diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b12565e..f261c78 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>2.20.1</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-					<skipTests>true</skipTests>
-				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/locusworks/common/objectmapper/ObjectMapperHelper.java b/src/main/java/net/locusworks/common/objectmapper/ObjectMapperHelper.java
index 017ef30..9ce2050 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/locusworks/common/objectmapper/ObjectMapperHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/locusworks/common/objectmapper/ObjectMapperHelper.java
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ public class ObjectMapperHelper {
   */
  public static <T> ObjectMapperResults<T> readValue(Object src, Class<T> clazz) {
    try {
+     if (src instanceof String) {
+       return readValue((String)src, clazz);
+     }
      return readValue(mapper.writeValueAsString(src), clazz);
    } catch (Exception ex) {
      return new ObjectMapperResults<T>(ex);
@@ -116,6 +119,9 @@ public class ObjectMapperHelper {
   */
  public static <T, L extends Collection<?>> ObjectMapperListResults<List<T>> readListValue(Object object, Class<T> objectClass, Class<L> listClass) {
    try {
+     if (object instanceof String) {
+       return readListValue((String)object, objectClass, listClass);
+     }
      return readListValue(mapper.writeValueAsString(object), objectClass, listClass);
    } catch (Exception ex) {
      return new ObjectMapperListResults<>(ex);
@@ -131,7 +137,7 @@ public class ObjectMapperHelper {
   * @param <L> The expect class of the list
   * @return the object list populated with the data in the json string
   */
- public static <T, L extends Collection<?>>  ObjectMapperListResults<List<T>> readListValue(String src, Class<T> objectClass, Class<L> listClass) {
+ public static <T, L extends Collection<?>> ObjectMapperListResults<List<T>> readListValue(String src, Class<T> objectClass, Class<L> listClass) {
    try {
      List<T> item = mapper.readValue(src, mapper.getTypeFactory().constructCollectionType(listClass, objectClass)); 
      return new ObjectMapperListResults<>(item);
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/locusworks/common/utils/FileReader.java b/src/main/java/net/locusworks/common/utils/FileReader.java
index 1a2741b..5991e3a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/locusworks/common/utils/FileReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/locusworks/common/utils/FileReader.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import static net.locusworks.common.Charsets.UTF_8;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -84,12 +83,8 @@ public class FileReader implements AutoCloseableIterator<FileReader.LineInfo>, I
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to find resource with name of" + fileName);
     }
     
-    //Call the buffered reader initializer once the file is found
-    try(BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is, UTF_8))) {
-      init(br);
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
-    }
+    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is, UTF_8));
+    init(br);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -100,7 +95,8 @@ public class FileReader implements AutoCloseableIterator<FileReader.LineInfo>, I
     if (file == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("File cannot be null");
     if (Files.notExists(file)) throw new IllegalArgumentException("File " + file + " does not exist");
     if (!Files.isRegularFile(file)) throw new IllegalArgumentException("File " + file + " is not a file");
-    try (BufferedReader br = Files.newBufferedReader(file)) {
+    try {
+      BufferedReader br = Files.newBufferedReader(file);
       init(br);
     } catch (Exception ex) {
       throw new RuntimeException(ex);
diff --git a/temp.properties b/temp.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 15169ba..0000000
--- a/temp.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#test propertis
-#Fri Feb 16 09:42:40 EST 2018
-logLevel=INFO
-dbPort=3306
-userExpirationDays=3650
-dbHost=localhost