diff --git a/exec/pom.xml b/exec/pom.xml
index fcdc08fe..e8e3f69e 100755
--- a/exec/pom.xml
+++ b/exec/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.fhir.gateway</groupId>
     <artifactId>fhir-gateway</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.38</version>
+    <version>0.1.39</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>exec</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index 77d791dd..9d5a4511 100755
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     implementations do not have to do this; they can redeclare those deps. -->
     <groupId>com.google.fhir.gateway</groupId>
     <artifactId>fhir-gateway</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.38</version>
+    <version>0.1.39</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>plugins</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/plugin/BenchmarkingHelper.java b/plugins/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/plugin/BenchmarkingHelper.java
index 7a87317b..6a9808b2 100644
--- a/plugins/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/plugin/BenchmarkingHelper.java
+++ b/plugins/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/plugin/BenchmarkingHelper.java
@@ -21,30 +21,10 @@ public class BenchmarkingHelper {
   public static void printCompletedInDuration(long startTime, String methodDetails, Logger logger) {
     long nanoSecondsTaken = System.nanoTime() - startTime;
     long millSecondsTaken = nanoSecondsTaken / 1000000;
-    logger.error(
+    logger.info(
         String.format(
-            "########## %s completed in %s : Metric in seconds - %d : Metric in nanoseconds - %d",
-            methodDetails,
-            getHumanDuration(millSecondsTaken),
-            millSecondsTaken / 1000,
-            nanoSecondsTaken));
-  }
-
-  public static String getHumanDuration(long milliseconds) {
-
-    long minutes = (milliseconds / 1000) / 60;
-    long seconds = (milliseconds / 1000) % 60;
-    String secondsStr = Long.toString(seconds);
-    String secs;
-    if (secondsStr.length() >= 2) {
-      secs = secondsStr.substring(0, 2);
-    } else {
-      secs = "0" + secondsStr;
-    }
-
-    return minutes == 0 && seconds == 0
-        ? "less than a second"
-        : minutes + " mins " + secs + " secs";
+            "########## %s : Metric in seconds - %d : Metric in nanoseconds - %d",
+            methodDetails, millSecondsTaken / 1000, nanoSecondsTaken));
   }
 
   public static long startBenchmarking() {
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/plugin/PermissionAccessChecker.java b/plugins/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/plugin/PermissionAccessChecker.java
index 017d5963..433c1f96 100755
--- a/plugins/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/plugin/PermissionAccessChecker.java
+++ b/plugins/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/plugin/PermissionAccessChecker.java
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ public AccessChecker create(
       List<String> organizationIds = new ArrayList<>();
       List<String> locationIds = new ArrayList<>();
       if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(syncStrategy)) {
-        if (syncStrategy.equals(Constants.CARE_TEAM)) {
+        if (Constants.CARE_TEAM.equalsIgnoreCase(syncStrategy)) {
           careTeams =
               practitionerDetails != null
                       && practitionerDetails.getFhirPractitionerDetails() != null
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ public AccessChecker create(
               careTeamIds.add(careTeam.getIdElement().getIdPart());
             }
           }
-        } else if (syncStrategy.equals(Constants.ORGANIZATION)) {
+        } else if (Constants.ORGANIZATION.equalsIgnoreCase(syncStrategy)) {
           organizations =
               practitionerDetails != null
                       && practitionerDetails.getFhirPractitionerDetails() != null
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ public AccessChecker create(
               organizationIds.add(organization.getIdElement().getIdPart());
             }
           }
-        } else if (syncStrategy.equals(Constants.LOCATION)) {
+        } else if (Constants.LOCATION.equalsIgnoreCase(syncStrategy)) {
           locationIds =
               practitionerDetails != null
                       && practitionerDetails.getFhirPractitionerDetails() != null
@@ -390,9 +390,12 @@ public AccessChecker create(
                       practitionerDetails.getFhirPractitionerDetails().getLocationHierarchyList())
                   : locationIds;
         }
-      }
+      } else
+        throw new IllegalStateException(
+            "Sync strategy not configured. Please confirm Keycloak fhir_core_app_id attribute for"
+                + " the user matches the Composition.json config official identifier value");
 
-      BenchmarkingHelper.printCompletedInDuration(start, "create ", logger);
+      BenchmarkingHelper.printCompletedInDuration(start, "create", logger);
 
       return new PermissionAccessChecker(
           fhirContext,
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 36fcc47a..21c4ae0b 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.google.fhir.gateway</groupId>
   <artifactId>fhir-gateway</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1.38</version>
+  <version>0.1.39</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>FHIR Information Gateway</name>
diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index 1f0a3b96..77db3981 100755
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.fhir.gateway</groupId>
     <artifactId>fhir-gateway</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.38</version>
+    <version>0.1.39</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>server</artifactId>
@@ -78,13 +78,6 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>${spring.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
     <!-- For GCP APIs -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>