diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/transport/TransportIndexDetectorAction.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/transport/TransportIndexDetectorAction.java
index 4fec6c262..e184f0706 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/transport/TransportIndexDetectorAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/transport/TransportIndexDetectorAction.java
@@ -775,7 +775,8 @@ public void onResponse(SearchResponse searchResponse) {
                                                     )
                                             )
                                     );
-                                    return;
+                            } else {
+                                continueCreatingDetector(detector);
                             }
 
 
@@ -790,7 +791,10 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
                     }
                 });
             }
+        }
+
 
+        void continueCreatingDetector(Detector detector){
             String ruleTopic = detector.getDetectorType();
 
             request.getDetector().setAlertsIndex(DetectorMonitorConfig.getAlertsIndex(ruleTopic));
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/SecurityAnalyticsRestTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/SecurityAnalyticsRestTestCase.java
index 1592036c4..743a07925 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/SecurityAnalyticsRestTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/SecurityAnalyticsRestTestCase.java
@@ -1197,16 +1197,8 @@ boolean preserveODFEIndicesAfterTest() {
         return false;
     }
 
-    protected boolean keepDetectorConfigIndex() {
-        return false;
-    }
-
     @After
     protected void wipeAllODFEIndices()  throws IOException {
-        wipeAllODFEIndices(keepDetectorConfigIndex());
-    }
-
-    protected void wipeAllODFEIndices(boolean keepDetectorConfigIndex)  throws IOException {
         if (preserveODFEIndicesAfterTest()) return;
 
         Response response = client().performRequest(new Request("GET", "/_cat/indices?format=json&expand_wildcards=all"));
@@ -1224,15 +1216,12 @@ protected void wipeAllODFEIndices(boolean keepDetectorConfigIndex)  throws IOExc
             String indexName = jsonObject.get("index").toString();
             // .opendistro_security isn't allowed to delete from cluster
             if (!".opendistro_security".equals(indexName)) {
-                String detectorConfigIndex = keepDetectorConfigIndex?".opensearch-sap-detectors-config":"";
-                if (!detectorConfigIndex.equals(indexName)) {
                     Request request = new Request("DELETE", String.format(Locale.getDefault(), "/%s", indexName));
                     // TODO: remove PERMISSIVE option after moving system index access to REST API call
                     RequestOptions.Builder options = RequestOptions.DEFAULT.toBuilder();
                     options.setWarningsHandler(WarningsHandler.PERMISSIVE);
                     request.setOptions(options.build());
                     adminClient().performRequest(request);
-                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1522,32 +1511,4 @@ protected void createSampleDatastream(String datastreamName, String mappings) th
 
         createDatastreamAPI(datastreamName);
     }
-
-
-//    private String dummyIndex="";
-//
-//    @Before
-//    void createDummyDetector() throws IOException {
-//        if ("".equals(dummyIndex)) {
-//            dummyIndex = createTestIndex(randomIndexDns(), dnsIndexMapping());
-//            //indexDoc(index, "1", randomDoc());
-//            // Execute CreateMappingsAction to add alias mapping for index
-//            Request createMappingRequest = new Request("POST", SecurityAnalyticsPlugin.MAPPER_BASE_URI);
-//            // both req params and req body are supported
-//            createMappingRequest.setJsonEntity(
-//                    "{ \"index_name\":\"" + dummyIndex + "\"," +
-//                            "  \"rule_topic\":\"" + randomDetectorTypeDns() + "\", " +
-//                            "  \"partial\":true" +
-//                            "}"
-//            );
-//
-//            Response response = client().performRequest(createMappingRequest);
-//            assertEquals(HttpStatus.SC_OK, response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
-//
-//
-//            Detector detector = randomDetectorDns(List.of(new String("8ae51330-899c-4641-8125-e39f2e07da72")));
-//
-//            Response createResponse = makeRequest(client(), "POST", SecurityAnalyticsPlugin.DETECTOR_BASE_URI, Collections.emptyMap(), toHttpEntity(detector));
-//        }
-//    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/TestHelpers.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/TestHelpers.java
index 007e39a10..eaf3df694 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/TestHelpers.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/TestHelpers.java
@@ -1258,41 +1258,4 @@ public static NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry() {
     public static XContentBuilder builder() throws IOException {
         return XContentBuilder.builder(XContentType.JSON.xContent());
     }
-
-    public static String dnsIndexMapping() {
-        return "\"properties\": {\n" +
-                "      \"parent_domain\": {\n" +
-                "        \"type\": \"text\"\n" +
-                "      },\n" +
-                "      \"type\": {\n" +
-                "        \"type\": \"text\"\n" +
-                "      },\n" +
-                "      \"record_type\": {\n" +
-                "        \"type\": \"text\"\n" +
-                "      },\n" +
-                "      \"query\": {\n" +
-                "        \"type\": \"text\",\n" +
-                "        \"fields\": {\n" +
-                "          \"keyword\": {\n" +
-                "            \"type\": \"keyword\",\n" +
-                "            \"ignore_above\": 256\n" +
-                "          }\n" +
-                "        }\n" +
-                "      }\n" +
-                "    }";
-    }
-
-    public static String randomDetectorTypeDns() {
-        return "dns";
-    }
-
-    public static String randomIndexDns() {
-        return "dns";
-    }
-
-    public static Detector randomDetectorDns(List<String> rules) {
-        DetectorInput input = new DetectorInput("dns detector for security analytics", List.of("dns"), Collections.emptyList(),
-                rules.stream().map(DetectorRule::new).collect(Collectors.toList()));
-        return randomDetector(null, Detector.DetectorType.valueOf(randomDetectorTypeDns().toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT)), null, List.of(input), List.of(), null, null, null, null);
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/resthandler/DetectorRestApiIT.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/resthandler/DetectorRestApiIT.java
index 76e52c0ce..1eee89c7e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/resthandler/DetectorRestApiIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/resthandler/DetectorRestApiIT.java
@@ -45,40 +45,6 @@
 
 public class DetectorRestApiIT extends SecurityAnalyticsRestTestCase {
 
-    private String dummyIndex="";
-
-    @Before
-    void createDummyDetector() throws IOException {
-        if ("".equals(dummyIndex)) {
-            dummyIndex = createTestIndex(randomIndexDns(), dnsIndexMapping());
-            //indexDoc(index, "1", randomDoc());
-            // Execute CreateMappingsAction to add alias mapping for index
-            Request createMappingRequest = new Request("POST", SecurityAnalyticsPlugin.MAPPER_BASE_URI);
-            // both req params and req body are supported
-            createMappingRequest.setJsonEntity(
-                    "{ \"index_name\":\"" + dummyIndex + "\"," +
-                            "  \"rule_topic\":\"" + randomDetectorTypeDns() + "\", " +
-                            "  \"partial\":true" +
-                            "}"
-            );
-
-            Response response = client().performRequest(createMappingRequest);
-            assertEquals(HttpStatus.SC_OK, response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
-
-
-            Detector detector = randomDetectorDns(List.of(new String("8ae51330-899c-4641-8125-e39f2e07da72")));
-
-            Response createResponse = makeRequest(client(), "POST", SecurityAnalyticsPlugin.DETECTOR_BASE_URI, Collections.emptyMap(), toHttpEntity(detector));
-
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected boolean keepDetectorConfigIndex() {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public void testCreatingADetector() throws IOException {
         String index = createTestIndex(randomIndex(), windowsIndexMapping());