diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index eeb88ae..b267abf 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ from typing import Any
 from faker import Faker
 
 # from github import ContentFile, Github, GithubException, InputGitAuthor, Repository
-from gitea import *
+import gitea
 from requests import get as rq_get
 from requests.exceptions import RequestException
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class WakaInput:
     gitea_url: str | None = os.getenv("GITHUB_SERVER_URL", "https://gitea.com")
     waka_key: str | None = os.getenv("INPUT_WAKATIME_API_KEY")
     api_base_url: str | None = os.getenv("INPUT_API_BASE_URL", "https://wakatime.com/api")
-    repository: str | None = os.getenv("INPUT_REPOSITORY")
+    repository: str | None = os.getenv("INPUT_REPOSITORY", ".profile")
     # # depends
     commit_message: str = os.getenv(
         "INPUT_COMMIT_MESSAGE", "Updated WakaReadme graph with new metrics"
@@ -428,13 +428,13 @@ def churn(old_readme: str, /):
 
 
 # def qualify_target(gitea_repo: Repository.Repository):
-def qualify_target(gitea_repo: Repository, gitea_connect: Gitea):
+def qualify_target(gitea_repo: gitea.Repository, gitea_connect: gitea.Gitea):
     """Qualify target repository defaults."""
 
     @dataclass
     class TargetRepository:
         # this: ContentFile.ContentFile
-        this: Content
+        this: gitea.Content
         path: str
         commit_message: str
         sha: str
@@ -448,9 +448,9 @@ def qualify_target(gitea_repo: Repository, gitea_connect: Gitea):
     # if wk_i.target_branch != "NOT_SET":
     #     gitea_branch = gitea_repo.get_branch(wk_i.target_branch)
 
-    readme_content = Content(gitea_connect)
+    readme_content = gitea.Content(gitea_connect)
     readme_content.path = "README.md"
-    readme_content.type = Content.FILE
+    readme_content.type = gitea.Content.FILE
     target = gitea_repo.get_file_content(readme_content)  # base64 encoded
     # target = gitea_repo.get_readme()
 
@@ -483,14 +483,18 @@ def qualify_target(gitea_repo: Repository, gitea_connect: Gitea):
 def genesis():
     """Run Program."""
     logger.debug("Connecting to Gitea")
-    gitea_connect = Gitea(wk_i.gitea_url, wk_i.gitea_token)
+    gitea_connect = gitea.Gitea(wk_i.gitea_url, wk_i.gitea_token)
+    logger.debug("logged into gitea\n")
 
     # since a validator is being used earlier, casting
     # `wk_i.ENV_VARIABLE` to a string here, is okay
     # gitea_repo = gitea_connect.get_repo(str(wk_i.repository))
+
     owner = "sangge"
     repo_name = ".profile"
-    gitea_repo = Repository.request(gitea_connect, owner, repo_name)
+    gitea_repo = gitea.Repository.request(gitea_connect, owner, repo_name)
+    if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] == "--dev":
+        logger.debug("Detected run in `dev` mode.,fetched repo \n")
     target = qualify_target(gitea_repo, gitea_connect)
     logger.debug("Decoding readme contents\n")
 
@@ -516,7 +520,6 @@ def genesis():
     b64_new_content = b64encode(bytes(new_content, "utf-8"))
     repo_content = gitea_repo.get_git_content()
     readmes = [c for c in repo_content if c.name == "README.md"]
-    sha = readmes[0].sha
     str_new_content = b64_new_content.decode("utf-8")
     gitea_repo.change_file(readmes[0].name, readmes[0].sha, str_new_content)
     logger.info("Stats updated successfully")
diff --git a/test_giteaapi.py b/test_giteaapi.py
index e0ed4eb..6473f9f 100644
--- a/test_giteaapi.py
+++ b/test_giteaapi.py
@@ -1,12 +1,39 @@
 from gitea import *
+import os
+from base64 import b64decode, b64encode
+
 URL = "https://git.mamahaha.work"
 TOKEN = open("token.log", "r").read().strip()
 gitea_connect = Gitea(URL, TOKEN)
 print("Gitea Version: " + gitea_connect.get_version())
 print("API-Token belongs to user: " + gitea_connect.get_user().username)
 
-#repository = "sangge/tpre-python"
-#target_branch = "main"
-#gitea_repo = gitea_connect.get_repo(str(repository))
-#gitea_branch = gitea_repo.get_branch(target_branch)
-#print(gitea_branch)
\ No newline at end of file
+# Repository details
+owner = "sangge"  # Replace with the repository owner's username
+repo_name = ".profile"  # Replace with the repository name
+
+# Get repository object
+gitea_repo = Repository.request(gitea_connect, owner, repo_name)
+print(gitea_repo.get_branches()[0].name)
+
+readme_content = Content(gitea_connect)
+readme_content.path = "README.md"
+readme_content.type = Content.FILE
+readme_data = gitea_repo.get_file_content(readme_content)
+
+
+readme_contents = str(b64decode(readme_data), encoding="utf-8") + "123123"
+# print(readme_contents)
+
+readme_content = Content(gitea_connect)
+readme_content.path = "README.md"
+readme_content.type = Content.FILE
+
+b64_readme_contents = b64encode(bytes(readme_contents, "utf-8"))
+content = b64_readme_contents.decode("ascii")
+
+acontent = gitea_repo.get_git_content()
+readmes = [c for c in acontent if c.name == "README.md"]
+# gitea_repo.change_file(readmes[0].name, readmes[0].sha, content)
+print(content)
+print(b64_readme_contents)