diff --git a/scrapy_testmaster/cli.py b/scrapy_testmaster/cli.py
index 476176b..3cd7eff 100644
--- a/scrapy_testmaster/cli.py
+++ b/scrapy_testmaster/cli.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import re
 import os
 import sys
-import copy
 import json
 import scrapy
 import argparse
@@ -221,12 +220,11 @@ def update(self):
                     request=request, **data['response'])
 
                 cb_settings = get_cb_settings(fixture_dir)
-                data["result"], _ = parse_callback_result(
+                data['result'], _ = parse_callback_result(
                     request.callback(response), spider, cb_settings
                 )
-                _result = copy.deepcopy(data['result'])
                 items_out, requests_out = process_result(
-                    _result, spider.settings, cb_settings)
+                    data['result'], spider.settings, cb_settings)
                 validate_results(fixture_dir, spider.settings, items_out,
                                  requests_out, data['request']['url'])
 
diff --git a/scrapy_testmaster/middleware.py b/scrapy_testmaster/middleware.py
index c333b74..dfbb433 100644
--- a/scrapy_testmaster/middleware.py
+++ b/scrapy_testmaster/middleware.py
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ def process_spider_input(self, response, spider):
             cb_name = 'parse'
         else:
             cb_name = _request['callback']
-        test_dir = os.path.join(self.base_path, sanitize_module_name(spider.name), cb_name)
+        test_dir = os.path.join(
+            self.base_path, 'tests', sanitize_module_name(spider.name), cb_name)
         cb_settings = get_cb_settings(test_dir)
         filter_args = {'crawler', 'settings', 'start_urls'}
         if isinstance(spider, CrawlSpider):
@@ -181,9 +182,8 @@ def process_spider_output(self, response, result, spider):
         _request = copy.deepcopy(data['request'])
         _request = clean_request(_request, spider.settings, cb_settings)
 
-        _result = copy.deepcopy(data['result'])
         items_out, requests_out = process_result(
-            _result, spider.settings, cb_settings)
+            data['result'], spider.settings, cb_settings)
         validate_results(test_dir, spider.settings, items_out, requests_out,
                          request['url'])
 
diff --git a/scrapy_testmaster/utils.py b/scrapy_testmaster/utils.py
index c414925..6b1a001 100644
--- a/scrapy_testmaster/utils.py
+++ b/scrapy_testmaster/utils.py
@@ -193,8 +193,9 @@ def parse_object(_object, spider, cb_settings):
     return _object
 
 
+# processes request for recording, handling auth settings
 def parse_request(request, spider, cb_settings):
-    _request = request_to_dict(request, spider=spider)
+    _request = copy.deepcopy(request_to_dict(request, spider=spider))
     if not _request['callback']:
         _request['callback'] = 'parse'
 
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ def parse_request(request, spider, cb_settings):
     for key, value in _request.get('meta').items():
         if key != '_testmaster':
             _meta[key] = parse_object(value, spider, cb_settings)
+    _clean_splash(_meta, spider.settings, cb_settings)
     _request['meta'] = _meta
 
     return _request
@@ -293,6 +295,7 @@ def _clean_headers(headers, spider_settings, cb_settings, mode=""):
     return headers
 
 
+# processes request into JSON format for inscribing in view.json and for validation
 def clean_request(request, spider_settings, cb_settings):
     skipped_global = spider_settings.get('TESTMASTER_REQUEST_SKIPPED_FIELDS', default=[])
     try:
@@ -326,9 +329,9 @@ def _clean(data, field_list):
 
 
 def process_result(result, spider_settings, cb_settings):
-    items = [x["data"] for x in filter(
+    items = [copy.deepcopy(x["data"]) for x in filter(
         lambda res: res["type"] == "item", result)]
-    requests = [x["data"] for x in filter(
+    requests = [copy.deepcopy(x["data"]) for x in filter(
         lambda res: res["type"] == "request", result)]
     for i in range(len(items)):
         clean_item(items[i], spider_settings, cb_settings)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0385860..72d5c5e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name='scrapy-testmaster',
-    version='1.2',
+    version='1.3',
     author='Thomas Aitken',
     author_email='tclaitken@gmail.com',
     description='Automated testing and debugging tool for Scrapy.',