diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1e1f74f..c90a397 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@
 
 # JetBrains
 /.idea
+
+# Python build and test output
+__pycache__/
+test_output/
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b9e5f0a..761a9b3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ submodule like::
 Wikimedia dumps are usually in a compressed format such as 7z (most common), gz, or bz2. Wikiq uses your computer's compression software to read these files. Therefore wikiq depends on
 `7za`, `gzcat`, and `zcat`. 
 
+Dependencies
+----------------
+These non-Python dependencies must be installed on your system for wikiq and its
+associated tests to work.
+
+- 7zip
+- ffmpeg
+
 
 TODO:
 _______________
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a41306b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+apeek==0.1.1
+attrs==25.3.0
+certifi==2025.4.26
+charset-normalizer==3.4.2
+Cython==0.29.37
+deltas==0.7.0
+docopt==0.6.2
+gnureadline==8.1.2
+idna==3.10
+jsonable==0.3.1
+jsonschema==4.23.0
+jsonschema-specifications==2025.4.1
+mediawiki-utilities==0.4.18
+mw==0.4.0
+mwcli==0.0.3
+mwdiffs==0.0.2
+mwpersistence==0.2.4
+mwreverts==0.1.5
+mwtypes==0.4.0
+mwxml==0.3.6
+numpy==1.26.4
+pandas==2.2.3
+para==0.0.8
+parsimonious==0.10.0
+pyarrow==20.0.0
+pydub==0.25.1
+PyMySQL==1.1.1
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
+pytz==2025.2
+PyYAML==5.4.1
+referencing==0.36.2
+regex==2024.11.6
+requests==2.32.3
+rpds-py==0.25.1
+setuptools==80.8.0
+six==1.17.0
+stopit==1.1.2
+typing_extensions==4.13.2
+tzdata==2025.2
+urllib3==2.4.0
+wheel==0.45.1
+yamlconf==0.2.6
diff --git a/test/Wikiq_Unit_Test.py b/test/Wikiq_Unit_Test.py
index 0a90c6c..7f4df39 100644
--- a/test/Wikiq_Unit_Test.py
+++ b/test/Wikiq_Unit_Test.py
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ from shutil import copyfile
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas.testing import assert_frame_equal
 from io import StringIO
+import tracemalloc
+
+tracemalloc.start()
 
 # with / without pwr DONE
 # with / without url encode DONE
 # with / without collapse user DONE
-# with output to sdtout DONE
+# with output to stdout DONE
 # note that the persistence radius is 7 by default
 # reading various file formats including
 #        7z, gz, bz2, xml  DONE