diff --git a/qanary-component-NED-OpenAI-GPT/src/main/java/eu/wdaqua/qanary/component/ned/gpt/GptBasedNamedEntityDisambiguation.java b/qanary-component-NED-OpenAI-GPT/src/main/java/eu/wdaqua/qanary/component/ned/gpt/GptBasedNamedEntityDisambiguation.java
index 363b7673..fd1d2dbe 100644
--- a/qanary-component-NED-OpenAI-GPT/src/main/java/eu/wdaqua/qanary/component/ned/gpt/GptBasedNamedEntityDisambiguation.java
+++ b/qanary-component-NED-OpenAI-GPT/src/main/java/eu/wdaqua/qanary/component/ned/gpt/GptBasedNamedEntityDisambiguation.java
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ public class GptBasedNamedEntityDisambiguation extends QanaryComponent {
 	private static final String FILENAME_SELECT_MAPPINGS_FROM_DBPEDIA = "/queries/select_mappings_from_DBpedia.rq";
 	private static final String FILENAME_INSERT_ONE_ANNOTATIONOFINSTANCE = "/queries/insert_one_AnnotationOfInstance.rq";
 
-	private static final String START = "start";
-	private static final String END = "end";
 	private static final String NAMEDENTITY = "named_entity";
 	private static final String WIKIPEDIAURL = "wikipedia_url";
 
diff --git a/qanary-component-NED-OpenAI-GPT/src/main/java/eu/wdaqua/qanary/component/ned/gpt/openai/OpenAiApiService.java b/qanary-component-NED-OpenAI-GPT/src/main/java/eu/wdaqua/qanary/component/ned/gpt/openai/OpenAiApiService.java
index 58393a8f..1666fff9 100644
--- a/qanary-component-NED-OpenAI-GPT/src/main/java/eu/wdaqua/qanary/component/ned/gpt/openai/OpenAiApiService.java
+++ b/qanary-component-NED-OpenAI-GPT/src/main/java/eu/wdaqua/qanary/component/ned/gpt/openai/OpenAiApiService.java
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ public OpenAiApiService( //
 			LOGGER.error("The API token was empty: '{}'. Please set the configuration property 'openai.api.key'.",
 					this.token);
 			throw new MissingArgumentException("openai.api.key is not avaible.");
+		} else {
+			LOGGER.info("API key available: {}*****{}", token.substring(0, 5), token.substring(token.length() - 5));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/qanary-component-NED-OpenAI-GPT/src/main/resources/config/application.properties b/qanary-component-NED-OpenAI-GPT/src/main/resources/config/application.properties
index eb6c03fe..53ec8493 100644
--- a/qanary-component-NED-OpenAI-GPT/src/main/resources/config/application.properties
+++ b/qanary-component-NED-OpenAI-GPT/src/main/resources/config/application.properties
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ openai.api.timeout=30
 # maximum number of token retrieved by the API
 openai.api.maxToken=300
 # live test of the Open AI API: flag
-openai.api.live.test.active=false
+openai.api.live.test.active=true
 # live test of the Open AI API: question to be used
 openai.api.live.test.question=Which state of the USA has the highest population density?