diff --git a/cfn/params.json b/cfn/params.json
index 1806e4e..bf470bc 100644
--- a/cfn/params.json
+++ b/cfn/params.json
@@ -2,21 +2,5 @@
     {
       "ParameterKey": "GitHubRepo",
       "ParameterValue": "codepipeline-ecr-build-sf-execution"
-    },
-    {
-        "ParameterKey": "GitHubBranch",
-        "ParameterValue": "master"
-      },
-      {
-        "ParameterKey": "GitHubToken",
-        "ParameterValue": ""
-      },
-      {
-        "ParameterKey": "GitHubUser",
-        "ParameterValue": ""
-      },
-      {
-        "ParameterKey": "MlOpsStepFunctionArn",
-        "ParameterValue": ""
-      }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+    }
+]
diff --git a/container/Dockerfile b/container/Dockerfile
index da16d59..d3cb415 100644
--- a/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/container/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 FROM public.ecr.aws/lts/ubuntu:20.04
 
+# check python version
+RUN echo 'testing'
 
 RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
          wget \
@@ -11,6 +13,9 @@ RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
          nginx \
          ca-certificates \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    
+RUN echo 'testing1'
+RUN python --version
 
 # Here we get all python packages.
 # There's substantial overlap between scipy and numpy that we eliminate by
@@ -18,7 +23,7 @@ RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 # a significant amount of space. These optimizations save a fair amount of space in the
 # image, which reduces start up time.
 RUN wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py && python get-pip.py && \
-    pip install numpy==1.16.2 scipy==1.2.1 scikit-learn==0.20.2 pandas flask gevent gunicorn && \
+    pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt && \
         (cd /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy/.libs; rm *; ln ../../numpy/.libs/* .) && \
         rm -rf /root/.cache
 
diff --git a/container/requirements.txt b/container/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c6917d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+numpy==1.16.2
+scipy==1.2.1
+scikit-learn==0.20.2
+pandas
+flask
+gevent==1.5.0
+gunicorn
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/container/test.txt b/container/test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09965a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container/test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+asd
+commit
+committed
+testingForCommit
+testing the 1st step in StepFuncton
+test full workflow in AWS
+removed send email to accept or reject