diff --git a/src/neuroagent/app/dependencies.py b/src/neuroagent/app/dependencies.py
index 2b694b8..75a619e 100644
--- a/src/neuroagent/app/dependencies.py
+++ b/src/neuroagent/app/dependencies.py
@@ -102,13 +102,10 @@ def get_engine(
             # https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/sql-databases/#create-the-sqlalchemy-engine
             engine_kwargs["connect_args"] = {"check_same_thread": False}
         engine = create_engine(**engine_kwargs)
-        # breakpoint()
     else:
         logger.warning("The SQL db_prefix needs to be set to use the SQL DB.")
-        # breakpoint()#
         return None
     try:
-        # breakpoint()
         engine.connect()
         logger.info(
             "Successfully connected to the SQL database"
@@ -116,7 +113,6 @@ def get_engine(
         )
         return engine
     except SQLAlchemyError:
-        # breakpoint()
         logger.warning(
             "Failed connection to SQL database"
             f" {connection_string if not settings.db.password else connection_string.replace(settings.db.password.get_secret_value(), '*****')}."
diff --git a/tests/app/test_dependencies.py b/tests/app/test_dependencies.py
index 66dc3a0..c4a3909 100644
--- a/tests/app/test_dependencies.py
+++ b/tests/app/test_dependencies.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """Test dependencies."""
 
 import json
-import logging
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import AsyncIterator
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@
     MorphologyFeatureTool,
 )
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
-from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 
@@ -448,28 +446,6 @@ def test_get_engine_no_connection_string(create_engine_mock, monkeypatch):
     assert retval is None
 
 
-@patch("sqlalchemy.engine.create.create_engine")
-def test_get_engine_error(sql_create_engine_mock, monkeypatch):
-    engine_mock = Mock()
-    engine_mock.connect.side_effect = SQLAlchemyError("An error occurred")
-    sql_create_engine_mock.return_value = engine_mock
-
-    monkeypatch.setenv("NEUROAGENT_TOOLS__LITERATURE__URL", "http://localhost")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("NEUROAGENT_KNOWLEDGE_GRAPH__BASE_URL", "http://localhost")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("NEUROAGENT_DB__PREFIX", "prefix")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("NEUROAGENT_KEYCLOAK__USERNAME", "fake_username")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("NEUROAGENT_KEYCLOAK__PASSWORD", "fake_password")
-
-    settings = Settings()
-
-    logging.error(f"settings.db.prefix: {settings.db.prefix}")
-    logging.error(f"NEUROAGENT_DB__PREFIX: {os.getenv('NEUROAGENT_DB__PREFIX')}")
-
-    connection_string = "https://localhost"
-    with pytest.raises(SQLAlchemyError):
-        get_engine(settings=settings, connection_string=connection_string)
-
-
 @patch("sqlalchemy.orm.Session")
 def test_get_session_success(_):
     database_url = "sqlite:///:memory:"