diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index f6402c3..5d5be24 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
 JWT_ALGORITHM = "HS256"
 ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES = 30
 
-# ── Database ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///./nexalearn.db"
+
 
 # ── Feature columns (must match pipeline output exactly) ─────────────────────
 FEATURE_COLS = [
diff --git a/ml_pipeline.py b/ml_pipeline.py
index 93181ec..bd68547 100644
--- a/ml_pipeline.py
+++ b/ml_pipeline.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # SECTION 1 │ LOAD DATASET FROM CSV
 # ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 
-DATASET_PATH = os.getenv("NEXALEARN_DATASET_PATH", "broken-ai_deadcode_dataset.csv")
+DATASET_PATH = os.getenv("NEXALEARN_DATASET_PATH", "/Broken-AI/data/broken-ai_deadcode_dataset.csv")
 
 
 def _prepare_dataset_from_csv(path: str) -> pd.DataFrame:
@@ -187,10 +187,11 @@ def _prepare_dataset_from_csv(path: str) -> pd.DataFrame:
     "attendance_percentage", "mental_health_rating",
     "extracurricular_hours", "exam_score", "previous_gpa",
 ]
-
 for col in numeric_cols:
     if col in df.columns:
-        df[col] = pd.to_numeric(df[col], errors="ignore")              
+      try:  df[col] = pd.to_numeric(df[col]) 
+      except: pass 
+      #"ignore is depricated"
 
 # Replace ±inf with 0 so they slip past null checks
 df.replace([np.inf, -np.inf], 0, inplace=True)                         
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ def _prepare_dataset_from_csv(path: str) -> pd.DataFrame:
 
 # Drop rows with excessive nulls
 threshold    = 0.5
-rows_to_drop = df[df.isnull().mean() > threshold].index                
+rows_to_drop = df[df.isnull().mean(axis=1) > threshold].index 
 df           = df.drop(index=rows_to_drop)
 
 df_clean = df.copy()
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diff --git a/tempCodeRunnerFile.py b/tempCodeRunnerFile.py
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index 0000000..c1b0730
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+++ b/tempCodeRunnerFile.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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