diff --git a/chatapi/env.example b/chatapi/env.example
index 979e6721e7..bd6588a3a6 100644
--- a/chatapi/env.example
+++ b/chatapi/env.example
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 OPENAI_API_KEY=
 COUCHDB_URL=http://localhost:2200
+COUCHDB_NAME=chat_history
+SERVE_PORT=5000
diff --git a/chatapi/src/index.ts b/chatapi/src/index.ts
index 1e1375fedc..4c0082d197 100644
--- a/chatapi/src/index.ts
+++ b/chatapi/src/index.ts
@@ -9,14 +9,21 @@ const app = express();
 // Parse JSON bodies (as sent by API clients)
 app.use(express.json());
 
-app.post('/', async (req: any, res: any, next: any) => {
+app.get('/', (req: any, res: any) => {
+  res.status(200).json({
+    'status': 'Success',
+    'message': 'OLE Chat API Service',
+  });
+});
+
+app.post('/', async (req: any, res: any) => {
   try {
     const userInput = req.body.content;
 
     if (userInput && typeof userInput === 'string') {
       const response = await chatWithGpt(userInput);
       res.status(200).json({
-        'message': 'Success',
+        'status': 'Success',
         'chat': response?.completionText,
         'history': response?.history,
         'couchDBResponse': response?.couchSaveResponse
@@ -24,15 +31,11 @@ app.post('/', async (req: any, res: any, next: any) => {
     } else {
       res.status(400).json({ 'error': 'Bad Request', 'message': 'The "content" field must be a non-empty string.' });
     }
-  } catch (error) {
-    next(error);
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    res.status(500).json({ 'error': 'Internal Server Error', 'message': error.message });
   }
 });
 
-app.use((err: Error, req: any, res: any) => {
-  res.status(500).json({ 'error': 'Internal Server Error', 'message': err.message });
-});
-
 const port = process.env.SERVE_PORT || 5000;
 
 app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Server running on port ${port}`)); // eslint-disable-line no-console
diff --git a/chatapi/src/services/db-init.service.ts b/chatapi/src/services/db-init.service.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b1a9217afc..0000000000
--- a/chatapi/src/services/db-init.service.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import nano from 'nano';
-
-export class DbInitService {
-  db: any;
-
-  constructor(databaseUrl: string, databaseName: string) {
-    const nanoDB = nano(databaseUrl);
-    this.db = nanoDB.use(databaseName);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/chatapi/src/services/gpt-prompt.service.ts b/chatapi/src/services/gpt-prompt.service.ts
index 93fe47612a..aa59954cd1 100644
--- a/chatapi/src/services/gpt-prompt.service.ts
+++ b/chatapi/src/services/gpt-prompt.service.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { DocumentInsertResponse } from 'nano';
 
 import { ChatItem } from '../models/chat-item.model';
 import { ChatMessage } from '../models/chat-message.model';
-import { DbInitService } from './db-init.service';
 import { NanoCouchService } from '../utils/nano-couchdb';
 
 dotenv.config();
@@ -14,11 +13,10 @@ const configuration = new Configuration({
 });
 const openai = new OpenAIApi(configuration);
 
-const dbInit = new DbInitService(
+const db = new NanoCouchService(
   process.env.COUCHDB_URL || 'http://localhost:2200/',
   process.env.COUCHDB_NAME || 'chat_history',
 );
-const db = new NanoCouchService(dbInit.db);
 
 // history = db.get the history | [] if empty;
 const history: ChatItem[] = [];
diff --git a/chatapi/src/utils/nano-couchdb.ts b/chatapi/src/utils/nano-couchdb.ts
index df2d839fee..137a1bcd2b 100644
--- a/chatapi/src/utils/nano-couchdb.ts
+++ b/chatapi/src/utils/nano-couchdb.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { DocumentInsertResponse } from 'nano';
+import nano, { DocumentInsertResponse } from 'nano';
 import { DatabaseActions } from '../models/database-actions.model';
 
 export class NanoCouchService implements DatabaseActions {
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ export class NanoCouchService implements DatabaseActions {
   [key: string]: any;
   private db: DatabaseActions;
 
-  constructor(db: DatabaseActions) {
-    this.db = db;
+  constructor(databaseUrl: string, databaseName: string) {
+    const nanoDB = nano(databaseUrl);
+    this.db = nanoDB.use(databaseName);
   }
 
   async processAPIResponse(response: DocumentInsertResponse): Promise<void> {
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ export class NanoCouchService implements DatabaseActions {
 
   async insert(): Promise<DocumentInsertResponse> {
     try {
-      const res = await this.db.insert(this);
+      const { db, ...document } = this; // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+      const res = await this.db.insert(document);
       this.processAPIResponse(res);
       return res;
     } catch (error) {