diff --git a/services/api_gateway/src/auth/interceptor.rs b/services/api_gateway/src/auth/interceptor.rs
index 14aa42784..d4c8ccdc8 100644
--- a/services/api_gateway/src/auth/interceptor.rs
+++ b/services/api_gateway/src/auth/interceptor.rs
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ impl JwtService {
         let token_data = decode::<JwtClaims>(token, &self.decoding_key, &self.validation)
             .map_err(|e| {
                 error!("JWT decode failed in interceptor: {:?}", e);
+                error!("FULL TOKEN FOR DEBUGGING: {}", token);
                 error!(
                     "Token (first 50 chars): {}...",
                     &token[..50.min(token.len())]
diff --git a/services/backtesting_service/src/service.rs b/services/backtesting_service/src/service.rs
index 1a2f5d924..403d86633 100644
--- a/services/backtesting_service/src/service.rs
+++ b/services/backtesting_service/src/service.rs
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ impl BacktestingServiceImpl {
     }
 
     /// Validate backtest request parameters
-    fn validate_backtest_request(&self, request: &StartBacktestRequest) -> Result<(), Status> {
+    async fn validate_backtest_request(&self, request: &StartBacktestRequest) -> Result<(), Status> {
         if request.strategy_name.is_empty() {
             return Err(Status::invalid_argument("Strategy name cannot be empty"));
         }
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ impl BacktestingServiceImpl {
         }
 
         // Check if we have capacity for new backtests
-        let active_count = self.active_backtests.blocking_read().len();
+        let active_count = self.active_backtests.read().await.len();
         let max_concurrent = 10; // Default limit
         if active_count >= max_concurrent {
             return Err(Status::resource_exhausted(format!(
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ impl BacktestingService for BacktestingServiceImpl {
         );
 
         // Validate request
-        self.validate_backtest_request(&req)?;
+        self.validate_backtest_request(&req).await?;
 
         // Generate backtest ID
         let backtest_id = Self::generate_backtest_id();