diff --git a/application/cmd/cre_main.py b/application/cmd/cre_main.py
index ff68cdef..b5a78ffa 100644
--- a/application/cmd/cre_main.py
+++ b/application/cmd/cre_main.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def parse_file(
 
 def register_standard(
     standard_entries: List[defs.Standard],
-    collection: db.Node_collection,
+    collection: db.Node_collection = None,
     generate_embeddings=True,
     calculate_gap_analysis=True,
     db_connection_str: str = "",
@@ -237,15 +237,17 @@ def register_standard(
         generate_embeddings = False
 
     if not standard_entries:
-        logger.warning("register_standard() calleed with no standard_entries")
+        logger.warning("register_standard() called with no standard_entries")
         return
-    if not collection:
+
+    if collection is None:
         collection = db_connect(path=db_connection_str)
+
     conn = redis.connect()
     ph = prompt_client.PromptHandler(database=collection)
     importing_name = standard_entries[0].name
     standard_hash = gap_analysis.make_resources_key([importing_name])
-    if conn.get(standard_hash):
+    if calculate_gap_analysis and conn.get(standard_hash):
         logger.info(
             f"Standard importing job with info-hash {standard_hash} has already returned, skipping"
         )
@@ -267,11 +269,12 @@ def register_standard(
             generate_embeddings = False
     if generate_embeddings and importing_name:
         ph.generate_embeddings_for(importing_name)
-    populate_neo4j_db(collection)
-    # calculate gap analysis
-    jobs = []
-    pending_stadards = collection.standards()
+
     if calculate_gap_analysis and not os.environ.get("CRE_NO_CALCULATE_GAP_ANALYSIS"):
+        # calculate gap analysis
+        populate_neo4j_db(collection)
+        jobs = []
+        pending_stadards = collection.standards()
         for standard_name in pending_stadards:
             if standard_name == importing_name:
                 continue
@@ -316,12 +319,7 @@ def parse_standards_from_spreadsheeet(
 ) -> None:
     """given a yaml with standards, build a list of standards in the db"""
     collection = db_connect(cache_location)
-    if "CRE:name" in cre_file[0].keys():
-        collection = collection.with_graph()
-        documents = spreadsheet_parsers.parse_export_format(cre_file)
-        register_cre(documents, collection)
-        pass
-    elif any(key.startswith("CRE hierarchy") for key in cre_file[0].keys()):
+    if any(key.startswith("CRE hierarchy") for key in cre_file[0].keys()):
         conn = redis.connect()
         collection = collection.with_graph()
         redis.empty_queues(conn)
@@ -649,9 +647,7 @@ def create_spreadsheet(
 ) -> Any:
     """Reads cre docs exported from a standards_collection.export()
     dumps each doc into a workbook"""
-    flat_dicts = sheet_utils.prepare_spreadsheet(
-        collection=collection, docs=exported_documents
-    )
+    flat_dicts = sheet_utils.prepare_spreadsheet(docs=exported_documents)
     return sheet_utils.write_spreadsheet(
         title=title, docs=flat_dicts, emails=share_with
     )
diff --git a/application/database/inmemory_graph.py b/application/database/inmemory_graph.py
index 24098bf8..1284cfc8 100644
--- a/application/database/inmemory_graph.py
+++ b/application/database/inmemory_graph.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def add_node(self, *args, **kwargs):
     def get_hierarchy(self, rootIDs: List[str], creID: str):
         if creID in rootIDs:
             return 0
-        
+
         if self.__parent_child_subgraph == None:
             if len(self.graph.edges) == 0:
                 raise ValueError("Graph has no edges")