diff --git a/course_discovery/apps/api/v1/views/search.py b/course_discovery/apps/api/v1/views/search.py
index f70de77ef3c..d03fa9cd3c0 100644
--- a/course_discovery/apps/api/v1/views/search.py
+++ b/course_discovery/apps/api/v1/views/search.py
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 from course_discovery.apps.course_metadata.choices import ProgramStatus
 from course_discovery.apps.course_metadata.models import Person
 
-from course_discovery.apps.course_metadata.models import *
-
 from course_discovery.apps.course_metadata.search_indexes import documents as search_documents
 from course_discovery.apps.course_metadata.search_indexes import serializers as search_indexes_serializers
 from course_discovery.apps.course_metadata.search_indexes.constants import LEARNER_PATHWAY_FEATURE_PARAM
@@ -378,6 +376,9 @@ def get(self, request, *_args, **_kwargs):
               type: List of string
         """
         query = request.query_params.get('q')
+        import pdb
+        pdb.set_trace()
+
         if not query:
             raise ValidationError("The 'q' querystring parameter is required for searching.")
         words = query.split()