diff --git a/api/modules/Catalog/Catalog.Application/Products/EventHandlers/ProductReadEventHandler.cs b/api/modules/Catalog/Catalog.Application/Products/EventHandlers/ProductReadEventHandler.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 031ec3bb7..000000000
--- a/api/modules/Catalog/Catalog.Application/Products/EventHandlers/ProductReadEventHandler.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-using FSH.WebApi.Catalog.Domain.Events;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
-using MediatR;
-
-namespace FSH.WebApi.Catalog.Application.Products.EventHandlers;
-
-public class ProductReadEventHandler(ILogger<ProductReadEventHandler> logger) : INotificationHandler<ProductRead>
-{
-    public async Task Handle(ProductRead notification,
-        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        logger.LogInformation("handling product read domain event..");
-        await Task.FromResult(notification);
-        logger.LogInformation("finished handling product read domain event..");
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/api/modules/Catalog/Catalog.Domain/Events/ProductRead.cs b/api/modules/Catalog/Catalog.Domain/Events/ProductRead.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 28308d32b..000000000
--- a/api/modules/Catalog/Catalog.Domain/Events/ProductRead.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-using FSH.Framework.Core.Domain.Events;
-
-namespace FSH.WebApi.Catalog.Domain.Events;
-public sealed record ProductRead : DomainEvent
-{
-    public Product? Product { get; set; }
-}
diff --git a/api/server/Properties/launchSettings.json b/api/server/Properties/launchSettings.json
index 321bf9738..913f9d039 100644
--- a/api/server/Properties/launchSettings.json
+++ b/api/server/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {
+  "$schema": "http://json.schemastore.org/launchsettings.json",
   "profiles": {
     "Kestrel": {
       "commandName": "Project",
       "launchBrowser": true,
       "launchUrl": "swagger",
+      "applicationUrl": "https://localhost:7000;http://localhost:5000",
       "environmentVariables": {
         "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
       },
-      "dotnetRunMessages": true,
-      "applicationUrl": "https://localhost:7000;http://localhost:5000"
+      "dotnetRunMessages": true
     }
-  },
-  "$schema": "http://json.schemastore.org/launchsettings.json"
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/server/Server.csproj b/api/server/Server.csproj
index 948a1883e..0104b729d 100644
--- a/api/server/Server.csproj
+++ b/api/server/Server.csproj
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <ContainerImageTags>2.0.0;latest</ContainerImageTags>
     <PublishProfile>DefaultContainer</PublishProfile>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(RunConfiguration)' == 'Kestrel' " />
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
diff --git a/api/server/appsettings.Development.json b/api/server/appsettings.Development.json
index 3cb2980c3..5123aaef5 100644
--- a/api/server/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/api/server/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "DatabaseOptions": {
     "Provider": "postgresql",
-    "ConnectionString": "Server=localhost;Database=fullstackhero;Port=5432;User Id=postgres;Password=admin;"
+    "ConnectionString": "Server=localhost;Database=fullstackhero;Port=5432;User Id=postgres;Password=password;"
   },
   "CacheOptions": {
     "Redis": ""