diff --git a/cronitor/tests/test_00.py b/cronitor/tests/test_00.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2001a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cronitor/tests/test_00.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import yaml
+import cronitor
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import call, patch, ANY
+import time
+import cronitor
+
+FAKE_API_KEY = 'cb54ac4fd16142469f2d84fc1bbebd84XXXDEADXXX'
+YAML_PATH = './cronitor/tests/cronitor.yaml'
+
+cronitor.api_key = FAKE_API_KEY
+cronitor.timeout = 10
+
+class SyncTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        return super().setUp()
+
+    def test_00_monitor_attributes_are_put(self):
+        # This test will run first, test that attributes are synced correctly, and then undo the global mock
+
+        with patch('cronitor.Monitor.put') as mock_put:
+            time.sleep(2)
+            calls = [call([{'key': 'ping-decorator-test', 'name': 'Ping Decorator Test'}])]
+            mock_put.assert_has_calls(calls)
+
+    @cronitor.job('ping-decorator-test', attributes={'name': 'Ping Decorator Test'})
+    def function_call_with_attributes(self):
+        return
diff --git a/cronitor/tests/test_pings.py b/cronitor/tests/test_pings.py
index 3aaf6b8..f53e996 100644
--- a/cronitor/tests/test_pings.py
+++ b/cronitor/tests/test_pings.py
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import patch, ANY, call
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
-
 import cronitor
+import pytest
 
 # a reserved monitorkey for running integration tests against cronitor.link
 FAKE_KEY = 'd3x0c1'
 FAKE_API_KEY = 'ping-api-key'
 
-cronitor.Monitor.put = patch('cronitor.Monitor.put')
-
 class MonitorPingTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -85,9 +83,6 @@ def test_ping_wraps_function_raises_exception(self, mocked_ping):
         self.assertRaises(Exception, lambda: self.error_function_call())
         mocked_ping.assert_has_calls(calls)
 
-    def test_monitor_attributes_are_put(self):
-        calls = [call([{'key': 'ping-decorator-test', 'name': 'Ping Decorator Test'}])]
-        cronitor.Monitor.put.assert_has_calls(calls)
 
     @patch('cronitor.Monitor.ping')
     @patch('cronitor.Monitor.__init__')
@@ -100,10 +95,6 @@ def test_ping_with_non_default_env(self, mocked_monitor, mocked_ping):
     def function_call(self):
         return
 
-    @cronitor.job('ping-decorator-test', attributes={'name': 'Ping Decorator Test'})
-    def function_call_with_attributes(self):
-        return
-
     @cronitor.job('ping-decorator-test')
     def error_function_call(self):
         raise Exception