diff --git a/api/chalicelib/core/alerts.py b/api/chalicelib/core/alerts.py
index 42411b8bc..3bb632c30 100644
--- a/api/chalicelib/core/alerts.py
+++ b/api/chalicelib/core/alerts.py
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ from chalicelib.utils import pg_client, helper, email_helper
 from chalicelib.utils.TimeUTC import TimeUTC
 
 
-# ALLOW_UPDATE = ["name", "description", "active", "detectionMethod", "query", "options"]
-
-
 def get(id):
     with pg_client.PostgresClient() as cur:
         cur.execute(
@@ -38,34 +35,6 @@ def get_all(project_id):
     return all
 
 
-# SUPPORTED_THRESHOLD = [15, 30, 60, 120, 240, 1440]
-#
-#
-# def __transform_structure(data):
-#     if data.get("options") is None:
-#         return f"Missing 'options'", None
-#     if data["options"].get("currentPeriod") not in SUPPORTED_THRESHOLD:
-#         return f"Unsupported currentPeriod, please provide one of these values {SUPPORTED_THRESHOLD}", None
-#     if data["options"].get("previousPeriod", 15) not in SUPPORTED_THRESHOLD:
-#         return f"Unsupported previousPeriod, please provide one of these values {SUPPORTED_THRESHOLD}", None
-#     if data["options"].get("renotifyInterval") is None:
-#         data["options"]["renotifyInterval"] = 720
-#     data["query"]["right"] = float(data["query"]["right"])
-#     data["query"] = json.dumps(data["query"])
-#     data["description"] = data["description"] if data.get("description") is not None and len(
-#         data["description"]) > 0 else None
-#     if data.get("options"):
-#         messages = []
-#         for m in data["options"].get("message", []):
-#             if m.get("value") is None:
-#                 continue
-#             m["value"] = str(m["value"])
-#             messages.append(m)
-#         data["options"]["message"] = messages
-#         data["options"] = json.dumps(data["options"])
-#     return None, data
-
-
 def __process_circular(alert):
     if alert is None:
         return None
@@ -83,7 +52,7 @@ def create(project_id, data: schemas.AlertSchema):
         cur.execute(
             cur.mogrify("""\
                     INSERT INTO public.alerts(project_id, name, description, detection_method, query, options, series_id)
-                    VALUES (%(project_id)s, %(name)s, %(description)s, %(detectionMethod)s, %(query)s, %(options)s::jsonb, %(series_id)s)
+                    VALUES (%(project_id)s, %(name)s, %(description)s, %(detection_method)s, %(query)s, %(options)s::jsonb, %(series_id)s)
                     RETURNING *;""",
                         {"project_id": project_id, **data})
         )
@@ -96,15 +65,6 @@ def update(id, data: schemas.AlertSchema):
     data["query"] = json.dumps(data["query"])
     data["options"] = json.dumps(data["options"])
 
-    # changes = {k: changes[k] for k in changes.keys() if k in ALLOW_UPDATE}
-    # err, changes = __transform_structure(changes)
-    # if err is not None:
-    #     return {"errors": [err]}
-    # updateq = []
-    # for k in changes.keys():
-    #     updateq.append(f"{helper.key_to_snake_case(k)} = %({k})s")
-    # if len(updateq) == 0:
-    #     return {"errors": ["nothing to update"]}
     with pg_client.PostgresClient() as cur:
         query = cur.mogrify("""\
                     UPDATE public.alerts
@@ -144,7 +104,6 @@ def process_notifications(data):
     BATCH_SIZE = 200
     for t in full.keys():
         for i in range(0, len(full[t]), BATCH_SIZE):
-            # helper.async_post(config('alert_ntf') % t, {"notifications": full[t][i:i + BATCH_SIZE]})
             notifications_list = full[t][i:i + BATCH_SIZE]
 
             if t == "slack":
diff --git a/api/schemas.py b/api/schemas.py
index 6a33c20a4..0dfd949ac 100644
--- a/api/schemas.py
+++ b/api/schemas.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class AlertDetectionMethod(str, Enum):
 
 class AlertSchema(BaseModel):
     name: str = Field(...)
-    detectionMethod: AlertDetectionMethod = Field(...)
+    detection_method: AlertDetectionMethod = Field(...)
     description: Optional[str] = Field(None)
     options: _AlertOptionSchema = Field(...)
     query: _AlertQuerySchema = Field(...)