diff --git a/src/main/java/od/providers/events/openlrs/OpenLRSEventProvider.java b/src/main/java/od/providers/events/openlrs/OpenLRSEventProvider.java
index 9f65d09..18a2d5c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/od/providers/events/openlrs/OpenLRSEventProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/od/providers/events/openlrs/OpenLRSEventProvider.java
@@ -231,12 +231,15 @@ public JsonNode postEvent(JsonNode marshallableObject, ProviderOptions options)
 
 	@Override
 	public EventStats getEventStatsForCourse(ProviderOptions options) {
-				
+		
 		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
 
 		String fullCourseId = options.getCourseId();
 		if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(lrs_Options.getGroup_id_prependString())) {
+			log.debug("lrs_options group_id_prependString = " + lrs_Options.getGroup_id_prependString());
 			fullCourseId = lrs_Options.getGroup_id_prependString() + fullCourseId;
+		} else {
+			log.debug("lrs_options group_id_prependString is empty, Sakai users should set this value");
 		}
 		
 		//set interceptors/requestFactory
diff --git a/src/main/java/od/utils/LRS_Options.java b/src/main/java/od/utils/LRS_Options.java
index 626b17b..0ac0345 100644
--- a/src/main/java/od/utils/LRS_Options.java
+++ b/src/main/java/od/utils/LRS_Options.java
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.ConfigFileApplicationContextInitializer;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+//import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableConfigurationProperties
 @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="lrs_options")
 //@PropertySource(value = "classpath:application.yml")
-@ContextConfiguration(initializers = ConfigFileApplicationContextInitializer.class)
+//@ContextConfiguration(initializers = ConfigFileApplicationContextInitializer.class)
 public class LRS_Options {
 	
 	private String group_id_prependString;