diff --git a/lib/model/generic_transformer.py b/lib/model/generic_transformer.py
index 88a1717..c8f3fc8 100644
--- a/lib/model/generic_transformer.py
+++ b/lib/model/generic_transformer.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ def respond(self, docs: Union[List[schemas.Message], schemas.Message]) -> List[s
         """
         docs = self._ensure_list(docs)
         self._log_docs(docs)
-
         docs_to_process, texts_to_vectorize = self._separate_cached_docs(docs)
 
         if texts_to_vectorize:
diff --git a/lib/queue/queue.py b/lib/queue/queue.py
index 6a11cb0..f54a286 100644
--- a/lib/queue/queue.py
+++ b/lib/queue/queue.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import pdb
 import json
 from typing import List, Dict, Tuple
 import os
diff --git a/lib/queue/worker.py b/lib/queue/worker.py
index edc9914..4435988 100644
--- a/lib/queue/worker.py
+++ b/lib/queue/worker.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import pdb
 import os
 import time
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, TimeoutError
diff --git a/lib/telemetry.py b/lib/telemetry.py
index 40916fe..f557a47 100644
--- a/lib/telemetry.py
+++ b/lib/telemetry.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import pdb
 import os
 from opentelemetry import metrics
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import SERVICE_NAME, Resource
diff --git a/test/lib/queue/test_queue.py b/test/lib/queue/test_queue.py
index d30b4e9..c531722 100644
--- a/test/lib/queue/test_queue.py
+++ b/test/lib/queue/test_queue.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class TestQueueWorker(unittest.TestCase):
     @patch('lib.helpers.get_environment_setting', return_value='us-west-1')
     @patch('lib.telemetry.OpenTelemetryExporter.log_execution_time')
     def setUp(self, mock_log_execution_time, mock_get_env_setting, mock_boto_resource):
-        self.model = AudioModel(None)
+        self.model = AudioModel()
         self.model.model_name = "audio"
         self.mock_model = MagicMock()
         self.queue_name_input = Queue.get_input_queue_name()
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def test_error_capturing_in_get_response(self, mock_cache_set, mock_cache_get):
         mock_cache_get.return_value = None
         mock_cache_set.return_value = True
         message_data = {
-            "body": {"id": 1, "callback_url": "http://example.com", "text": "This is a test"},
+            "body": {"id": 1, "callback_url": "http://example.com", "text": "This is a testzzz"},
             "model_name": "audio"
         }
         message = schemas.parse_message(message_data)
diff --git a/test/lib/test_telemetry.py b/test/lib/test_telemetry.py
index 6e577a4..48e9b3e 100644
--- a/test/lib/test_telemetry.py
+++ b/test/lib/test_telemetry.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import pdb
 import os
 import pytest
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock