diff --git a/src/us/kbase/auth2/service/AuthBuilder.java b/src/us/kbase/auth2/service/AuthBuilder.java
index eb7bf3c7..e80de19a 100644
--- a/src/us/kbase/auth2/service/AuthBuilder.java
+++ b/src/us/kbase/auth2/service/AuthBuilder.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public AuthBuilder(
 	
 	private MongoClient buildMongo(final AuthStartupConfig c) throws StorageInitException {
 		//TODO ZLATER MONGO handle shards & replica sets
-		MongoClientSettings.Builder mongoBuilder = MongoClientSettings.builder().applyToClusterSettings(
+		final MongoClientSettings.Builder mongoBuilder = MongoClientSettings.builder().applyToClusterSettings(
 				builder -> builder.hosts(Arrays.asList(new ServerAddress(c.getMongoHost()))));
 
 		try {
diff --git a/src/us/kbase/test/auth2/MongoController.java b/src/us/kbase/test/auth2/MongoController.java
index fef8a80a..6d33266d 100644
--- a/src/us/kbase/test/auth2/MongoController.java
+++ b/src/us/kbase/test/auth2/MongoController.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public void destroy(boolean deleteTempFiles) throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
-    public static Version getMongoDBVer(final String mongoExe) throws IOException {
+    private static Version getMongoDBVer(final String mongoExe) throws IOException {
 
         // build MongoDB version check command
         List<String> command = new LinkedList<String>();
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public static Version getMongoDBVer(final String mongoExe) throws IOException {
         return Version.valueOf(dbVer);
     }
 
-    public List<String> getMongoServerStartCommand(final String mongoExe,
+    private List<String> getMongoServerStartCommand(final String mongoExe,
                                                    final boolean useWiredTiger,
                                                    final Version dbVer) {
         List<String> command = new LinkedList<String>();
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public List<String> getMongoServerStartCommand(final String mongoExe,
         return command;
     }
 
-    public Process startProcess(List<String> command) throws Exception {
+    private Process startProcess(List<String> command) throws Exception {
         ProcessBuilder servpb = new ProcessBuilder(command)
                 .redirectErrorStream(true)
                 .redirectOutput(getTempDir().resolve("mongo.log").toFile());
diff --git a/src/us/kbase/test/auth2/lib/storage/mongo/MongoStorageStartUpTest.java b/src/us/kbase/test/auth2/lib/storage/mongo/MongoStorageStartUpTest.java
index d44d89bb..f6642907 100644
--- a/src/us/kbase/test/auth2/lib/storage/mongo/MongoStorageStartUpTest.java
+++ b/src/us/kbase/test/auth2/lib/storage/mongo/MongoStorageStartUpTest.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public void checkCollectionNames() throws Exception {
 
 	@Test
 	public void indexesConfig() {
-		final Set<Document> indexes = updateIndexes("config");
+		final Set<Document> indexes = getAndNormalizeIndexes("config");
 		assertThat("incorrect indexes", indexes, is(set(
 				new Document("v", indexVer)
 						.append("unique", true)
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public void indexesConfig() {
 
 	@Test
 	public void indexesConfigApp() {
-		final Set<Document> indexes = updateIndexes("config_app");
+		final Set<Document> indexes = getAndNormalizeIndexes("config_app");
 		assertThat("incorrect indexes", indexes, is(set(
 				new Document("v", indexVer)
 						.append("unique", true)
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public void indexesConfigApp() {
 
 	@Test
 	public void indexesConfigExt() {
-		final Set<Document> indexes = updateIndexes("config_ext");
+		final Set<Document> indexes = getAndNormalizeIndexes("config_ext");
 		assertThat("incorrect indexes", indexes, is(set(
 				new Document("v", indexVer)
 						.append("unique", true)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public void indexesConfigExt() {
 
 	@Test
 	public void indexesConfigProv() {
-		final Set<Document> indexes = updateIndexes("config_prov");
+		final Set<Document> indexes = getAndNormalizeIndexes("config_prov");
 		assertThat("incorrect indexes", indexes, is(set(
 				new Document("v", indexVer)
 						.append("unique", true)
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public void indexesConfigProv() {
 
 	@Test
 	public void indexesCustRoles() {
-		final Set<Document> indexes = updateIndexes("cust_roles");
+		final Set<Document> indexes = getAndNormalizeIndexes("cust_roles");
 		assertThat("incorrect indexes", indexes, is(set(
 				new Document("v", indexVer)
 						.append("unique", true)
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public void indexesCustRoles() {
 
 	@Test
 	public void indexesTestCustRoles() {
-		final Set<Document> indexes = updateIndexes("test_cust_roles");
+		final Set<Document> indexes = getAndNormalizeIndexes("test_cust_roles");
 		assertThat("incorrect indexes", indexes, is(set(
 				new Document("v", indexVer)
 						.append("unique", true)
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public void indexesTestCustRoles() {
 
 	@Test
 	public void indexesTempData() {
-		final Set<Document> indexes = updateIndexes("tempdata");
+		final Set<Document> indexes = getAndNormalizeIndexes("tempdata");
 		assertThat("incorrect indexes", indexes, is(set(
 				new Document("v", indexVer)
 						.append("unique", true)
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public void indexesTempData() {
 
 	@Test
 	public void indexesTokens() {
-		final Set<Document> indexes = updateIndexes("tokens");
+		final Set<Document> indexes = getAndNormalizeIndexes("tokens");
 		assertThat("incorrect indexes", indexes, is(set(
 				new Document("v", indexVer)
 						.append("unique", true)
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ public void indexesTokens() {
 
 	@Test
 	public void indexesTestTokens() {
-		final Set<Document> indexes = updateIndexes("test_tokens");
+		final Set<Document> indexes = getAndNormalizeIndexes("test_tokens");
 		assertThat("incorrect indexes", indexes, is(set(
 				new Document("v", indexVer)
 						.append("unique", true)
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ public void indexesTestTokens() {
 
 	@Test
 	public void indexesUsers() {
-		final Set<Document> indexes = updateIndexes("users");
+		final Set<Document> indexes = getAndNormalizeIndexes("users");
 		assertThat("incorrect indexes", indexes, is(set(
 				new Document("v", indexVer)
 						.append("key", new Document("custrls", 1))
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ public void indexesUsers() {
 
 	@Test
 	public void indexesTestUsers() {
-		final Set<Document> indexes = updateIndexes("test_users");
+		final Set<Document> indexes = getAndNormalizeIndexes("test_users");
 		assertThat("incorrect indexes", indexes, is(set(
 				new Document("v", indexVer)
 						.append("key", new Document("custrls", 1))
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@ public void indexesTestUsers() {
 				)));
 	}
 
-	public Set<Document> updateIndexes(final String name) {
+	private Set<Document> getAndNormalizeIndexes(final String collectionName) {
 		final Set<Document> indexes = new HashSet<>();
-		for (Document index: db.getCollection(name).listIndexes()) {
+		for (Document index: db.getCollection(collectionName).listIndexes()) {
 			// In MongoDB 4.4, the listIndexes and the mongo shell helper method db.collection.getIndexes()
 			// no longer returns the namespace ns field in the index specification documents.
 			index.remove("ns");