diff --git a/utils/get_manifest_conn.py b/utils/get_manifest_conn.py
index e348345..10c5fe9 100644
--- a/utils/get_manifest_conn.py
+++ b/utils/get_manifest_conn.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import json
-from swiftclient import ClientException
 import pickle
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
@@ -11,8 +10,6 @@
 # Load .env file
 load_dotenv()
 container_name = os.getenv("CONTAINER_NAME")
-# Connect to Swift
-conn = get_swift_connection()
 
 #config logger
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO,handlers=[logging.StreamHandler()])
@@ -21,18 +18,15 @@
 
 async def get_manifest_conn(slug:str,request: Request):
     """
-    #Retrieve file content from the specified Swift container by filename, and format JSON data.
-    
-
-    # Access swift_session, swift_token, and swift_storage_url,redis from app state
+    Retrieve file content from the specified Swift container by filename, and format JSON data.
+    """
+    #Access swift_session, swift_token, and swift_storage_url,redis from app state
     swift_session = request.app.state.swift_session
     swift_token = request.app.state.swift_token
     swift_storage_url = request.app.state.swift_storage_url
     
     if not swift_token or not swift_storage_url:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=401, detail="Authentication is not complete or failed.")
-    """
-   
     try:
         #Access Swift and Redis objects from the app's state
         redis = request.app.state.redis
@@ -41,12 +35,6 @@ async def get_manifest_conn(slug:str,request: Request):
         #Check Redis cache
         if (cached_profile := await redis.get(f"manifest_{slug}")) is not None:
             return pickle.loads(cached_profile)
-  
-        #Fetch from Swift storage
-        _,manifest = conn.get_object(container_name, manifest_name)
-        manifest_data = json.loads(manifest)
-
-        """
         file_url = f"{swift_storage_url}/{container_name}/{manifest_name}"
         headers = {
             "X-Auth-Token": swift_token
@@ -62,7 +50,6 @@ async def get_manifest_conn(slug:str,request: Request):
                     # If not valid JSON, raise an error
                     logger.error("Retrieved content is not valid JSON format.")
                     raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="The file content is not valid JSON format.")
-        """
         # Cache the manifest in Redis 
         logger.info(f"Caching manifest_{slug} in Redis.")
         await redis.set(f"manifest_{slug}", pickle.dumps(manifest_data))
diff --git a/utils/upload_manifest.py b/utils/upload_manifest.py
index 4171bd2..256d61f 100644
--- a/utils/upload_manifest.py
+++ b/utils/upload_manifest.py
@@ -1,25 +1,19 @@
 import os
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
-from fastapi import Request, UploadFile, HTTPException,File
+from fastapi import Request, UploadFile, HTTPException
 from utils.validator import Validator
 import json
 from utils import back_task
-from swiftclient.exceptions import ClientException
 from redis.asyncio import Redis
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 import logging
-from swift_config.swift_config import get_swift_connection
-import io
-from urllib.parse import urlparse,urlunparse
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import botocore
 
 # Load .env file
 load_dotenv()
 container_name = os.getenv("CONTAINER_NAME")
-# Connect to Swift
-conn = get_swift_connection()
-
 #config logger
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO,handlers=[logging.StreamHandler()])
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -117,7 +111,7 @@ async def upload_manifest_backend(
             for canvas_item in canvas_content:
                 
                 canvas_id = "/".join(canvas_item['id'].split("/")[-2:])
-                canvas_name = f'{slug}/{canvas_id}/canvas.json'
+                #canvas_name = f'{slug}/{canvas_id}/canvas.json'
                 canvas_parsed_url = urlparse(canvas_item['id'])
                 target_parsed_url = urlparse(canvas_item['items'][0]['items'][0]['target'])
                 annotation_page_parsed_url = urlparse(canvas_item['items'][0]['id'])
@@ -131,32 +125,10 @@ async def upload_manifest_backend(
                 canvas_item['items'][0]['id'] = annotation_page_id
                 canvas_item['items'][0]['items'][0]['id'] = annotation_id
                 new_manifest_items.append(canvas_item)
-                updated_canvas_content = json.dumps(canvas_item)
-                """
-                #upload canvas to swift
-                conn.put_object(
-                        container_name,
-                        canvas_name,
-                        contents=updated_canvas_content,
-                        content_type='application/json'
-                    )  
-        
-                """
+                #updated_canvas_content = json.dumps(canvas_item)
             # Upload manifest to Swift
             manifest['items'] = new_manifest_items
             updated_manifest = json.dumps(manifest)
-           
-            """
-            conn.put_object(
-                container_name,
-                manifest_name,
-                contents=updated_manifest,
-                content_type='application/json'
-            )
-            
-    
-
-            """
             upload_url = f"{swift_storage_url}/{container_name}/{manifest_name}"
             headers = {
             "X-Auth-Token": swift_token,