_proxy.state())
 
         with TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
-            new_sys_argv = [sys.argv[0], "--mode", "SST", "--file", join(dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__)))), "test", "SDP_SST_statistics_packets.bin"), "--output_dir", tmpdir]
-            with mock.patch.object(statistics_writer.sys, 'argv', new_sys_argv):
+            new_sys_argv = [sys.argv[0], "--mode", "SST", "--file", join(dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__)))), "test/statistics", "SDP_SST_statistics_packets.bin"), "--output_dir", tmpdir]
+            with mock.patch.object(writer.sys, 'argv', new_sys_argv):
                 with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
-                    statistics_writer.main()
+                    writer.main()
 
             # check if file was written
             self.assertTrue(isfile(f"{tmpdir}/SST_2021-09-20-12-17-40.h5"))
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/statistics_writer/__init__.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/default/statistics_writer/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics_writer/statistics_writer.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics/writer.py
similarity index 99%
rename from tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics_writer/statistics_writer.py
rename to tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics/writer.py
index 49add415ca7905446488d56416c5437b994acf9e..cbc358be4389db42e21561fe6a4c6bf4fa6bd856 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics_writer/statistics_writer.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics/writer.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import logging
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format = '%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s: %(message)s')
 logger = logging.getLogger("statistics_writer")
 
+
 def _create_parser():
     """Define the parser"""
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ def _create_parser():
     )
     return parser
 
+
 def _create_receiver(filename, host, port):
     """ creates the TCP receiver that is given to the writer """
     if filename:
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ def _create_receiver(filename, host, port):
         logger.fatal("Must provide either a host and port, or a file to receive input from")
         sys.exit(1)
 
+
 def _create_writer(mode, interval, output_dir, decimation):
     """Create the writer"""
     if mode == "XST":
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ def _create_writer(mode, interval, output_dir, decimation):
         logger.fatal(f"Invalid mode: {mode}")
         sys.exit(1)
 
+
 def _start_loop(receiver, writer, reconnect, filename, device):
     """Main loop"""
     try:
@@ -106,6 +110,7 @@ def _start_loop(receiver, writer, reconnect, filename, device):
     finally:
         writer.close_writer()
 
+
 def main():
     
     parser = _create_parser()
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics_writer/udp_dev/udp_client.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics_writer/udp_dev/udp_client.py
index cef6a079d17dc0fb45d71f181ee2be908e9bd091..ea5a644f10985257452b4d93249cea36c37708e9 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics_writer/udp_dev/udp_client.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics_writer/udp_dev/udp_client.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class UDP_Client:
 
             time.sleep(1)
 
-            f = open("../../test/SDP_SST_statistics_packet.bin", "rb")
+            f = open("../../test/statistics/SDP_SST_statistics_packet.bin", "rb")
             send_data = f.read()
             s.sendto(send_data, (self.server_ip, self.server_port))
             print("\n\n 1. Client Sent SST Packet at: ", datetime.now())
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/beam/test_delays.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/beam/test_delays.py
index a3b5779650217572dfeddb73eff324657acead2b..12d015774c933322495fc3aa7abe8d5c57052628 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/beam/test_delays.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/beam/test_delays.py
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ class TestDelays(base.TestCase):
 
         self.assertAlmostEqual(0.1, delays[0], 6, f"delays[0] = {delays[0]}")
 
-
     def test_convert_bulk(self):
         d = delay_calculator([0, 0, 0])
         timestamp = datetime.datetime(2022, 3, 1, 0, 0, 0) # timestamp does not actually matter, but casacore doesn't know that.
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/SDP_BST_statistics_packets.bin b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/statistics/SDP_BST_statistics_packets.bin
similarity index 100%
rename from tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/SDP_BST_statistics_packets.bin
rename to tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/statistics/SDP_BST_statistics_packets.bin
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/SDP_SST_statistics_packet.bin b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/statistics/SDP_SST_statistics_packet.bin
similarity index 100%
rename from tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/SDP_SST_statistics_packet.bin
rename to tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/statistics/SDP_SST_statistics_packet.bin
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/SDP_SST_statistics_packets.bin b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/statistics/SDP_SST_statistics_packets.bin
similarity index 100%
rename from tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/SDP_SST_statistics_packets.bin
rename to tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/statistics/SDP_SST_statistics_packets.bin
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/SDP_XST_statistics_packets.bin b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/statistics/SDP_XST_statistics_packets.bin
similarity index 100%
rename from tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/SDP_XST_statistics_packets.bin
rename to tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/statistics/SDP_XST_statistics_packets.bin
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/SDP_XST_statistics_packets_multiple_subbands.bin b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/statistics/SDP_XST_statistics_packets_multiple_subbands.bin
similarity index 100%
rename from tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/SDP_XST_statistics_packets_multiple_subbands.bin
rename to tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/statistics/SDP_XST_statistics_packets_multiple_subbands.bin
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/test_statistics_writer.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/statistics/test_writer.py
similarity index 79%
rename from tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/test_statistics_writer.py
rename to tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/statistics/test_writer.py
index 37f3c2f1d96f2fa39d60241d406a1324f549b4ad..56d6d85e0d83c6b9ac1e35e981ade193ab90d317 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/test_statistics_writer.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/statistics/test_writer.py
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 # See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from tangostationcontrol.test import base
-from tangostationcontrol.statistics_writer import statistics_writer
+from tangostationcontrol.statistics import writer
 import sys
 from os.path import dirname, isfile
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from unittest import mock
 
+
 class TestStatisticsWriter(base.TestCase):
 
     # test_sst --> moved to integration_test
@@ -21,9 +22,9 @@ class TestStatisticsWriter(base.TestCase):
     def test_xst(self):
         with TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
             new_sys_argv = [sys.argv[0], "--mode", "XST", "--file", dirname(__file__) + "/SDP_XST_statistics_packets.bin", "--output_dir", tmpdir]
-            with mock.patch.object(statistics_writer.sys, 'argv', new_sys_argv):
+            with mock.patch.object(writer.sys, 'argv', new_sys_argv):
                 with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
-                    statistics_writer.main()
+                    writer.main()
 
             # check if file was written
             self.assertTrue(isfile(f"{tmpdir}/XST_SB102_2021-09-13-13-21-32.h5"))
@@ -31,9 +32,9 @@ class TestStatisticsWriter(base.TestCase):
     def test_xst_multiple_subbands(self):
         with TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
             new_sys_argv = [sys.argv[0], "--mode", "XST", "--file", dirname(__file__) + "/SDP_XST_statistics_packets_multiple_subbands.bin", "--output_dir", tmpdir]
-            with mock.patch.object(statistics_writer.sys, 'argv', new_sys_argv):
+            with mock.patch.object(writer.sys, 'argv', new_sys_argv):
                 with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
-                    statistics_writer.main()
+                    writer.main()
 
             # check if files were written
             self.assertTrue(isfile(f"{tmpdir}/XST_SB102_2021-09-13-13-21-32.h5"))
@@ -42,9 +43,9 @@ class TestStatisticsWriter(base.TestCase):
     def test_bst(self):
         with TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
             new_sys_argv = [sys.argv[0], "--mode", "BST", "--file", dirname(__file__) + "/SDP_BST_statistics_packets.bin", "--output_dir", tmpdir]
-            with mock.patch.object(statistics_writer.sys, 'argv', new_sys_argv):
+            with mock.patch.object(writer.sys, 'argv', new_sys_argv):
                 with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
-                    statistics_writer.main()
+                    writer.main()
 
             # check if file was written
             self.assertTrue(isfile(f"{tmpdir}/BST_2022-05-20-11-08-44.h5"))