diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 03fa5bd2..3ca8bfc8 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import { customRouter } from "@/src/routes/custom";
 import { dynamicController } from "@/src/routes/dynamic";
 import { statsRouter } from "@/src/routes/stats";
 import { connectDatabase } from "@/src/services/mongoService";
-import { LoadoutModel as Loadout } from "@/src/models/inventoryModels/loadoutModel";
 
 void connectDatabase();
 
@@ -35,23 +34,6 @@ app.use("/:id/dynamic", dynamicController);
 app.post("/pay/steamPacks.php", steamPacksController);
 app.use("/stats", statsRouter);
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-misused-promises
-app.post("/test", async (req, _res) => {
-    console.log("test hit", req.body);
-    const newLoadout = new Loadout({});
-    newLoadout.NORMAL.push({
-        _id: "000000000000000000000000",
-        Favorite: false,
-        PresetIcon: "",
-        s: { ItemId: { $oid: "000000000000000000000000" }, mod: 0, cus: 0 },
-        p: { ItemId: { $oid: "000000000000000000000000" }, mod: 0, cus: 0 },
-        l: { ItemId: { $oid: "000000000000000000000000" }, mod: 0, cus: 0 },
-        m: { ItemId: { $oid: "000000000000000000000000" }, mod: 0, cus: 0 }
-    });
-    await newLoadout.save();
-    _res.end();
-});
-
 app.use(unknownEndpointHandler);
 
 //app.use(errorHandler)
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/saveLoadout.ts b/src/controllers/api/saveLoadout.ts
index 9a973699..cd04f541 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/saveLoadout.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/saveLoadout.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ const saveLoadoutController: RequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
         const { UpgradeVer, ...equipmentChanges } = body;
         await handleInventoryItemConfigChange(equipmentChanges, accountId);
-    } catch (error) {
-        res.status(400).json({ error: error.message });
+    } catch (error: unknown) {
+        if (error instanceof Error) {
+            res.status(400).json({ error: error.message });
+        }
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/inventoryHelpers.ts b/src/helpers/inventoryHelpers.ts
index 517fcfd4..92c1726f 100644
--- a/src/helpers/inventoryHelpers.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/inventoryHelpers.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { IOid } from "@/src/types/commonTypes";
 import { IInventoryDatabase, IInventoryResponse } from "@/src/types/inventoryTypes/inventoryTypes";
 import { Types } from "mongoose";
 
-// a schema's toJSON is responsible for changing Oid and Date to their corresponding Response versions __id to "ItemId":{"$oid":"6450f720bc562ebf030222d4"}, and a Date to "date":{"$date":{"$numberLong":"unix timestamp"})
+//TODO: this needs to be addressed: a schema's toJSON is responsible for changing Oid and Date to their corresponding Response versions __id to "ItemId":{"$oid":"6450f720bc562ebf030222d4"}, and a Date to "date":{"$date":{"$numberLong":"unix timestamp"})
 export const toInventoryResponse = (inventoryDatabase: IInventoryDatabase): IInventoryResponse => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
     const { accountOwnerId, ...inventoryResponse } = inventoryDatabase;