diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 72470fd..362394d 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -20,11 +20,4 @@ ADMIN_EMAIL = 'admin@test.com'
 ADMIN_PASSWORD = ''
 
 # To insert test data or not (UNUSED)
-TEST_DATA = "True"
-
-# Ollama for Categorization 
-OLLAMA_URL = "localhost:11434"
-OLLAMA_USE_AUTH = "False"
-OLLAMA_MODEL = "knoopx/mobile-vlm:3b-fp16"
-OLLAMA_USERNAME = ""
-OLLAMA_PASSWORD = ""
\ No newline at end of file
+TEST_DATA = "True"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/accounts/permissions.py b/docmanager_backend/accounts/permissions.py
index e2be857..5e45e97 100644
--- a/docmanager_backend/accounts/permissions.py
+++ b/docmanager_backend/accounts/permissions.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ class IsStaff(BasePermission):
 
     def has_permission(self, request, view):
         return bool(
-            request.user and request.user.role in (
-                "head", "admin", "planning", "staff")
+            request.user and request.user.role in ("head", "admin", "planning", "staff")
         )
 
 
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ class IsPlanning(BasePermission):
     """
 
     def has_permission(self, request, view):
-        return bool(request.user and request.user.role == "planning")
+        return bool(request.user and request.user.role in ("head", "admin", "planning"))
 
 
 class IsHead(BasePermission):
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/accounts/serializers.py b/docmanager_backend/accounts/serializers.py
index 80384a0..32ede3c 100644
--- a/docmanager_backend/accounts/serializers.py
+++ b/docmanager_backend/accounts/serializers.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 
 
 class CustomUserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-    birthday = serializers.DateField(format="%Y-%m-%d")
+    birthday = serializers.DateField(format="%m-%d-%Y")
 
     class Meta:
         model = CustomUser
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/accounts/signals.py b/docmanager_backend/accounts/signals.py
index 6baddc5..bb53c71 100644
--- a/docmanager_backend/accounts/signals.py
+++ b/docmanager_backend/accounts/signals.py
@@ -10,48 +10,19 @@ from .models import CustomUser
 def create_admin_user(sender, **kwargs):
     # Programatically creates the administrator account
     if sender.name == "accounts":
-        users = [{
-            "email": get_secret("ADMIN_EMAIL"),
-            "role": "head",
-            "admin": True,
-        }, {
-            "email": "staff@test.com",
-            "role": "staff",
-            "admin": False,
-        }, {
-            "email": "planning@test.com",
-            "role": "planning",
-            "admin": False,
-        }, {
-            "email": "client@test.com",
-            "role": "client",
-            "admin": False,
-        },]
-        for user in users:
-            USER = CustomUser.objects.filter(
-                email=user["email"]).first()
-            if not USER:
-                if user["admin"]:
-                    USER = CustomUser.objects.create_superuser(
-                        username=user["email"],
-                        email=user["email"],
-                        password=get_secret("ADMIN_PASSWORD"),
-                        sex="male",
-                        birthday=localdate(now()),
-                        role=user["role"]
-                    )
-                else:
-                    USER = CustomUser.objects.create_user(
-                        username=user["email"],
-                        email=user["email"],
-                        password=get_secret("ADMIN_PASSWORD"),
-                        sex="male",
-                        birthday=localdate(now()),
-                        role=user["role"]
+        ADMIN_USER = CustomUser.objects.filter(
+            email=get_secret("ADMIN_EMAIL")).first()
+        if not ADMIN_USER:
+            ADMIN_USER = CustomUser.objects.create_superuser(
+                username=get_secret("ADMIN_EMAIL"),
+                email=get_secret("ADMIN_EMAIL"),
+                password=get_secret("ADMIN_PASSWORD"),
+                sex="male",
+                birthday=localdate(now()),
+            )
 
-                    )
-                print(f"Created {user['role']} account: {USER.email}")
+            print("Created administrator account:", ADMIN_USER.email)
 
-                USER.first_name = f"DEBUG_USER:{USER.email}"
-                USER.is_active = True
-                USER.save()
+            ADMIN_USER.first_name = "Administrator"
+            ADMIN_USER.is_active = True
+            ADMIN_USER.save()
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/config/management/commands/start_watcher.py b/docmanager_backend/config/management/commands/start_watcher.py
index 2fe93fe..656afcb 100644
--- a/docmanager_backend/config/management/commands/start_watcher.py
+++ b/docmanager_backend/config/management/commands/start_watcher.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-from ollama import ChatResponse
-import base64
-import httpx
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
 
 from io import BytesIO
 from documents.models import Document
@@ -13,11 +10,9 @@ from config.settings import MEDIA_ROOT
 from watchdog.observers import Observer
 from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
 from documents.models import Document
-from config.settings import get_secret
 from django.core.files import File
 import logging
 import time
-from ollama import Client
 
 
 class PDFHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
@@ -41,26 +36,8 @@ class PDFHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
 
     def process_pdf(self, file_path):
         try:
-            # Get the original filename and directory
-            original_filename = os.path.basename(file_path)
-            original_dir = os.path.dirname(file_path)
-
-            # Check if the filename contains spaces
-            if " " in original_filename:
-                # Create the new filename by replacing spaces
-                new_filename = original_filename.replace(" ", "_")
-
-                # Construct the new full file path
-                new_file_path = os.path.join(original_dir, new_filename)
-
-                # Rename the file
-                os.rename(file_path, new_file_path)
-
-                # Update the filename and file_path variables
-                filename = new_filename
-                file_path = new_file_path
-            else:
-                filename = original_filename
+            filename = os.path.basename(file_path)
+            filename = str(filename).replace(" ", "")
             metadata = ""
             document_type = ""
 
@@ -83,70 +60,20 @@ class PDFHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
                     # Perform OCR
                     text = pytesseract.image_to_string(img).strip()
 
-                    # Get document category
-                    # Try to pass image to the Ollama image recognition API first
-                    try:
-                        client = Client(
-                            host=get_secret("OLLAMA_URL"),
-                            auth=httpx.BasicAuth(
-                                username=get_secret("OLLAMA_USERNAME"), password=get_secret("OLLAMA_PASSWORD")) if get_secret("OLLAMA_USE_AUTH") else None
-                        )
+                    lines = text.split("\n")
 
-                        encoded_image = base64.b64encode(
-                            img_buffer.getvalue()).decode()
-
-                        attempts = 0
-                        while True:
-                            if attempts >= 3:
-                                raise Exception(
-                                    "Unable to categorize using Ollama API")
-                            attempts += 1
-
-                            content = f"""
-                            Read the text from the image and provide a category.
-
-                            Possible categories are: Announcement, Manual, Form
-
-                            Respond only with the category. No explanations are necessary.
-                            """
-
-                            response: ChatResponse = client.chat(
-                                model=get_secret("OLLAMA_MODEL"),
-                                messages=[
-                                    {"role": "user", "content": content,
-                                        "images": [encoded_image]},
-                                ],
-                            )
-
-                            document_type = response["message"]["content"].replace(
-                                "*", "").replace(".", "")
-
-                            # A few safety checks if the model does not follow through with output instructions
-                            if len(document_type) > 16:
-                                self.logger.warning(
-                                    f"Ollama API gave incorrect document category: {response['message']['content']}. Retrying...")
+                    for line in lines:
+                        if line.strip():
+                            document_type = line.strip().lower()
                             break
-
-                    # If that fails, just use regular OCR read the title as a dirty fix/fallback
-                    except Exception as e:
-                        self.logger.warning(f"Error! {e}")
-                        self.logger.warning(
-                            "Ollama OCR offloading failed. Falling back to default OCR")
-                        lines = text.split("\n")
-
-                        for line in lines:
-                            if line.strip():
-                                document_type = line.strip().lower()
-                                break
-
-                        if not document_type:
-                            document_type = "other"
+                    if not document_type:
+                        document_type = "other"
 
                     metadata += text
 
             # Open the file for instance creation
             DOCUMENT, created = Document.objects.get_or_create(
-                name=filename.replace(".pdf", ""),
+                name=filename,
                 defaults={
                     "number_pages": num_pages,
                     "ocr_metadata": metadata,
@@ -158,7 +85,8 @@ class PDFHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
                 DOCUMENT.file.save(
                     name=filename, content=File(open(file_path, "rb")))
                 self.logger.info(
-                    f"Document '{filename}' created successfully with type '{document_type}'."
+                    f"Document '{filename}' created successfully with type '{
+                        document_type}'."
                 )
 
             else:
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/documents/admin.py b/docmanager_backend/documents/admin.py
index 356fe3e..4e56f79 100644
--- a/docmanager_backend/documents/admin.py
+++ b/docmanager_backend/documents/admin.py
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ from .models import Document
 class DocumentAdmin(ModelAdmin):
     model = Document
     search_fields = ["id", "name", "document_type"]
-    list_display = ["id", "name", "document_type", "date_uploaded"]
+    list_display = ["id", "name", "document_type"]
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/documents/views.py b/docmanager_backend/documents/views.py
index 9b7d1f1..0bcb527 100644
--- a/docmanager_backend/documents/views.py
+++ b/docmanager_backend/documents/views.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class DocumentListView(generics.ListAPIView):
 
     http_method_names = ["get"]
     serializer_class = DocumentSerializer
-    queryset = Document.objects.all().order_by("-date_uploaded")
+    queryset = Document.objects.all()
     pagination_class = PageNumberPagination
     permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
 
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/emails/templates/request_approved.html b/docmanager_backend/emails/templates/request_approved.html
index 2b74432..783c865 100644
--- a/docmanager_backend/emails/templates/request_approved.html
+++ b/docmanager_backend/emails/templates/request_approved.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   {% trans 'Please visit the site to check your request:' %}
   {{ url|safe }}
 
-  {% trans 'For hardcopy requests, please proceed to the USTP office to avail of your requested copies. Hardcopy requests are valid only within 1 month of requesting.' %}
+  {% trans 'For hardcopy requests, please proceed to the USTP office to avail of your requested copies:' %}
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block html_body %}
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
   </p>
 
   <p>
-    {% trans 'For hardcopy requests, please proceed to the USTP office to avail of your requested copies. Hardcopy requests are valid only within 1 month of requesting.' %}
+    {% trans 'For hardcopy requests, please proceed to the USTP office to avail of your requested copies:' %}
   </p>
 {% endblock %}