diff --git a/scripts/burnday_build_test.sh b/scripts/burnday_build_test.sh
index 99af4ad..a9142c2 100755
--- a/scripts/burnday_build_test.sh
+++ b/scripts/burnday_build_test.sh
@@ -7,63 +7,52 @@ export BUCKET_NAME="${PROJECT_NAME}-app-artifacts"
 export DEPLOYMENT_PACKAGE="${PROJECT_NAME}_deployment_package.zip"
 
 
-# python -m venv avenv
+python -m venv avenv
 
-# source avenv/bin/activate
-# pip install -r requirements/requirements-dev.txt
+source avenv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements/requirements-dev.txt
 
-# secret_scan_results=$(detect-secrets scan | \
-# python3 -c "import sys, json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['results'])" )
+secret_scan_results=$(detect-secrets scan | \
+python3 -c "import sys, json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['results'])" )
 
-# # static scan for security credentials that terminates if any secrets are found
-# if [ "${secret_scan_results}" != "{}" ]; then
-#     echo "detect-secrets scan failed"
-#     exit 125
-# fi
+# static scan for security credentials that terminates if any secrets are found
+if [ "${secret_scan_results}" != "{}" ]; then
+    echo "detect-secrets scan failed"
+    exit 125
+fi
 
 
-# python -m unittest
+python -m unittest
 
-# deactivate
+deactivate
 
 echo "--------beginning bundle--------"
 
-echo $DEPLOYMENT_PACKAGE \
-$PROJECT_NAME
-
 zip $DEPLOYMENT_PACKAGE -r $PROJECT_NAME  \
     -x *__pycache__*  --quiet
 
-echo "zip command 2"
-
 zip -u $DEPLOYMENT_PACKAGE -j handlers/${PROJECT_NAME}_skill.py  \
     -x *__pycache__* --quiet
 
-echo "zip command 3"
-
-echo $DEPLOYMENT_PACKAGE
-
-ls -l externals
-
-zip -v external_test -j externals  \
-    -x *__pycache__*
+zip -u $DEPLOYMENT_PACKAGE externals  \
+    -x *__pycache__* --quiet
 
 echo "--------deployment package created--------"
 
 
-# aws s3api put-object --bucket $BUCKET_NAME \
-#     --region $REGION_NAME \
-#     --key $PROJECT_NAME/$DEPLOYMENT_PACKAGE \
-#     --body $DEPLOYMENT_PACKAGE \
-#     --tagging "cloudformation=no&project=${PROJECT_NAME}&keep=yes"
+aws s3api put-object --bucket $BUCKET_NAME \
+    --region $REGION_NAME \
+    --key $PROJECT_NAME/$DEPLOYMENT_PACKAGE \
+    --body $DEPLOYMENT_PACKAGE \
+    --tagging "cloudformation=no&project=${PROJECT_NAME}&keep=yes"
 
 
 
 
-# aws lambda update-function-code \
-#     --region $REGION_NAME \
-#     --function-name  "${PROJECT_NAME}-alexa-skill" \
-#     --s3-bucket $BUCKET_NAME \
-#     --s3-key $PROJECT_NAME/$DEPLOYMENT_PACKAGE \
-#     --no-cli-pager
+aws lambda update-function-code \
+    --region $REGION_NAME \
+    --function-name  "${PROJECT_NAME}-alexa-skill" \
+    --s3-bucket $BUCKET_NAME \
+    --s3-key $PROJECT_NAME/$DEPLOYMENT_PACKAGE \
+    --no-cli-pager