diff --git a/.github/workflows/flow.yml b/.github/workflows/flow.yml
index 70f65df13f..dffa4e0840 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flow.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: run tests
         run: |
-          gotestsum --format testname -- -p 8 ./... -timeout 2400s
+          gotestsum --format testname -- -p 8 ./... -timeout 1200s
         working-directory: ./flow
         env:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
diff --git a/flow/activities/flowable.go b/flow/activities/flowable.go
index 8fe8e4be2b..1c71c26b21 100644
--- a/flow/activities/flowable.go
+++ b/flow/activities/flowable.go
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ func (a *FlowableActivity) CreateNormalizedTable(
 	return setupNormalizedTablesOutput, nil
 }
 
-// StartFlow implements StartFlow.
 func (a *FlowableActivity) StartFlow(ctx context.Context,
 	input *protos.StartFlowInput,
 ) (*model.SyncResponse, error) {
diff --git a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
index 2749566ced..b8831be301 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
@@ -500,16 +500,15 @@ func (r StagingBQRecord) Save() (map[string]bigquery.Value, string, error) {
 }
 
 // SyncRecords pushes records to the destination.
-// currently only supports inserts,updates and deletes
-// more record types will be added in the future.
+// Currently only supports inserts, updates, and deletes.
+// More record types will be added in the future.
 func (c *BigQueryConnector) SyncRecords(req *model.SyncRecordsRequest) (*model.SyncResponse, error) {
 	rawTableName := c.getRawTableName(req.FlowJobName)
 
 	c.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("pushing records to %s.%s...", c.datasetID, rawTableName))
 
-	// generate a sequential number for the last synced batch
-	// this sequence will be used to keep track of records that are normalized
-	// in the NormalizeFlowWorkflow
+	// generate a sequential number for last synced batch this sequence will be
+	// used to keep track of records that are normalized in NormalizeFlowWorkflow
 	syncBatchID, err := c.GetLastSyncBatchID(req.FlowJobName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get batch for the current mirror: %v", err)
diff --git a/flow/e2e/congen.go b/flow/e2e/congen.go
index e881dd5ead..df1ff17c13 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/congen.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/congen.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func SetupPostgres(suffix string) (*pgxpool.Pool, error) {
 		$$ language sql;
 		CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION random_bytea(bytea_length integer)
 		RETURNS bytea AS $body$
-			SELECT decode(string_agg(lpad(to_hex(width_bucket(random(), 0, 1, 256)-1),2,'0') ,''), 'hex')
+			SELECT decode(string_agg(lpad(to_hex(width_bucket(random(), 0, 1, 256)-1),2,'0'), ''), 'hex')
 			FROM generate_series(1, $1);
 		$body$
 		LANGUAGE 'sql'
diff --git a/flow/workflows/normalize_flow.go b/flow/workflows/normalize_flow.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af14e11b8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flow/workflows/normalize_flow.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package peerflow
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/generated/protos"
+	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/model"
+	"go.temporal.io/sdk/log"
+	"go.temporal.io/sdk/workflow"
+)
+
+type NormalizeFlowState struct {
+	CDCFlowName string
+	Progress    []string
+}
+
+type NormalizeFlowExecution struct {
+	NormalizeFlowState
+	executionID string
+	logger      log.Logger
+}
+
+func NewNormalizeFlowExecution(ctx workflow.Context, state *NormalizeFlowState) *NormalizeFlowExecution {
+	return &NormalizeFlowExecution{
+		NormalizeFlowState: *state,
+		executionID:        workflow.GetInfo(ctx).WorkflowExecution.ID,
+		logger:             workflow.GetLogger(ctx),
+	}
+}
+
+func NormalizeFlowWorkflow(ctx workflow.Context,
+	config *protos.FlowConnectionConfigs,
+) (*model.NormalizeResponse, error) {
+	s := NewNormalizeFlowExecution(ctx, &NormalizeFlowState{
+		CDCFlowName: config.FlowJobName,
+		Progress:    []string{},
+	})
+
+	return s.executeNormalizeFlow(ctx, config)
+}
+
+func (s *NormalizeFlowExecution) executeNormalizeFlow(
+	ctx workflow.Context,
+	config *protos.FlowConnectionConfigs,
+) (*model.NormalizeResponse, error) {
+	s.logger.Info("executing normalize flow - ", s.CDCFlowName)
+
+	normalizeFlowCtx := workflow.WithActivityOptions(ctx, workflow.ActivityOptions{
+		StartToCloseTimeout: 7 * 24 * time.Hour,
+		HeartbeatTimeout:    5 * time.Minute,
+	})
+
+	// execute StartFlow on the peers to start the flow
+	startNormalizeInput := &protos.StartNormalizeInput{
+		FlowConnectionConfigs: config,
+	}
+	fStartNormalize := workflow.ExecuteActivity(normalizeFlowCtx, flowable.StartNormalize, startNormalizeInput)
+
+	var normalizeResponse *model.NormalizeResponse
+	if err := fStartNormalize.Get(normalizeFlowCtx, &normalizeResponse); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to flow: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return normalizeResponse, nil
+}
diff --git a/flow/workflows/sync_flow.go b/flow/workflows/sync_flow.go
index 0b207bc65f..3ee45aecf9 100644
--- a/flow/workflows/sync_flow.go
+++ b/flow/workflows/sync_flow.go
@@ -21,17 +21,6 @@ type SyncFlowExecution struct {
 	logger      log.Logger
 }
 
-type NormalizeFlowState struct {
-	CDCFlowName string
-	Progress    []string
-}
-
-type NormalizeFlowExecution struct {
-	NormalizeFlowState
-	executionID string
-	logger      log.Logger
-}
-
 // NewSyncFlowExecution creates a new instance of SyncFlowExecution.
 func NewSyncFlowExecution(ctx workflow.Context, state *SyncFlowState) *SyncFlowExecution {
 	return &SyncFlowExecution{
@@ -41,14 +30,6 @@ func NewSyncFlowExecution(ctx workflow.Context, state *SyncFlowState) *SyncFlowE
 	}
 }
 
-func NewNormalizeFlowExecution(ctx workflow.Context, state *NormalizeFlowState) *NormalizeFlowExecution {
-	return &NormalizeFlowExecution{
-		NormalizeFlowState: *state,
-		executionID:        workflow.GetInfo(ctx).WorkflowExecution.ID,
-		logger:             workflow.GetLogger(ctx),
-	}
-}
-
 // executeSyncFlow executes the sync flow.
 func (s *SyncFlowExecution) executeSyncFlow(
 	ctx workflow.Context,
@@ -131,39 +112,3 @@ func SyncFlowWorkflow(ctx workflow.Context,
 
 	return s.executeSyncFlow(ctx, config, options, options.RelationMessageMapping)
 }
-
-func NormalizeFlowWorkflow(ctx workflow.Context,
-	config *protos.FlowConnectionConfigs,
-) (*model.NormalizeResponse, error) {
-	s := NewNormalizeFlowExecution(ctx, &NormalizeFlowState{
-		CDCFlowName: config.FlowJobName,
-		Progress:    []string{},
-	})
-
-	return s.executeNormalizeFlow(ctx, config)
-}
-
-func (s *NormalizeFlowExecution) executeNormalizeFlow(
-	ctx workflow.Context,
-	config *protos.FlowConnectionConfigs,
-) (*model.NormalizeResponse, error) {
-	s.logger.Info("executing normalize flow - ", s.CDCFlowName)
-
-	normalizeFlowCtx := workflow.WithActivityOptions(ctx, workflow.ActivityOptions{
-		StartToCloseTimeout: 7 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		HeartbeatTimeout:    5 * time.Minute,
-	})
-
-	// execute StartFlow on the peers to start the flow
-	startNormalizeInput := &protos.StartNormalizeInput{
-		FlowConnectionConfigs: config,
-	}
-	fStartNormalize := workflow.ExecuteActivity(normalizeFlowCtx, flowable.StartNormalize, startNormalizeInput)
-
-	var normalizeResponse *model.NormalizeResponse
-	if err := fStartNormalize.Get(normalizeFlowCtx, &normalizeResponse); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to flow: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return normalizeResponse, nil
-}