diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/bigquery/connection.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/bigquery/connection.py
index 70d3a890ba75..8a785cd739d2 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/bigquery/connection.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/bigquery/connection.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 Source connection handler
 """
 import os
+from datetime import datetime
 from functools import partial
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -122,7 +123,8 @@ def test_connection_inner(engine):
                 test_query,
                 engine=engine,
                 statement=BIGQUERY_TEST_STATEMENT.format(
-                    region=service_connection.usageLocation
+                    region=service_connection.usageLocation,
+                    creation_date=datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),
                 ),
             ),
         }
diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/bigquery/metadata.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/bigquery/metadata.py
index 17500f19367e..b88af7a55a6c 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/bigquery/metadata.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/bigquery/metadata.py
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ def get_schema_description(self, schema_name: str) -> Optional[str]:
             )
 
             query_result = [result.schema_description for result in query_resp.result()]
-            return query_result[0]
+            return fqn.unquote_name(query_result[0])
         except IndexError:
             logger.debug(f"No dataset description found for {schema_name}")
         except Exception as err:
diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/bigquery/queries.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/bigquery/queries.py
index 6b80b773846c..8d16af422c97 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/bigquery/queries.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/bigquery/queries.py
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 )
 
 BIGQUERY_TEST_STATEMENT = textwrap.dedent(
-    """SELECT query FROM `region-{region}`.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.JOBS_BY_PROJECT limit 1"""
+    """SELECT query FROM `region-{region}`.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.JOBS_BY_PROJECT 
+    where creation_time > '{creation_date}' limit 1"""
 )
 
 
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@
     user_email as user_name
   FROM `region-{region}`.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.JOBS_BY_PROJECT
   WHERE statement_type = 'SCRIPT'
-    AND start_time >= '{start_date}'
+    AND creation_time >= '{start_date}'
     AND job_type = "QUERY"
     AND state = "DONE"
     AND error_result is NULL
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@
   WHERE statement_type <> 'SCRIPT'
     AND query NOT LIKE '/* {{"app": "OpenMetadata", %%}} */%%'
     AND query NOT LIKE '/* {{"app": "dbt", %%}} */%%'
-    AND start_time >= '{start_date}' 
+    AND creation_time >= '{start_date}'
     AND job_type = "QUERY"
     AND state = "DONE"
     AND error_result is NULL
diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/fqn.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/fqn.py
index a40187042f58..669db098baa9 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/fqn.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/fqn.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def _build(*args, quote: bool = True) -> str:
 
 
 def unquote_name(name: str) -> str:
-    return name[1:-1] if name is not None and '"' in name else name
+    return name[1:-1] if name and name[0] == '"' and name[-1] == '"' else name
 
 
 def quote_name(name: str) -> str: