diff --git a/.beamignore b/.beamignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f787b8ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.beamignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.venv
+venv
+.idea
+.vscode
+.git
+*.pyc
+__pycache__
diff --git a/ai_ta_backend/beam/ingest.py b/ai_ta_backend/beam/ingest.py
index 2ccb17e5..8ac8d06d 100644
--- a/ai_ta_backend/beam/ingest.py
+++ b/ai_ta_backend/beam/ingest.py
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ def loader():
 # Triggers determine how your app is deployed
 @app.rest_api(workers=2, max_pending_tasks=15_000, max_retries=3, timeout=-1, loader=loader, autoscaler=autoscaler)
 def ingest(**inputs: Dict[str, Any]):
+    
   qdrant_client, vectorstore, s3_client, supabase_client, posthog = inputs["context"]
 
   course_name: List[str] | str = inputs.get('course_name', '')