diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/auth.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/auth.ts
index a428f9a3..fe7baa62 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/auth.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/auth.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ async function getACUC(api_key: string): Promise<AuthCreditUsageChunk | null> {
   const cachedACUC = await getValue(cacheKeyACUC);
 
   if (cachedACUC !== null) {
-    return JSON.parse(cacheKeyACUC);
+    return JSON.parse(cachedACUC);
   } else {
     const { data, error } =
       await supabase_service.rpc("auth_credit_usage_chunk", { input_key: api_key });
diff --git a/apps/api/src/lib/checkCredits.ts b/apps/api/src/lib/checkCredits.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e9d988d..00000000
--- a/apps/api/src/lib/checkCredits.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import { checkTeamCredits } from "../services/billing/credit_billing";
-import { Logger } from "./logger";
-
-type checkCreditsResponse = {
-  status: number;
-  error: string | null;
-}
-
-export const checkCredits = async (team_id: string): Promise<checkCreditsResponse> => {
-  try {
-    const {
-      success: creditsCheckSuccess,
-      message: creditsCheckMessage
-    } = await checkTeamCredits(team_id, 1);
-    if (!creditsCheckSuccess) {
-      return {
-        status: 402,
-        error: "Insufficient credits"
-      };
-    }
-  } catch (error) {
-    Logger.error(error);
-    return {
-      status: 500,
-      error: "Error checking team credits. Please contact hello@firecrawl.com for help."
-    };
-  }
-  return {
-    status: 200,
-    error: null
-  }
-};
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