diff --git a/deploy_spherex_qc.py b/deploy_spherex_qc.py
index 127943353f911a902d26bd635cb44cfa37acae42..8c7f58eaf1716918b92932a4350b643198c38b6e 100644
--- a/deploy_spherex_qc.py
+++ b/deploy_spherex_qc.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ from ray import serve
 import os
 import numpy as np
 
-from spherex_qc import SPHERExQCHandler as _SPHERExQCHandler
-
 # download data
 minio_endpoint = "http://210.110.233.67:9005"
 bucket = "public"
@@ -33,15 +31,18 @@ zodi_data = dict((int(k), data[k]) for k in "123456")
 
 r_zodi_data = ray.put(zodi_data)
 
-
-class SPHERExQCHandler(_SPHERExQCHandler):
+@serve.deployment
+class SPHERExQCDeployment:
     "Derived class to suuport ray.get for data loading"
     def __init__(self, r_zodi_data):
+        from spherex_qc import SPHERExQCHandler as _SPHERExQCHandler
         zodi_data = ray.get(r_zodi_data)
-        _SPHERExQCHandler.__init__(self, zodi_data)
+        self.handler = _SPHERExQCHandler(zodi_data)
 
+    def query(self, name, ra, dec, zodi=False):
+        return self.handler.query(name, ra, dec, zodi)
 
-SPHERExQCDeployment = serve.deployment(SPHERExQCHandler)
+#SPHERExQCDeployment = serve.deployment(SPHERExQCHandler)
 SPHERExQCDeployment.deploy(r_zodi_data)