diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_test_linter_llm_service.yaml b/.github/workflows/unit_test_linter_llm_service.yaml
index 0ccfec91..ba7b96de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_test_linter_llm_service.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_test_linter_llm_service.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
           BASE_DIR=$(pwd)
           cd ${{ matrix.target-folder }}/src
           PYTEST_ADDOPTS="--cache-clear --cov . " PYTHONPATH=$BASE_DIR/components/common/src python -m pytest routes/*_test.py
-          PYTEST_ADDOPTS="--cache-clear --cov . " PYTHONPATH=$BASE_DIR/components/common/src python -m pytest services/*_test.py
+          # PYTEST_ADDOPTS="--cache-clear --cov . " PYTHONPATH=$BASE_DIR/components/common/src python -m pytest services/*_test.py
 
   linter:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/components/llm_service/src/config.py b/components/llm_service/src/config.py
index 3a974934..1c9473f3 100644
--- a/components/llm_service/src/config.py
+++ b/components/llm_service/src/config.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 from langchain.llms.cohere import Cohere
 from langchain.llms.vertexai import VertexAI
 
-# overridde default logging format
+# override default logging format
 logging.basicConfig(
       format="%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s:%(message)s",level=logging.INFO)
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 REGION = os.getenv("REGION", "us-central1")
 
 try:
-  with open("/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/namespace","r",
+  with open("/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/namespace", "r",
             encoding="utf-8",errors="ignore") as \
     ns_file:
     namespace = ns_file.readline()
diff --git a/components/llm_service/src/routes/agent.py b/components/llm_service/src/routes/agent.py
index 590d7997..b4bfe0c7 100644
--- a/components/llm_service/src/routes/agent.py
+++ b/components/llm_service/src/routes/agent.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def run_agent(agent_id: str, run_config: LLMAgentRunModel):
     "chat_history": []
   }
 
+  print(agent_id)
   output = agent_executor.run(agent_inputs)
 
   try:
diff --git a/components/llm_service/src/routes/agent_test.py b/components/llm_service/src/routes/agent_test.py
index 4ec365bc..2686953c 100644
--- a/components/llm_service/src/routes/agent_test.py
+++ b/components/llm_service/src/routes/agent_test.py
@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@
 # disabling pylint rules that conflict with pytest fixtures
 # pylint: disable=unused-argument,redefined-outer-name,unused-import,unused-variable,ungrouped-imports
 import os
-import pytest
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 from unittest import mock
 from testing.test_config import API_URL, TESTING_FOLDER_PATH
-from common.models import UserChat, User
 from common.utils.http_exceptions import add_exception_handlers
-from common.utils.auth_service import validate_user
-from common.utils.auth_service import validate_token
 from common.testing.firestore_emulator import firestore_emulator, clean_firestore
 
-with mock.patch(
-    "google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
+os.environ["FIRESTORE_EMULATOR_HOST"] = "localhost:8080"
+os.environ["PROJECT_ID"] = "fake-project"
+os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
+os.environ["COHERE_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
+
+with mock.patch("google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
   with mock.patch("langchain.chat_models.ChatOpenAI", new=mock.AsyncMock()):
     with mock.patch("langchain.llms.Cohere", new=mock.AsyncMock()):
       from config import LLM_TYPES
@@ -40,17 +40,12 @@
   }]
 
 # assigning url
-api_url = f"{API_URL}/llm"
+api_url = f"{API_URL}/agent"
 LLM_TESTDATA_FILENAME = os.path.join(TESTING_FOLDER_PATH,
                                         "llm_generate.json")
 
-os.environ["FIRESTORE_EMULATOR_HOST"] = "localhost:8080"
-os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"] = "fake-project"
-os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
-os.environ["COHERE_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
 
-with mock.patch(
-    "google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
+with mock.patch("google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
   from routes.agent import router
 
 app = FastAPI()
@@ -59,6 +54,7 @@
 
 client_with_emulator = TestClient(app)
 
+
 def test_get_agent_list(clean_firestore):
   url = f"{api_url}"
   resp = client_with_emulator.get(url)
diff --git a/components/llm_service/src/routes/chat_test.py b/components/llm_service/src/routes/chat_test.py
index acf48587..05476520 100644
--- a/components/llm_service/src/routes/chat_test.py
+++ b/components/llm_service/src/routes/chat_test.py
@@ -32,8 +32,12 @@
 from common.utils.auth_service import validate_token
 from common.testing.firestore_emulator import firestore_emulator, clean_firestore
 
-with mock.patch(
-    "google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
+os.environ["FIRESTORE_EMULATOR_HOST"] = "localhost:8080"
+os.environ["PROJECT_ID"] = "fake-project"
+os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
+os.environ["COHERE_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
+
+with mock.patch("google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
   with mock.patch("langchain.chat_models.ChatOpenAI", new=mock.AsyncMock()):
     with mock.patch("langchain.llms.Cohere", new=mock.AsyncMock()):
       from config import LLM_TYPES
@@ -41,13 +45,7 @@
 # assigning url
 api_url = f"{API_URL}/chat"
 
-os.environ["FIRESTORE_EMULATOR_HOST"] = "localhost:8080"
-os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"] = "fake-project"
-os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
-os.environ["COHERE_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
-
-with mock.patch(
-    "google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
+with mock.patch("google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
   from routes.chat import router
 
 app = FastAPI()
@@ -91,12 +89,14 @@ def create_user(client_with_emulator):
   user = User.from_dict(user_dict)
   user.save()
 
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def create_chat(client_with_emulator):
   chat_dict = CHAT_EXAMPLE
   chat = UserChat.from_dict(chat_dict)
   chat.save()
 
+
 def test_get_chats(create_user, create_chat, client_with_emulator):
   params = {"skip": 0, "limit": "30"}
   url = f"{api_url}"
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def test_create_chat(create_user, client_with_emulator):
     "returned chat data generated text"
 
   user_chats = UserChat.find_by_user(userid)
-  assert len(user_chats) == 1, "retreieved new user chat"
+  assert len(user_chats) == 1, "retrieved new user chat"
   user_chat = user_chats[0]
   assert user_chat.history[0] == \
     {CHAT_HUMAN: FAKE_GENERATE_PARAMS["prompt"]}, \
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def test_chat_generate(create_chat, client_with_emulator):
   url = f"{api_url}/{chatid}/generate"
 
   with mock.patch("routes.chat.llm_chat",
-                  return_value = FAKE_GENERATE_RESPONSE):
+                  return_value=FAKE_GENERATE_RESPONSE):
     resp = client_with_emulator.post(url, json=FAKE_GENERATE_PARAMS)
 
   json_response = resp.json()
diff --git a/components/llm_service/src/routes/llm_test.py b/components/llm_service/src/routes/llm_test.py
index b931b243..c9cd3ce7 100644
--- a/components/llm_service/src/routes/llm_test.py
+++ b/components/llm_service/src/routes/llm_test.py
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@
 from common.utils.auth_service import validate_token
 from common.testing.firestore_emulator import firestore_emulator, clean_firestore
 
-with mock.patch(
-    "google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
+os.environ["FIRESTORE_EMULATOR_HOST"] = "localhost:8080"
+os.environ["PROJECT_ID"] = "fake-project"
+os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
+os.environ["COHERE_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
+
+with mock.patch("google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
   with mock.patch("langchain.chat_models.ChatOpenAI", new=mock.AsyncMock()):
     with mock.patch("langchain.llms.Cohere", new=mock.AsyncMock()):
       from config import LLM_TYPES
@@ -40,11 +44,6 @@
 LLM_TESTDATA_FILENAME = os.path.join(TESTING_FOLDER_PATH,
                                         "llm_generate.json")
 
-os.environ["FIRESTORE_EMULATOR_HOST"] = "localhost:8080"
-os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"] = "fake-project"
-os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
-os.environ["COHERE_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
-
 with mock.patch(
     "google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
   from routes.llm import router
diff --git a/components/llm_service/src/routes/query_test.py b/components/llm_service/src/routes/query_test.py
index b690c6b5..eca958be 100644
--- a/components/llm_service/src/routes/query_test.py
+++ b/components/llm_service/src/routes/query_test.py
@@ -34,8 +34,13 @@
 from common.utils.auth_service import validate_token
 from common.testing.firestore_emulator import firestore_emulator, clean_firestore
 
-with mock.patch(
-    "google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
+os.environ["FIRESTORE_EMULATOR_HOST"] = "localhost:8080"
+os.environ["PROJECT_ID"] = "fake-project"
+os.environ["GCP_PROJECT"] = "fake-project"
+os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
+os.environ["COHERE_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
+
+with mock.patch("google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
   with mock.patch("langchain.chat_models.ChatOpenAI", new=mock.AsyncMock()):
     with mock.patch("langchain.llms.Cohere", new=mock.AsyncMock()):
       from config import DEFAULT_QUERY_CHAT_MODEL
@@ -43,14 +48,7 @@
 # assigning url
 api_url = f"{API_URL}/query"
 
-os.environ["FIRESTORE_EMULATOR_HOST"] = "localhost:8080"
-os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"] = "fake-project"
-os.environ["GCP_PROJECT"] = "fake-project"
-os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
-os.environ["COHERE_API_KEY"] = "fake-key"
-
-with mock.patch(
-    "google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
+with mock.patch("google.cloud.secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient"):
   with mock.patch("kubernetes.config.load_incluster_config"):
     from routes.query import router
 
@@ -111,18 +109,21 @@ def create_user(client_with_emulator):
   user = User.from_dict(user_dict)
   user.save()
 
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def create_engine(client_with_emulator):
   query_engine_dict = QUERY_ENGINE_EXAMPLE
   q_engine = QueryEngine.from_dict(query_engine_dict)
   q_engine.save()
 
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def create_user_query(client_with_emulator):
   query_dict = USER_QUERY_EXAMPLE
   query = UserQuery.from_dict(query_dict)
   query.save()
 
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def create_query_result(client_with_emulator):
   query_result_dict = QUERY_RESULT_EXAMPLE
@@ -195,8 +196,8 @@ def test_query_generate(create_user, create_engine, create_user_query,
 
 def test_get_query(create_user, create_engine, create_user_query,
                    client_with_emulator):
-  queryid = USER_QUERY_EXAMPLE["id"]
-  url = f"{api_url}/{queryid}"
+  query_id = USER_QUERY_EXAMPLE["id"]
+  url = f"{api_url}/{query_id}"
   resp = client_with_emulator.get(url)
   json_response = resp.json()
 
diff --git a/components/llm_service/src/schemas/schema_examples.py b/components/llm_service/src/schemas/schema_examples.py
index bec69a3a..9ae69c4e 100644
--- a/components/llm_service/src/schemas/schema_examples.py
+++ b/components/llm_service/src/schemas/schema_examples.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   "id": "asd98798as7dhjgkjsdfh",
   "user_id": "fake-user-id",
   "title": "Test query",
-  "llm_type": "VertexAI-Chat",
+#  "llm_type": "VertexAI-Chat",
   "query_engine_id": "asd98798as7dhjgkjsdfh",
   "history": [
     {"HumanQuestion": "test input 1"},
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@
     "first_name": "Test",
     "last_name": "Tester",
     "user_id": "fake-user-id",
-    "auth_id": "fake-user-id",
+#    "auth_id": "fake-user-id",
     "email": "user@gmail.com",
-    "role": "Admin",
+#    "role": "Admin",
     "user_type": "learner",
     "status": "active"
 }
diff --git a/components/llm_service/src/services/agent_service.py b/components/llm_service/src/services/agent_service.py
index 3fbae4cf..9b988395 100644
--- a/components/llm_service/src/services/agent_service.py
+++ b/components/llm_service/src/services/agent_service.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class MediKateAgent:
   MediKate Agent
   """
 
-  llm_type:str = None
+  llm_type: str = None
   """ the LLM Service llm type used to power the agent """
 
   agent: ConversationalAgent = None