diff --git a/api/gunicorn.conf.py b/api/gunicorn.conf.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2880f19..0000000
--- a/api/gunicorn.conf.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-TIMEOUT=300
diff --git a/api/main.py b/api/main.py
index 332da65..54221f4 100644
--- a/api/main.py
+++ b/api/main.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import pickle
 import requests
 
 # ---------------------------------- env setup ---------------------------------
+
 if os.path.exists('.env'):
     from dotenv import load_dotenv
     load_dotenv()
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ if os.path.exists('.env'):
 OPENAI_API_KEY = os.environ.get('OPENAI_API_KEY')
 openai.api_key = OPENAI_API_KEY
 
-
 # -------------------------------- load dataset --------------------------------
 
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ else:
 
     dataset_dict_bytes = requests.get(url).content
     print('Unpacking dataset...')
-    dataset_dict = pickle.load(dataset_dict_bytes)
+    dataset_dict = pickle.loads(dataset_dict_bytes)
 
 print('Done!')