diff --git a/ollama_backend/ollama_backend.py b/ollama_backend/ollama_backend.py
index 9875126..d4658dd 100644
--- a/ollama_backend/ollama_backend.py
+++ b/ollama_backend/ollama_backend.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import subprocess
 from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse, JSONResponse
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
-from typing import Iterator, Union
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@
 mount = modal.Mount.from_local_dir(local_path='modelfiles', remote_path="modelfiles")
 
 def serve_ollama():
-    """Ensure Ollama server is running."""
+    '''Ensure Ollama server is running.'''
     subprocess.Popen(["ollama", "serve"])
 
 image = (modal.Image
@@ -43,24 +42,23 @@ def serve_ollama():
 )
 class Ollama:
     '''Ollama class for handling calls to the endpoint'''
-    # model: str = modal.parameter(init=True)
     BASE_URL: str = "http://localhost:11434"
     
     @modal.enter()
     def init_model(self):
-        """Start the Ollama server."""
+        '''Start the Ollama server.'''
         print("Starting server")
         serve_ollama()
         
     @modal.method()
     def warmup(self):
-        """Warmup the model."""
+        '''Warmup the model.'''
         ollama.generate(self.model)
         return {"status": "ok"}
 
     @modal.method()
     async def chat(self, model: str, messages: list, tools: list = [], stream=True, **kwargs):
-        """Handle chat interaction and stream the response."""
+        '''Handle chat interaction and stream the response.'''
         payload = {"model":model,"messages":messages,"tools":tools,"stream":stream, **kwargs}
         response = requests.post(self.BASE_URL+"/api/chat", json=payload, stream=stream)
         if stream:
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ async def chat(self, model: str, messages: list, tools: list = [], stream=True,
     
     @modal.method()
     def generate(self, model: str, prompt: str, stream=True, **kwargs):
-        """Generate a response from the given user prompt."""
+        '''Generate a response from the given user prompt.'''
         payload = {"model":model,"prompt":prompt,"stream":stream, **kwargs}
         response = requests.post(self.BASE_URL+"/api/generate", json=payload, stream=stream)
         if stream:
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ def generate(self, model: str, prompt: str, stream=True, **kwargs):
 
     @modal.method()
     def embed(self, model: str, input: str, **kwargs):
-        """Embed a given text."""
+        '''Embed a given text.'''
         payload = {"model":model,"input":input, **kwargs}
         response = requests.post(self.BASE_URL+"/api/embed", json=payload)
         embeddings = json.loads(response.content).get("embeddings")
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ def embed(self, model: str, input: str, **kwargs):
 
     @modal.method()
     def embeddings(self, model: str, prompt: str, **kwargs):
-        """Embed a given text."""
+        '''Embed a given text.'''
         payload = {"model":model,"prompt":prompt, **kwargs}
         print("payload \\|/")
         print(payload)
@@ -117,14 +115,14 @@ def list(self):
     
     @modal.method()
     def list_running(self):
-        """List all running models."""
+        '''List all running models.'''
         models = requests.get(self.BASE_URL+"/api/ps")
         print(models.content)
         return json.loads(models.content) if models else b'[]'
 
     @modal.method()
     def pull(self, model: str, stream = True, **kwargs):
-        """Pull a model from the model store."""
+        '''Pull a model from the model store.'''
         payload = {"model":model, "stream":stream, **kwargs}
         response = requests.post(self.BASE_URL+"/api/pull", json=payload, stream=stream)
         if stream:
@@ -135,7 +133,7 @@ def pull(self, model: str, stream = True, **kwargs):
 
     @modal.method()
     def create(self, model:str, modelfile: str = None, path: str = None, stream = True, **kwargs):
-        """Create a new model."""
+        '''Create a new model.'''
         payload = {"model":model, "modelfile":modelfile, "path":path, "stream":stream, **kwargs}
         response = requests.post(self.BASE_URL+"/api/create", json=payload, stream=stream)
         if stream:
@@ -186,7 +184,10 @@ async def embed(request: Request):
 
 @web_app.post("/api/embeddings")
 async def embed(request: Request):
-    '''DEPRECATED--Get vector embeddings for given text, use /api/embed instead, only maintained for backwards compatibility with llamaParse'''
+    '''
+    DEPRECATED--Get vector embeddings for given text, use /api/embed instead,
+    only maintained for backwards compatibility with llamaParse
+    '''
     print("vectorizing text")
     params = await request.json()
     res = Ollama().embeddings.remote(**params)
@@ -225,7 +226,10 @@ async def pull(request: Request):
 
 @web_app.post("/api/create")
 async def create(request: Request):
-    '''Create a new model'''
+    '''
+    Create a new model, based on parameters within a json request, such as
+    model name, path to model files, and whether to stream the progress response
+    '''
     print("Creating model")
     ollama = Ollama()
     params = await request.json()
@@ -272,7 +276,7 @@ def init_and_setup():
     print("\ntest for streaming chat completion")
     res = ollama_client.chat(messages=messages, model=llm, stream=True)
     for chunk in res:
-        print(chunk.get('message').get("content"), end="", flush=True)
+        print(chunk.get('message').get("content"), end='', flush=True)
 
 
     print("\ntest for non streaming normal completion")
@@ -281,7 +285,7 @@ def init_and_setup():
     print("\ntest for streaming normal completion")
     res = ollama_client.generate(model=llm, prompt=prompt, stream=True)
     for chunk in res:
-        print(chunk.get('response'), end="", flush=True)
+        print(chunk.get('response'), end='', flush=True)
 
 
     print("\ntest for current embedding function")
diff --git a/ollama_backend/requirements.txt b/ollama_backend/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..373ee11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ollama_backend/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+fastapi[standard]
+requests
+pydantic
+ollama
+modal
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