diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 0c3dfb57d..70a5d0a62 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 import express from "express";
-import cookieParser from 'cookie-parser';
-import Redis from 'ioredis';
-import * as nunjucks from "nunjucks";
-import * as path from "path";
-import {
-  SessionStore,
-  SessionMiddleware
-} from '@companieshouse/node-session-handler';
-
 import * as config from "./config";
-import { logger } from "./utils/logger";
 import router from "./routes";
+import { logger } from "./utils/logger";
 import errorHandler from "./controllers/error.controller";
-import { createChangeLinkConfig } from "./utils/change.link";
-import { countryFilter } from "./utils/country.filter";
+import configureViews from './service/configureViews';
+import configureSession from './service/configureSession';
 
 const app = express();
 
@@ -21,44 +12,16 @@ const app = express();
 app.set("port", config.PORT);
 app.set("dev", config.NODE_ENV === "development");
 
-// set up the template engine
-const nunjucksEnv = nunjucks.configure([
-  "views",
-  "node_modules/govuk-frontend/",
-  "node_modules/govuk-frontend/components",
-], {
-  autoescape: true,
-  express: app,
-});
-nunjucksEnv.addGlobal("CDN_HOST", config.CDN_HOST);
-nunjucksEnv.addGlobal("SERVICE_NAME", config.SERVICE_NAME);
-nunjucksEnv.addGlobal("OE_CONFIGS", config);
-nunjucksEnv.addGlobal("COUNTRY_FILTER", countryFilter );
-nunjucksEnv.addGlobal("CREATE_CHANGE_LINK", createChangeLinkConfig);
-nunjucksEnv.addGlobal("PIWIK_URL", config.PIWIK_URL);
-nunjucksEnv.addGlobal("PIWIK_SITE_ID", config.PIWIK_SITE_ID);
-nunjucksEnv.addGlobal("PIWIK_START_GOAL_ID", config.PIWIK_START_GOAL_ID);
-nunjucksEnv.addGlobal("MATOMO_ASSET_PATH", `//${config.CDN_HOST}`);
+configureViews(app);
+configureSession(app);
 
 app.use(express.json());
 app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
-app.use(cookieParser());
-
-const cookieConfig = {
-  cookieName: '__SID',
-  cookieSecret: config.COOKIE_SECRET,
-  cookieDomain: config.COOKIE_DOMAIN,
-  cookieTimeToLiveInSeconds: parseInt(config.DEFAULT_SESSION_EXPIRATION, 10)
-};
-const sessionStore = new SessionStore(new Redis(`redis://${config.CACHE_SERVER}`));
-app.use(SessionMiddleware(cookieConfig, sessionStore));
-
-app.set("views", path.join(__dirname, "views"));
-app.set("view engine", "html");
 
 // apply our default router to /
 app.use("/", router);
 
 app.use(errorHandler);
+
 logger.info("Register an overseas entity has started");
 export default app;
diff --git a/src/service/configureSession.ts b/src/service/configureSession.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..becfda0f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/service/configureSession.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { Express } from 'express';
+import Redis from 'ioredis';
+import cookieParser from 'cookie-parser';
+import { SessionMiddleware, SessionStore } from '@companieshouse/node-session-handler';
+import * as config from '../config';
+
+const configureSession = (
+  app: Express,
+): void => {
+  const cookieConfig = {
+    cookieName: '__SID',
+    cookieSecret: config.COOKIE_SECRET,
+    cookieDomain: config.COOKIE_DOMAIN,
+    cookieTimeToLiveInSeconds: parseInt(config.DEFAULT_SESSION_EXPIRATION, 10),
+  };
+  const sessionStore = new SessionStore(new Redis(`redis://${config.CACHE_SERVER}`));
+
+  app.use(cookieParser());
+  app.use(SessionMiddleware(cookieConfig, sessionStore));
+};
+
+export default configureSession;
diff --git a/src/service/configureViews.ts b/src/service/configureViews.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53989b775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/service/configureViews.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { Express } from 'express';
+import path from 'path';
+import { configure, render } from 'nunjucks';
+import * as config from '../config';
+import { countryFilter } from '../utils/country.filter';
+import { createChangeLinkConfig } from '../utils/change.link';
+
+// set up the template engine
+const configureViews = (
+  app: Express,
+) => {
+  app.engine('html', render);
+  app.set('view engine', 'html');
+
+  const env = configure(
+    [
+      path.join(__dirname, '../../views'),
+      'node_modules/govuk-frontend/',
+      'node_modules/govuk-frontend/components',
+    ],
+    {
+      autoescape: true,
+      express: app,
+    },
+  );
+
+  env.addGlobal('CDN_HOST', config.CDN_HOST);
+  env.addGlobal('SERVICE_NAME', config.SERVICE_NAME);
+  env.addGlobal('OE_CONFIGS', config);
+  env.addGlobal('COUNTRY_FILTER', countryFilter);
+  env.addGlobal('CREATE_CHANGE_LINK', createChangeLinkConfig);
+  env.addGlobal("PIKA_URL", config.PIWIK_URL);
+  env.addGlobal("PIKA_SITE_ID", config.PIWIK_SITE_ID);
+  env.addGlobal("PIKA_START_GOAL_ID", config.PIWIK_START_GOAL_ID);
+  env.addGlobal('MATOMO_ASSET_PATH', `//${config.CDN_HOST}`);
+};
+
+export default configureViews;