diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a42b15..0000000
Binary files a/.DS_Store and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 09f6cb3..767e363 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /target
 Cargo.lock
 /database/database.sqlite
-/NEA_Screenshots
\ No newline at end of file
+/NEA_Screenshots
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6902199..4f32d18 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // relevant macros and imports for rocket.rs
 #[macro_use] extern crate rocket;
-use rocket::{Rocket, Build, fs::{FileServer, relative}, serde::{Deserialize, json::Json}};
+use rocket::{Rocket, Build, fs::{FileServer, relative}, serde::{Deserialize, json::Json}, Error, Response};
 pub mod sql;
 
 #[get("/")]
@@ -14,28 +14,17 @@ fn test() -> String {
 #[serde(crate = "rocket::serde")]
 struct PostTest<'r> {
     test_type: &'r str,
-    test_length: i64,
-    test_time: i32,
+    test_length: u32,
+    test_time: u32,
     test_seed: i64,
     quote_id: i32,
-    wpm: i16,
-    accuracy: i8,
-    user_id: i32
+    wpm: u8,
+    accuracy: u8,
+    user_id: u32
 }
 
 #[post("/post_test", data = "<test>")]
 fn post_test(test: Json<PostTest<'_>>) {
-    println!(
-        "{}\n{}\n{}\n{}\n{}\n{}\n{}\n{}", 
-        test.test_type, 
-        test.test_length, 
-        test.test_time, 
-        test.test_seed, 
-        test.quote_id, 
-        test.wpm, 
-        test.accuracy, 
-        test.user_id
-    );
     sql::post_test(test.test_type, test.test_length, test.test_time, test.test_seed, test.quote_id, test.wpm, test.accuracy, test.user_id)
         .expect("error in posting test to tests table");
 }
diff --git a/src/sql.rs b/src/sql.rs
index 8a3533a..05b0968 100644
--- a/src/sql.rs
+++ b/src/sql.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub fn create_database() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub fn post_test(test_type: &str, test_length: i64, test_time: i32, test_seed: i64, quote_id: i32, wpm: i16, accuracy: i8, user_id: i32) 
+pub fn post_test(test_type: &str, test_length: u32, test_time: u32, test_seed: i64, quote_id: i32, wpm: u8, accuracy: u8, user_id: u32) 
 -> Result<()> {
     let connection = get_connection();