diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8d3f3ed..7a72d2e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ logs/*
 *.log
 kgx/
 data/
+test_queries/
+scripts/
diff --git a/app/ordering_components.py b/app/ordering_components.py
index 1544faa..2e59c98 100644
--- a/app/ordering_components.py
+++ b/app/ordering_components.py
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ async def get_ordering_components(message, logger):
     logger.debug(f"Computing scores for {len(message['results'])} results")
     db_conn = redis.Redis(connection_pool=redis_pool)
     novelty_scores = {}
-    try:
-        novelty_scores = await get_novelty(message, logger)
-    except Exception:
-        logger.error(f"Novelty score failed: {traceback.format_exc()}")
+    # try:
+    #     novelty_scores = await get_novelty(message, logger)
+    # except Exception:
+    #     logger.error(f"Novelty score failed: {traceback.format_exc()}")
     for result in tqdm(message.get("results") or []):
         confidence = 0.0
         try:
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ async def get_ordering_components(message, logger):
             "clinical_evidence": clinical_evidence_score,
             "novelty": 0.0,
         }
-        for node_bindings in result.get("node_bindings", {}).values():
-            for node_binding in node_bindings:
-                result["ordering_components"]["novelty"] = novelty_scores.get(
-                    node_binding["id"], 0.0
-                )
+        # for node_bindings in result.get("node_bindings", {}).values():
+        #     for node_binding in node_bindings:
+        #         result["ordering_components"]["novelty"] = novelty_scores.get(
+        #             node_binding["id"], 0.0
+        #         )
diff --git a/app/server.py b/app/server.py
index f8bea00..0dccd15 100644
--- a/app/server.py
+++ b/app/server.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 openapi_args = dict(
     title="SRI Answer Appraiser",
-    version="0.5.1",
+    version="0.6.0",
     terms_of_service="",
     description="SRI service that provides metrics for scoring and ordering of results",
     trapi="1.5.0",
@@ -164,14 +164,14 @@ async def get_appraisal(
     )
 
 
-@APP.post("/get_appraisal", response_model=Response)
-async def sync_get_appraisal(query: Query = Body(..., example=EXAMPLE)):
+@APP.post("/get_appraisal")
+async def sync_get_appraisal(query=Body(..., example=EXAMPLE)):
     qid = str(uuid4())[:8]
-    query_dict = query.dict()
-    log_level = query_dict.get("log_level") or "INFO"
+    # query_dict = query.dict()
+    log_level = query.get("log_level") or "INFO"
     logger = get_logger(qid, log_level)
     logger.info("Starting sync appraisal")
-    message = query_dict["message"]
+    message = query["message"]
     if not message.get("results"):
         return JSONResponse(
             content={"status": "Rejected", "description": "No Results.", "job_id": qid},
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ async def sync_get_appraisal(query: Query = Body(..., example=EXAMPLE)):
     except Exception:
         logger.error(f"Something went wrong while appraising: {traceback.format_exc()}")
     logger.info("Done appraising")
-    return Response(message=message)
+    return query
 
 
 @APP.get("/redis_ready")