diff --git a/civiclens/deploy/launch.py b/civiclens/deploy/launch.py
index 9e2f5b3..ea91c5d 100644
--- a/civiclens/deploy/launch.py
+++ b/civiclens/deploy/launch.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Script to autodeploy CivicLens NLP jobs"""
 import pydo
 
-from civiclens.utils.constants import DIGITAL_OCEAN, SSH_ID
+from civiclens.utils.constants import DIGITAL_OCEAN
 
 
 do_client = pydo.Client(token=DIGITAL_OCEAN)
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     "size": "s-4vcpu-8gb",
     "image": "ubuntu-24-04-x64",
     "user_data": cloud_config,
-    "ssh_keys": [SSH_ID],
     "monitoring": True,
 }
 
diff --git a/civiclens/deploy/run_civiclens_nlp.sh b/civiclens/deploy/run_civiclens_nlp.sh
index 15ed1f7..366b429 100644
--- a/civiclens/deploy/run_civiclens_nlp.sh
+++ b/civiclens/deploy/run_civiclens_nlp.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# set paths for logging nlp batch info
-LOG_DIR="/home/civiclens-nlp/CivicLens/civiclens/log"
-LAST_UPDATE_FILE="${LOG_DIR}/nlp_batch.csv"
+# set paths
 PROJECT_DIR="/home/civiclens-nlp/CivicLens/"
-VENV_PATH="/home/civiclens-nlp/CivicLens/.venv/bin/activate"
 # fetch droplet ID for instance deletion
 DROPLET_ID=$(curl "http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/id")
 echo "export DROPLET_ID=$DROPLET_ID" >> ~/.zshenv
@@ -13,11 +10,6 @@ source ~/.zshenv
 echo "===================================="
 echo "Running NLP Update..."
 
-# make sure logging directory exists
-if [ ! -d "$LOG_DIR" ]; then
-    mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"
-fi
-
 # go to project directory if exists
 if [ -d "$PROJECT_DIR" ]; then
     cd "$PROJECT_DIR"
@@ -30,11 +22,4 @@ fi
 poetry install
 
 # Run NLP update
-if poetry run python3 -m civiclens.nlp.pipeline --cloud; then
-    # Log success
-    echo "$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'), SUCCESS, NLP updated completed successfully" >> "$LAST_UPDATE_FILE"
-else
-    # Log failure
-    echo "$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'), ERROR, NLP update failed" >> "$LAST_UPDATE_FILE"
-    exit 1
-fi
+poetry run python3 -m civiclens.nlp.pipeline --cloud
diff --git a/civiclens/utils/constants.py b/civiclens/utils/constants.py
index 0bbfc4b..6c52cfa 100644
--- a/civiclens/utils/constants.py
+++ b/civiclens/utils/constants.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 DATABASE_TEST = os.environ.get("DATBASE_TEST")
 DIGITAL_OCEAN = os.environ.get("DIGITAL_OCEAN")
 DROPLET_ID = os.environ.get("DROPLET_ID")
-SSH_ID = os.environ.get("SSH_ID")
 
 # Regulations.GOV
 REG_GOV_API_KEY = os.environ.get("REG_GOV_API_KEY")