diff --git a/smartassist/src/startservices.py b/smartassist/src/startservices.py
index 39d6555..4f68c8b 100644
--- a/smartassist/src/startservices.py
+++ b/smartassist/src/startservices.py
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import yaml
 import json
 import socket
 import urllib.parse
-from backend import run_flask, tag
+from backend import run_flask
 import logging
 import requests
 import utils
-from utils import GlobalState, fetch_models_from_endpoints
+from utils import GlobalState
 
 global_state = GlobalState() # Configure root logger. The level will be adjusted later based on config file
 logger = global_state.getLogger(__name__)  # Logger for this module, inherit properties of the root logger
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def configure():
 
     def update_dict_with_env_vars(d): # Check all keys in d
         for key in d: # Iterate over all keys in the dictionary. The keys seen are all at the top-level of d
-            logger.info(f"key investigated now: {key}")
+            # logger.info(f"key investigated now: {key}")
             d[key] = update_value(d[key])
         return d
     
@@ -70,19 +70,23 @@ def configure():
     if isinstance(updated_config.get('endpoints'), list):  # Extract info on endpoint, model, url, provider et cetera from list
         global_state.set_endpoints(endpoints=updated_config.get('endpoints'))  # Extract and set list of endpoints
         # logger.debug("endpoints = \n{}".format(json.dumps(global_state.get_endpoints(), indent=4)))
-        fetch_models_from_endpoints(global_state.get_endpoints(), global_state)  # Call the new function
+        global_state.fetch_models()
         endpoints = global_state.get_endpoints()
         for endpoint in endpoints: # Set default LLM for each endpoint
             available_llms = global_state.get_list_of_available_llms(endpoint=endpoint)
             llm = next(iter(available_llms),None) # First available LLM or None. Default for AUTODETECT and requests for non-existing LLMs 
             logger.debug(f"url {endpoint['url']} = {available_llms}")
-            if endpoint["model"] in available_llms: # Check if specific LLM requested
+            if endpoint["model"] in available_llms: # Check if specific LLM requested, AUTODETECT evaluates to False
                 llm = endpoint["model"] 
             endpoint["default_llm"] = llm
-            
  
-        global_state.set_host_url(next(iter(endpoints),None)) # Set initial host to the first item in endpoints (or None)
-        global_state.set_llm(llm) # Set which server and llm to use
+        default_endpoint = next(iter(endpoints),None) # Set default_endpoint to first endpoint from list of endpoints
+        default_llm = default_endpoint["default_llm"] # Get default LLM for default_endpoint
+        default_ulr = default_endpoint["url"] # Get ulr of default_endpoint
+        global_state.set_host_url(default_ulr) # Set initial host to the first item in endpoints (or None)
+        global_state.set_llm(default_llm) # Set which llm to use
+        logger.debug(f"Desired default endpoint: {default_ulr},\tDesired default LLM: {default_llm}")
+        logger.debug(f"Returned default endpoint: {global_state.get_host_url()},\tReturned default LLM: {global_state.get_llm()}")
 
     return updated_config