diff --git a/python/mspasspy/client.py b/python/mspasspy/client.py
index 788025496..af399d20f 100644
--- a/python/mspasspy/client.py
+++ b/python/mspasspy/client.py
@@ -195,11 +195,6 @@ def __init__(
                     .master(self._spark_master_url)
                     .getOrCreate()
                 )
-                print("DEBUG====================")
-                print(spark.sparkContext.parallelize([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]).collect())
-                print(spark)
-                print(spark.sparkContext)
-                print("DEBUG END================")
                 self._spark_context = spark.sparkContext
             except Exception as err:
                 raise MsPASSError(
diff --git a/python/tests/test_mspass_client_spark_dask.py b/python/tests/test_mspass_client_spark_dask.py
index 2b80473d9..ef9a7d614 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_mspass_client_spark_dask.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_mspass_client_spark_dask.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def test_spark_scheduler(self, monkeypatch):
         monkeypatch.setenv("MSPASS_SCHEDULER", "spark")
         monkeypatch.setenv("MSPASS_SCHEDULER_ADDRESS", "168.0.0.1")
         monkeypatch.setenv("SPARK_MASTER_PORT", "12345")
-        monkeypatch.setattr(SparkSession.builder, "appName", mock_excpt)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(SparkSession, "builder", mock_excpt)
         with pytest.raises(
             MsPASSError,
             match="Runntime error: cannot create a spark configuration with: spark://168.0.0.1:12345",
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def test_set_scheduler(self, monkeypatch):
         assert self.client._dask_client == temp_dask_client
 
         # test set spark, previous is dask
-        monkeypatch.setattr(SparkSession.builder, "config", mock_excpt)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(SparkSession, "builder", mock_excpt)
         with pytest.raises(
             MsPASSError,
             match="Runntime error: cannot create a spark configuration with: spark://168.1.2.3:7077",