diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
index ed9650cc..7b76990a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ci
       AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ci
-      SKIP_WEAVIATE_SETUP: 'True' 
+      SKIP_LLM_REQUEST: 'True' 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e2d9e6a4..4864e7ab 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ test-node: deps-node
 deps-python:
 	cd chat/src && pip install -r requirements.txt && pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 cover-python: deps-python
-	cd chat && export SKIP_WEAVIATE_SETUP=True && coverage run --source=src -m unittest -v && coverage report --skip-empty
+	cd chat && export SKIP_LLM_REQUEST=True && coverage run --source=src -m unittest -v && coverage report --skip-empty
 cover-html-python: deps-python
-	cd chat && export SKIP_WEAVIATE_SETUP=True && coverage run --source=src -m unittest -v && coverage html --skip-empty
+	cd chat && export SKIP_LLM_REQUEST=True && coverage run --source=src -m unittest -v && coverage html --skip-empty
 style-python: deps-python
 	cd chat && ruff check . 
 style-python-fix: deps-python
 	cd chat && ruff check --fix . 
 test-python: deps-python
-	cd chat && SKIP_WEAVIATE_SETUP=True PYTHONPATH=src:test python -m unittest discover -v
+	cd chat && SKIP_LLM_REQUEST=True PYTHONPATH=src:test python -m unittest discover -v
 python-version:
 	cd chat && python --version
 build: .aws-sam/build.toml
diff --git a/chat/src/handlers/chat.py b/chat/src/handlers/chat.py
index d2d3bd3f..443a4f29 100644
--- a/chat/src/handlers/chat.py
+++ b/chat/src/handlers/chat.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 RESPONSE_TYPES = {
     "base": ["answer", "ref"],
-    "debug": ["answer", "attributes", "azure_endpoint", "deployment_name", "is_dev_team", "is_superuser", "k", "openai_api_version", "prompt", "question", "ref", "temperature", "text_key", "token_counts"],
+    "debug": ["answer", "attributes", "azure_endpoint", "deployment_name", "is_superuser", "k", "openai_api_version", "prompt", "question", "ref", "temperature", "text_key", "token_counts"],
     "log": ["answer", "deployment_name", "is_superuser", "k", "openai_api_version", "prompt", "question", "ref", "size", "source_documents", "temperature", "token_counts", "is_dev_team"],
     "error": ["question", "error", "source_documents"]
 }
@@ -31,20 +31,20 @@ def handler(event, context):
         return {"statusCode": 400, "body": "Question cannot be blank"}
     
     debug_message = config.debug_message()
-    print(f"Debug mode: {config.debug_mode}")
     if config.debug_mode:
         config.socket.send(debug_message)
 
-    if not os.getenv("SKIP_WEAVIATE_SETUP"):
+    if not os.getenv("SKIP_LLM_REQUEST"):
         config.setup_llm_request()
-        response = Response(config)
-        final_response = response.prepare_response()
-        if "error" in final_response:
-            logging.error(f'Error: {final_response["error"]}')
-            config.socket.send({"type": "error", "message": "Internal Server Error"})
-            return {"statusCode": 500, "body": "Internal Server Error"}
-        else:
-            config.socket.send(reshape_response(final_response, 'debug' if config.debug_mode else 'base'))
+
+    response = Response(config)
+    final_response = response.prepare_response()
+    if "error" in final_response:
+        logging.error(f'Error: {final_response["error"]}')
+        config.socket.send({"type": "error", "message": "Internal Server Error"})
+        return {"statusCode": 500, "body": "Internal Server Error"}
+    else:
+        config.socket.send(reshape_response(final_response, 'debug' if config.debug_mode else 'base'))
 
     log_group = os.getenv('METRICS_LOG_GROUP')
     log_stream = context.log_stream_name
diff --git a/chat/src/handlers/chat_sync.py b/chat/src/handlers/chat_sync.py
index 98c512ce..dd3d88cf 100644
--- a/chat/src/handlers/chat_sync.py
+++ b/chat/src/handlers/chat_sync.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def handler(event, context):
     if config.question is None or config.question == "":
         return {"statusCode": 400, "body": "Question cannot be blank"}
     
-    if not os.getenv("SKIP_WEAVIATE_SETUP"):
+    if not os.getenv("SKIP_LLM_REQUEST"):
         config.setup_llm_request()
         response = HTTPResponse(config)
         final_response = response.prepare_response()
diff --git a/chat/src/helpers/apitoken.py b/chat/src/helpers/apitoken.py
index 0cd03e29..7656fd19 100644
--- a/chat/src/helpers/apitoken.py
+++ b/chat/src/helpers/apitoken.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def __init__(self, signed_token=None):
             try:
                 secret = os.getenv("API_TOKEN_SECRET")
                 self.token = jwt.decode(signed_token, secret, algorithms=["HS256"])
+                print(self.token)
             except Exception:
                 self.token = ApiToken.empty_token()
 
diff --git a/chat/test/handlers/test_chat.py b/chat/test/handlers/test_chat.py
index 532c1bc4..a2cd93e8 100644
--- a/chat/test/handlers/test_chat.py
+++ b/chat/test/handlers/test_chat.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from unittest.mock import patch
 from handlers.chat import handler
 from helpers.apitoken import ApiToken
+from helpers.response import Response
 from websocket import Websocket
 from event_config import EventConfig
 
@@ -25,12 +26,36 @@ class MockContext:
    def __init__(self):
       self.log_stream_name = 'test'
 
+# TODO: Find a way to build a better mock response (maybe using helpers.metrics.debug_response)
+def mock_response(**kwargs):
+  result = {
+    'answer': 'Answer.',
+    'attributes': ['accession_number', 'alternate_title', 'api_link', 'canonical_link', 'caption', 'collection', 'contributor', 'date_created', 'date_created_edtf', 'description', 'genre', 'id', 'identifier', 'keywords', 'language', 'notes', 'physical_description_material', 'physical_description_size', 'provenance', 'publisher', 'rights_statement', 'subject', 'table_of_contents', 'thumbnail', 'title', 'visibility', 'work_type'],
+    'azure_endpoint': 'https://nul-ai-east.openai.azure.com/',
+    'deployment_name': 'gpt-4o',
+    'is_dev_team': False,
+    'is_superuser': False,
+    'k': 10,
+    'openai_api_version': '2024-02-01',
+    'prompt': "Prompt",
+    'question': 'Question?',
+    'ref': 'ref123',
+    'size': 20,
+    'source_documents': [], 
+    'temperature': 0.2, 
+    'text_key': 'id', 
+    'token_counts': {'question': 19, 'answer': 348, 'prompt': 329, 'source_documents': 10428,'total': 11124}
+  }
+  result.update(kwargs)
+  return result
+
 @mock.patch.dict(
     os.environ,
     {
         "AZURE_OPENAI_RESOURCE_NAME": "test",
     },
 )
+@mock.patch.object(Response, "prepare_response", lambda _: mock_response())
 class TestHandler(TestCase):
     def test_handler_unauthorized(self):        
         event = {"socket": Websocket(client=MockClient(), endpoint_url="test", connection_id="test", ref="test")}
@@ -45,7 +70,7 @@ def test_handler_success(self, mock_is_logged_in):
     @patch.object(ApiToken, 'is_logged_in')
     @patch.object(ApiToken, 'is_superuser')
     @patch.object(EventConfig, '_is_debug_mode_enabled')
-    def test_handler_debug_mode(self, mock_is_debug_enabled, mock_is_logged_in, mock_is_superuser):
+    def test_handler_debug_mode(self, mock_is_debug_enabled, mock_is_superuser, mock_is_logged_in):
       mock_is_debug_enabled.return_value = True
       mock_is_logged_in.return_value = True
       mock_is_superuser.return_value = True
@@ -54,21 +79,23 @@ def test_handler_debug_mode(self, mock_is_debug_enabled, mock_is_logged_in, mock
       event = {"socket": mock_websocket, "debug": True, "body": '{"question": "Question?"}' }
       handler(event, MockContext())
       response = json.loads(mock_client.received_data)
-      self.assertEqual(response["type"], "debug")
+      expected_keys = {"attributes", "azure_endpoint", "deployment_name"}
+      received_keys = response.keys()
+      self.assertTrue(expected_keys.issubset(received_keys))
       
     @patch.object(ApiToken, 'is_logged_in')
     @patch.object(ApiToken, 'is_superuser')
-    @patch.object(EventConfig, '_is_debug_mode_enabled')
-    def test_handler_debug_mode_for_superusers_only(self, mock_is_debug_enabled, mock_is_logged_in, mock_is_superuser):
-      mock_is_debug_enabled.return_value = True
+    def test_handler_debug_mode_for_superusers_only(self, mock_is_superuser, mock_is_logged_in):
       mock_is_logged_in.return_value = True
       mock_is_superuser.return_value = False
       mock_client = MockClient()
       mock_websocket = Websocket(client=mock_client, endpoint_url="test", connection_id="test", ref="test")
-      event = {"socket": mock_websocket, "debug": True, "body": '{"question": "Question?"}' }
+      event = {"socket": mock_websocket, "body": '{"question": "Question?", "debug": "true"}'}
       handler(event, MockContext())
       response = json.loads(mock_client.received_data)
-      self.assertEqual(response["type"], "error")
+      expected_keys = {"answer", "ref"}
+      received_keys = set(response.keys())
+      self.assertSetEqual(received_keys, expected_keys)
 
     @patch.object(ApiToken, 'is_logged_in')
     def test_handler_question_missing(self, mock_is_logged_in):
diff --git a/node/src/api/api-token.js b/node/src/api/api-token.js
index 1edb3385..8254ae87 100644
--- a/node/src/api/api-token.js
+++ b/node/src/api/api-token.js
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-const { apiTokenSecret, dcApiEndpoint, devTeamNetIds } = require("../environment");
+const {
+  apiTokenSecret,
+  dcApiEndpoint,
+  devTeamNetIds,
+} = require("../environment");
 const jwt = require("jsonwebtoken");
 
 function emptyToken() {