diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-stg-ecs.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-stg-ecs.yml
index ca799a2e3..03f08b943 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-stg-ecs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-stg-ecs.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - "main"
       - "integration"
-      - "DOP-4451"
+      # - "DOP-4451"
 concurrency:
   group: environment-stg-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
diff --git a/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts b/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts
index 66c504028..c4591c002 100644
--- a/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts
+++ b/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export const DisplayRepoOptions = async (event: APIGatewayEvent): Promise<APIGat
   console.log('built branches');
   const resp = await slackConnector.displayRepoOptions(entitledBranches, key_val['trigger_id'], isAdmin);
   console.log(resp);
-  if (resp?.status == 200 && resp?.data) {
+  if (resp?.status == 200 && resp?.data && resp?.data.ok) {
     return {
       statusCode: 200,
       body: 'Model requested',
diff --git a/api/controllers/v2/github.ts b/api/controllers/v2/github.ts
index 75c631c38..b96e76e22 100644
--- a/api/controllers/v2/github.ts
+++ b/api/controllers/v2/github.ts
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ export const triggerSmokeTestAutomatedBuild = async (event: APIGatewayEvent): Pr
         const job = await prepGithubPushPayload(body, payload, jobTitle);
 
         try {
-          await runAdditionalECSTasks();
+          // await runAdditionalECSTasks();
           consoleLogger.info(job.title, 'Creating Job');
           const jobId = await jobRepository.insertJob(job, c.get('jobsQueueUrl'));
           jobRepository.notify(jobId, c.get('jobUpdatesQueueUrl'), JobStatus.inQueue, 0);
diff --git a/api/handlers/slack.ts b/api/handlers/slack.ts
index 634cde712..4c4399d46 100644
--- a/api/handlers/slack.ts
+++ b/api/handlers/slack.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ export function prepResponse(statusCode, contentType, body) {
 //if person is admin, get all prod deployable repos
 export async function buildEntitledGroupsList(entitlement: any, repoBranchesRepository: RepoBranchesRepository) {
   const repoOptions: any[] = [];
-  let count = 0;
   for (const repo of entitlement.repos) {
     const [repoOwner, repoName, directoryPath] = repo.split('/');
     const branches = await repoBranchesRepository.getRepoBranches(repoName, directoryPath);
-    count += branches.length;
     const options: any[] = [];
     console.log(repoName);
     console.log(branches.length);
@@ -66,7 +64,6 @@ export async function buildEntitledGroupsList(entitlement: any, repoBranchesRepo
     };
     repoOptions.push(repoOption);
   }
-  console.log(count);
   return repoOptions.sort((repoOne, repoTwo) => repoOne.label.text.localeCompare(repoTwo.label.text));
 }