diff --git a/api-service/package.json b/api-service/package.json
index d34a4325..4359e729 100644
--- a/api-service/package.json
+++ b/api-service/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "body-parser": "^1.20.2",
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "dateformat": "2.0.0",
-    "express": "^4.18.2",
+    "express": "^5.0.0-beta.3",
     "http-errors": "^2.0.0",
     "http-status": "^1.5.3",
     "kafka-node": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/api-service/src/app.ts b/api-service/src/app.ts
index 2dbbd887..66cbaa4d 100644
--- a/api-service/src/app.ts
+++ b/api-service/src/app.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ app.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: config.body_parser_limit}));
 app.use(express.text());
 app.use(express.json());
 app.use(errorHandler)
-app.use(obsrvErrorHandler);
 app.set("queryServices", services);
 
 loadExtensions(app)
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ loadExtensions(app)
     app.use("/", router);
     app.use("/", metricsRouter);
     app.use("*", ResponseHandler.routeNotFound);
-    app.use(ResponseHandler.errorResponse);
+    app.use(obsrvErrorHandler);
 
     app.listen(config.api_port, () => {
       console.log(`listening on port ${config.api_port}`);
diff --git a/api-service/src/v2/controllers/DatasetCreate/DatasetCreate.ts b/api-service/src/v2/controllers/DatasetCreate/DatasetCreate.ts
index 6b648305..0906098e 100644
--- a/api-service/src/v2/controllers/DatasetCreate/DatasetCreate.ts
+++ b/api-service/src/v2/controllers/DatasetCreate/DatasetCreate.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const validateRequest = async (req: Request) => {
 
 const datasetCreate = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     
-    validateRequest(req)
+    await validateRequest(req)
     const draftDataset = getDraftDataset(req.body.request)
     const dataset = await datasetService.createDraftDataset(draftDataset);
     ResponseHandler.successResponse(req, res, { status: httpStatus.OK, data: dataset });