diff --git a/backend/src/ItemItemWithKNNRec.py b/backend/src/ItemItemWithKNNRec.py
index c7ffd17..77f8042 100644
--- a/backend/src/ItemItemWithKNNRec.py
+++ b/backend/src/ItemItemWithKNNRec.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 from fuzzywuzzy import fuzz
 from google.cloud import firestore
 from google.oauth2 import service_account
-
+from google.auth.credentials import AnonymousCredentials
+import json
 
 class ItemItemWithKNNRec:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -25,11 +26,13 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.saved_kNN = joblib.load("src/kNN_model.joblib")
 
     def fetch_movie_info(self):
-        key_file_path = os.getcwd() + '/src/cinectmoviedb-665d236ba447.json'
-        print(key_file_path)
-        environ['GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS'] = key_file_path
-        project = 'cinectmoviedb'
-        client = firestore.Client(project=project, database='cinectdatabase')
+        # key_file_path = os.getcwd() + '/src/cinectmoviedb-665d236ba447.json'
+        # print(key_file_path)
+        # environ['GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS'] = key_file_path
+        # project = 'cinectmoviedb'
+        # client = firestore.Client(project=project, database='cinectdatabase')
+        json_str = json.loads(environ['CREDENTIALS'])
+        client = firestore.Client.from_service_account_info(json_str, database='cinectdatabase')
 
         collection_ref = client.collection('movie_info')
         page_size = 50
diff --git a/backend/src/api.py b/backend/src/api.py
index 89bc624..4e50444 100644
--- a/backend/src/api.py
+++ b/backend/src/api.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ def verify_user():
 def get_recommendation():
     json_str = str(request.args.get("data"))
     json_obj = json.loads(json_str)
-
     input_movie_list = extract_titles(json_obj["users"])
     genres = json_obj["genres"]
     try: