diff --git a/services/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/services/dto/Account.java b/services/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/services/dto/Account.java
index 139cd41..05872fc 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/services/dto/Account.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/services/dto/Account.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 
 import javax.persistence.Temporal;
 import javax.persistence.TemporalType;
-import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
 import java.io.Serializable;
@@ -15,11 +14,10 @@ import java.util.Date;
 @Data
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
 public class Account extends BaseDto implements Serializable {
-    @NotBlank(groups = edu.msudenver.tsp.persistence.dto.Account.Insert.class, message = "A username must be specified") @Size(max = 50) private String username;
-    @NotBlank(groups = edu.msudenver.tsp.persistence.dto.Account.Insert.class, message = "A password must be specified") @Size(max = 256) private String password;
+    @Size(max = 50) private String username;
+    @Size(max = 256) private String password;
     @NotNull @SerializedName("administrator_status") private boolean administratorStatus;
     @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE) @SerializedName("last_login") private Date lastLogin;
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 7095627971593953734L;
-
 }
diff --git a/services/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/services/factory/RequestFactory.java b/services/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/services/factory/RequestFactory.java
index eb4933d..e108cd1 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/services/factory/RequestFactory.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/services/factory/RequestFactory.java
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ public class RequestFactory {
     }
 
     public Request patch(final String uri, final String requestJson) {
-        return StringUtils.isNotBlank(requestJson) ? Request.Put(uri).bodyString(requestJson, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON) : Request.Patch(uri);
+        return StringUtils.isNotBlank(requestJson) ? Request.Patch(uri).bodyString(requestJson, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON) : Request.Patch(uri);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/src/test/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/services/parser/ParserServiceTest.java b/services/src/test/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/services/parser/ParserServiceTest.java
index fdfecf0..597fbc2 100644
--- a/services/src/test/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/services/parser/ParserServiceTest.java
+++ b/services/src/test/java/edu/msudenver/tsp/services/parser/ParserServiceTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 public class ParserServiceTest {
 
     @Mock private ParserService mockParserService;
-
     @InjectMocks private ParserService parserService;
 
     @Test