diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0b304839..40133470 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update 
-          sudo apt-get install libsasl2-dev python-dev libldap2-dev libssl-dev
+          sudo apt-get install libsasl2-dev python3-dev libldap2-dev libssl-dev
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
diff --git a/flask_app/blueprints/api/blueprint.py b/flask_app/blueprints/api/blueprint.py
index 9493ed78..4d317a58 100644
--- a/flask_app/blueprints/api/blueprint.py
+++ b/flask_app/blueprints/api/blueprint.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 from flask_simple_api import SimpleAPI
 
 from ... import activity
-from ...utils.api_utils import (auto_render, requires_login,
-                                requires_login_or_runtoken)
+from ...utils.api_utils import auto_render, requires_login, requires_login_or_runtoken
 
 blueprint = Blueprint('api', __name__, url_prefix='/api')
 
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@
 _api_info = {'endpoints': {}}
 
 
-def API(func=None, require_real_login=False, generates_activity=True, require_login=True, version=1):
+def API(func=None, require_real_login=False, generates_activity=False, require_login=True, version=1):
     if func is None:
         return functools.partial(API, require_real_login=require_real_login, generates_activity=generates_activity, require_login=require_login, version=version)
 
diff --git a/flask_app/blueprints/api/sessions.py b/flask_app/blueprints/api/sessions.py
index c6dbcb74..c9745b4f 100644
--- a/flask_app/blueprints/api/sessions.py
+++ b/flask_app/blueprints/api/sessions.py
@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@
 from flask_simple_api import error_abort
 import flux
 import requests
-
-from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
 from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
-from ...auth import get_or_create_user
+from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
 
+from ...auth import get_or_create_user
+from ...models import Session, SessionMetadata, Test, User, db
 from ...search import get_orm_query_from_search_string
-from ...models import Session, Test, db, SessionMetadata, User
-from ...utils import get_current_time, statuses
+from ...utils import get_current_time, profiling, statuses
 from ...utils.api_utils import requires_role
 from ...utils.subjects import get_or_create_subject_instance
 from ...utils.users import has_role
-from ...utils import profiling
 from .blueprint import API
 
 NoneType = type(None)
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@
 _DEFAULT_DELETE_GRACE_PERIOD_SECONDS = 60 * 60 * 24 * 30
 
 
-@API(version=3)
+@API(version=3, generates_activity=True)
 def report_session_start(logical_id: str=None,
                          parent_logical_id: (NoneType, str)=None,
                          is_parent_session: bool=False,
@@ -109,7 +107,7 @@ def report_session_start(logical_id: str=None,
     return returned
 
 
-@API(version=2)
+@API(version=2, generates_activity=True)
 def report_session_end(id: int, duration: (int, NoneType)=None, has_fatal_errors: bool=False):
     try:
         session = Session.query.filter(Session.id == id).one()