diff --git a/app/controller/api/workload_container_routes.py b/app/controller/api/workload_container_routes.py
index 8748054..c59b5c1 100644
--- a/app/controller/api/workload_container_routes.py
+++ b/app/controller/api/workload_container_routes.py
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ def validate_payload(payload):
     if not isinstance(payload, dict):
         raise ValueError("Input must be a valid JSON object (dict).")
     
-    # Check for the top-level 'vdc' key and validate it as a UUID
-    if 'vdc' not in payload:
-        raise ValueError("Top-level 'vdc' key is missing.")
+    # Check for the top-level 'virtual_data_center' key and validate it as a UUID
+    if 'virtual_data_center' not in payload:
+        raise ValueError("Top-level 'virtual_data_center' key is missing.")
     try:
-        uuid.UUID(payload['vdc'], version=4)
+        uuid.UUID(payload['virtual_data_center'], version=4)
     except ValueError:
-        raise ValueError("'vdc' must be a valid UUID.")
+        raise ValueError("'virtual_data_center' must be a valid UUID.")
     
     # Check for the 'containers' key and ensure it is a list with at least one container
     if 'containers' not in payload:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def validate_payload(payload):
 
     # Initialize the sanitized payload
     sanitized_payload = {
-        'vdc': payload['vdc'],
+        'virtual_data_center': payload['virtual_data_center'],
         'containers': []
     }
 
@@ -144,13 +144,13 @@ def request_container_workload():
         logger.warning("Validation error: %s", exc)
         return api_response(success=False, message=str(exc), status=400)[0]
 
-    request_vdc = VirtualDataCenter.query.filter_by(id=(validated_data['vdc'])).first()
+    request_vdc = VirtualDataCenter.query.filter_by(id=(validated_data['virtual_data_center'])).first()
     if request_vdc is None:
         logger.warning(f"Requested a Virtual Data Center that does not exist {request_vdc}")
         abort(404, description="Virtual Data Center not found")
 
     req = WorkloadRequest(
-        vdc_id=validated_data["vdc"],
+        vdc_id=validated_data["virtual_data_center"],
         payload=validated_data,
         status="pending-scheduling",
         workload_type="container"
diff --git a/app/controller/api/workload_vm_routes.py b/app/controller/api/workload_vm_routes.py
index 861793d..d700d54 100644
--- a/app/controller/api/workload_vm_routes.py
+++ b/app/controller/api/workload_vm_routes.py
@@ -273,13 +273,13 @@ def add_VirtualMachine_workload():
     logger.info(f"Looking up Virtual Data Center with ID: {validated_data['virtual_data_center']}")
     request_vdc = VirtualDataCenter.query.filter_by(id=(validated_data['virtual_data_center'])).first()
 
-    request_vdc = VirtualDataCenter.query.filter_by(id=(validated_data['vdc'])).first()
+    request_vdc = VirtualDataCenter.query.filter_by(id=(validated_data['virtual_data_center'])).first()
     if request_vdc is None:
         logger.warning(f"Requested a Virtual Data Center that does not exist {request_vdc}")
         abort(404, description="Virtual Data Center not found")
 
     req = WorkloadRequest(
-        vdc_id=validated_data["vdc"],
+        vdc_id=validated_data["virtual_data_center"],
         payload=validated_data,
         status="pending-scheduling",
         workload_type="virtual-machine"
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ def add_VirtualMachine_workload():
     db.session.add(req)
     db.session.commit()
     logger.info("Created workload request %s – enqueuing Celery task", req.id)
-    from app.tasks.process_workload_request import process_container_workload
+    from app.tasks.process_workload_request import process_workload
 
-    process_container_workload.delay(str(req.id))
+    process_workload.delay(str(req.id))
 
     return api_response(
         data={"request_id": str(req.id)},
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a4d582c..535df8a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ redis
 pymysql
 streamlit
 aiohttp
-jwt
+PyJWT
 python-dotenv
 psutil
 celery
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/streamlit_server/views/containers.py b/streamlit_server/views/containers.py
index 4a3e13d..cd2a371 100644
--- a/streamlit_server/views/containers.py
+++ b/streamlit_server/views/containers.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def render_list():
                     if port_mappings:
                         container_payload["ports"] = port_mappings
                     payload = {
-                        "vdc": vdc_id,
+                        "virtual_data_center": vdc_id,
                         "containers": [container_payload]
                     }
                     result = st.session_state.client.create_container(payload)