diff --git a/apiserver/__init__.py b/apiserver/__init__.py
index 3fe300e2854a164124076a4d87784a1e83530387..7b99bd15ff5029325444340c734d74d436c96e3e 100644
--- a/apiserver/__init__.py
+++ b/apiserver/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from .main import app, settings
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+from .main import app, settings
diff --git a/apiserver/config/__init__.py b/apiserver/config/__init__.py
index c7398456bb22e02a7a075df1afc2d0d908e94b15..4ba9ca0fd91ba67ea5a22e34113f6fa4c154fe34 100644
--- a/apiserver/config/__init__.py
+++ b/apiserver/config/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from .settings import ApiserverSettings
\ No newline at end of file
+from .settings import ApiserverSettings
diff --git a/apiserver/main.py b/apiserver/main.py
index 8fa5d418aca69a2a19efe33cc4834a7d4d1d1e4d..ff7e1e460bcaba3d29908cceece69a09d95e1e1d 100644
--- a/apiserver/main.py
+++ b/apiserver/main.py
@@ -48,11 +48,9 @@ settings = ApiserverSettings(_env_file=dotenv_file_path)
 
 if settings.encryption_key is not None and settings.encryption_key:
     log.debug("Using encrypted secrets backend.")
-    try:
-        adapter = EncryptedJsonFileStorageAdapter(settings)
-    except:
-        log.error("Using encrypetd secrets backend failed. Fallback to unencrypted.")
-        adapter = JsonFileStorageAdapter(settings)
+    # let the error break the server (clearly an encrypted backed is requested, 
+    # fallback to non encrypted is not good)
+    adapter = EncryptedJsonFileStorageAdapter(settings)
 else:
     adapter = JsonFileStorageAdapter(settings)
 
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ def my_auth(form_data: OAuth2PasswordRequestForm = Depends()):
 def secrets_required(func):
     @wraps(func)
     async def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-        print(f"And kwargs {kwargs}")
         user = kwargs.get('user', None)
         if user is None or not user.has_secrets_access:
             raise HTTPException(403)
diff --git a/apiserver/security/user.py b/apiserver/security/user.py
index af7e4c71a9aede64352d90038ccdb09dd82b6e7b..bb6d5d7d38b7001c8254c3e9b660f4a8752106ed 100644
--- a/apiserver/security/user.py
+++ b/apiserver/security/user.py
@@ -47,19 +47,19 @@ class Secret(BaseModel):
 
 class AbstractDBInterface(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta): # pragma: no cover
     @abc.abstractclassmethod
-    def list(self) -> List:
+    def list(cls) -> List:
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     @abc.abstractclassmethod
-    def get(self, username: str):
+    def get(cls, username: str):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     @abc.abstractclassmethod
-    def add(self, user: UserInDB):
+    def add(cls, user: UserInDB):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     @abc.abstractclassmethod
-    def delete(self, username: str):
+    def delete(cls, username: str):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
 
diff --git a/apiserver/storage/EncryptedJsonFileStorageAdapter.py b/apiserver/storage/EncryptedJsonFileStorageAdapter.py
index f580c32842571a4caf3df6b9cabbfeef90b8fc5b..95995a86b04c38b351a8ce7a4ffcd7bbb48ddae8 100644
--- a/apiserver/storage/EncryptedJsonFileStorageAdapter.py
+++ b/apiserver/storage/EncryptedJsonFileStorageAdapter.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-from fastapi.exceptions import HTTPException
-from .JsonFileStorageAdapter import JsonFileStorageAdapter, LocationDataType
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
 
 from apiserver.config.settings import ApiserverSettings
+from .JsonFileStorageAdapter import JsonFileStorageAdapter, LocationDataType
 
 class EncryptedJsonFileStorageAdapter(JsonFileStorageAdapter):
 
@@ -13,12 +12,12 @@ class EncryptedJsonFileStorageAdapter(JsonFileStorageAdapter):
     def decrypt(self, string: str):
         f = Fernet(self.encryption_key)
         return f.decrypt(string.encode()).decode("utf-8")
-    
+
     def __init__(self, settings: ApiserverSettings) -> None:
         self.encryption_key = settings.encryption_key
         super().__init__(settings)
-    
-    
+
+
     def get_secret_values(self, n_type: LocationDataType, oid:str, usr: str):
         """ get all available secrets (key + value) for this object"""
         encrypted_dict = super().get_secret_values(n_type, oid, usr)
@@ -38,4 +37,4 @@ class EncryptedJsonFileStorageAdapter(JsonFileStorageAdapter):
 
     def delete_secret(self, n_type: LocationDataType, oid:str, key: str, usr: str):
         """ delete and return the value of the requested secret for the given object"""
-        return self.decrypt(super().delete_secret(n_type, oid, key, usr))
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+        return self.decrypt(super().delete_secret(n_type, oid, key, usr))
diff --git a/apiserver/storage/JsonFileStorageAdapter.py b/apiserver/storage/JsonFileStorageAdapter.py
index 537e3f0f4f205d72b6c38fed09734c68842d5e5f..f4569ac73fccf681a787dad9d135aded1dbe3664 100644
--- a/apiserver/storage/JsonFileStorageAdapter.py
+++ b/apiserver/storage/JsonFileStorageAdapter.py
@@ -29,17 +29,6 @@ def get_unique_id(path: str) -> str:
     return oid
 
 
-def verify_oid(oid: str, version=4):
-    """ Ensure thatthe oid is formatted as a valid oid (i.e. UUID v4).
-    If it isn't, the corresponding request could theoretically be
-    an attempted path traversal attack (or a regular typo).
-    """
-    try:
-        uuid_obj = uuid.UUID(oid, version=version)
-        return str(uuid_obj) == oid
-    except:
-        return False
-
 class JsonFileStorageAdapter(AbstractLocationDataStorageAdapter):
     """ This stores LocationData via the StoredData Object as json files
 
@@ -85,12 +74,12 @@ class JsonFileStorageAdapter(AbstractLocationDataStorageAdapter):
     def __load_secrets(self, path: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
         if not os.path.isfile(path):
             return {}
-        with open(path, "r") as file:
-            return json.load(file)
+        with open(path, "r") as f:
+            return json.load(f)
 
     def __store_secrets(self, path: str, secrets: Dict[str, str]):
-        with open(path, "w") as file:
-            json.dump(secrets, file)
+        with open(path, "w") as f:
+            json.dump(secrets, f)
 
     def get_list(self, n_type: LocationDataType) -> List:
         local_path = self.__setup_path(n_type.value)
@@ -137,10 +126,10 @@ class JsonFileStorageAdapter(AbstractLocationDataStorageAdapter):
         secrets_path = self.__get_secrets_path(n_type.value, oid)
         log.debug("Deleted object %s/%s by user '%s'.", n_type, oid, usr)
         os.remove(full_path)
-        if (os.path.isfile(secrets_path)):
+        if os.path.isfile(secrets_path):
             log.debug("Deleted secrets from object %s/%s by user '%s", n_type, oid, usr)
             os.remove(secrets_path)
-            
+
     def list_secrets(self, n_type: LocationDataType, oid:str, usr: str):
         """ list all available secrets for this object"""
         secrets_path = self.__get_secrets_path(value=n_type.value, oid=oid)
@@ -157,14 +146,14 @@ class JsonFileStorageAdapter(AbstractLocationDataStorageAdapter):
         secrets_path = self.__get_secrets_path(value=n_type.value, oid=oid)
         secrets = self.__load_secrets(secrets_path)
         secrets[key] = value
-        # TODO log
+        log.debug('User %s is updating secretes for %s', usr, oid)
         self.__store_secrets(secrets_path, secrets)
 
     def get_secret(self, n_type: LocationDataType, oid:str, key: str, usr: str):
         """ return the value of the requested secret for the given object"""
         secrets_path = self.__get_secrets_path(value=n_type.value, oid=oid)
         secrets = self.__load_secrets(secrets_path)
-        # TODO log
+        log.debug('User %s is retrieving secrets for %s', usr, oid)
         try:
             return secrets[key]
         except KeyError:
@@ -177,6 +166,6 @@ class JsonFileStorageAdapter(AbstractLocationDataStorageAdapter):
         val = secrets.pop(key, None)
         if not val:
             raise HTTPException(404, f"Secret with key {key} does not exist for the object {n_type.value}/{oid}")
-        # TODO log
+        log.debug('User %s delete secret for %s', usr, oid)
         self.__store_secrets(secrets_path, secrets)
-        return val 
+        return val
diff --git a/apiserver/storage/__init__.py b/apiserver/storage/__init__.py
index d14af4fbc9c5248d46f91925e463dfa793f5a9d0..5b7553ed48807cfba498f6a30d5d36f23acd524c 100644
--- a/apiserver/storage/__init__.py
+++ b/apiserver/storage/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from .JsonFileStorageAdapter import JsonFileStorageAdapter, verify_oid
+from .JsonFileStorageAdapter import JsonFileStorageAdapter
 
 from .LocationStorage import LocationDataType, LocationData, AbstractLocationDataStorageAdapter
 
diff --git a/tests/storage_tests/test_jsonbackend.py b/tests/storage_tests/test_jsonbackend.py
index 84ce9e48020fbfa2c5adb7aaca233523855228a0..8b8352d958aa3d6297caf64117abaec783d31ecc 100644
--- a/tests/storage_tests/test_jsonbackend.py
+++ b/tests/storage_tests/test_jsonbackend.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
 
-from apiserver.storage.JsonFileStorageAdapter import JsonFileStorageAdapter, StoredData, verify_oid, get_unique_id
+from apiserver.storage.JsonFileStorageAdapter import JsonFileStorageAdapter, StoredData, get_unique_id
 from apiserver.storage import LocationDataType, LocationData
 from collections import namedtuple
 import os
@@ -102,13 +102,6 @@ class SomeTests(unittest.TestCase):
         print(details)
         self.assertIsNone(details)
 
-    def test_oid_veirfication(self):
-        oid = get_unique_id(path='/tmp/')
-        self.assertTrue(verify_oid(oid=oid))
-        self.assertTrue(verify_oid(oid=oid.replace('5', '7')))
-        self.assertFalse(verify_oid(oid='random strawberry'))
-        self.assertFalse(verify_oid(oid=None))
-        self.assertFalse(verify_oid(oid=1))
 
     def test_secrets_list_empty(self):
         self.secret_oid = self.store.add_new(self.secret_type, LocationData(name="secrets_test", url="secrets_url"), "")[0]
@@ -158,4 +151,4 @@ class SomeTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_secrets_delete_nonexistent(self):
         self.secret_oid = self.store.add_new(self.secret_type, LocationData(name="secrets_test", url="secrets_url"), "")[0]
         self.assertRaises(HTTPException, self.store.delete_secret, self.secret_type, self.secret_oid, "somekey", "")
-        self.store.delete(self.secret_type, self.secret_oid, "")
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+        self.store.delete(self.secret_type, self.secret_oid, "")