diff --git a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/out/socket/SocketManager.java b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/out/socket/SocketManager.java
index 0d923738..2444deab 100644
--- a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/out/socket/SocketManager.java	
+++ b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/out/socket/SocketManager.java	
@@ -84,14 +84,13 @@ public void run() {
 					
 					// execute valid response to engine
 					Response response = producer.send(tag, sub_tag, data);
-					out.writeUTF(new JSONObject()
-							.put("response", "200")
-							.put("code", response.code())
-							.put("message", response.message())
-							.put("data", response.data())
-							.toString());
-					out.flush();
-					System.out.println("<<<responded>>>");
+//					out.writeUTF(new JSONObject()
+//							.put("response", "200")
+//							.put("code", response.code())
+//							.put("message", response.message())
+//							.put("data", response.data())
+//							.toString());
+//					out.flush();
 					
 				} catch(Exception e) {
 					break;
diff --git a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/properties/Config.java b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/properties/Config.java
index 0879bcde..0ddad2b8 100644
--- a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/properties/Config.java	
+++ b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/properties/Config.java	
@@ -8,24 +8,6 @@ public class Config {
 	private static final HashMap<String, Properties> properties;
 	
 static {
-//	properties = new HashMap<String, Properties>();
-//	
-//	String[] files = new File("src/main/resources/config").list();
-//	
-//	for(String file : files) {
-//		if(file.lastIndexOf(".properties") == file.length() - 11) {
-//			String name = file.substring(0, file.length() - 11);
-//			properties.put(name, new Properties());
-//			
-//			try (FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream("src/main/resources/config/" + file)) {
-//				properties.get(name).load(in);
-//			} catch(Exception e) {
-//				e.printStackTrace();
-//				System.exit(1);
-//			}
-//		}
-//	}
-	
 	properties = new HashMap<String, Properties>();
 	
 	Properties app_properties = new Properties();
diff --git a/DeFi-Data-Engine/Rest Application/src/main/java/org/properties/Config.java b/DeFi-Data-Engine/Rest Application/src/main/java/org/properties/Config.java
index c6210aef..91ec6a33 100644
--- a/DeFi-Data-Engine/Rest Application/src/main/java/org/properties/Config.java	
+++ b/DeFi-Data-Engine/Rest Application/src/main/java/org/properties/Config.java	
@@ -8,24 +8,6 @@ public class Config {
 	private static final HashMap<String, Properties> properties;
 	
 static {
-//	properties = new HashMap<String, Properties>();
-//	
-//	String[] files = new File("config").list();
-//	
-//	for(String file : files) {
-//		if(file.lastIndexOf(".properties") == file.length() - 11) {
-//			String name = file.substring(0, file.length() - 11);
-//			properties.put(name, new Properties());
-//			
-//			try (FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream("config/" + file)) {
-//				properties.get(name).load(in);
-//			} catch(Exception e) {
-//				e.printStackTrace();
-//				System.exit(1);
-//			}
-//		}
-//	}
-	
 	properties = new HashMap<String, Properties>();
 	
 	Properties app_properties = new Properties();
diff --git a/DeFi-Data-Engine/Testing Environment/src/test/connection/socket/LocalTest.java b/DeFi-Data-Engine/Testing Environment/src/test/connection/socket/LocalTest.java
index 6d7c931f..8b1558eb 100644
--- a/DeFi-Data-Engine/Testing Environment/src/test/connection/socket/LocalTest.java	
+++ b/DeFi-Data-Engine/Testing Environment/src/test/connection/socket/LocalTest.java	
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package test.connection.socket;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -16,7 +15,8 @@
 
 public class LocalTest {
 	
-	private static final String host = "localhost";
+	//private static final String host = "localhost";
+	private static final String host = "defi-de.idea.rpi.edu";
 	
 	public static void main(String[] args) throws UnknownHostException, IOException {
 		final Socket socket = SocketFactory.getDefault().createSocket(host, 61200);
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws UnknownHostException, IOException
 				+ "destination&&&%s&&&"
 				+ "key&&&%s&&&"
 				+ "start_date&&&2022-08-01&&&"
-				+ "end_date&&&2022-08-02&&&"
+				+ "end_date&&&2022-09-01&&&"
 				+ "query&&&aave-protocol-dated&&&"
 				+ "request&&&aave-protocol-dated\n",
 				destination,
 				key));
 		
 		while(true) {
-			System.out.print(readLine(in));
+			System.out.println(readLine(in));
 		}
 		
 //		String rqst_protocol_dated = String.format("http://%s:8080/defi/v1/rest/request_dated?"
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws UnknownHostException, IOException
 	}
 	
 	public static String request(String str) throws IOException {
+		System.out.println(str);
 		URL obj = new URL(str);
 		HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
 		con.setRequestMethod("GET");
@@ -105,8 +106,9 @@ public static String request(String str) throws IOException {
 	public static final String readLine(BufferedReader in) throws IOException {
 		StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
 		char c = 0;
-		while((c = (char)in.read()) != 10)
+		while((c = (char)in.read()) != 10) {
 			out.append(c);
+		}
 		
 		return out.toString();
 	}