diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8576072..e46300f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Remember to rebuild the containers, if any other example set-up from `docker/exa
 
 You can insert example data into your running instance (`url_stub`) by using the [simulator](./tools/simulator/simulator.py).
 Ensure to set-up your python environment accordingly and install the [required dependencies](./tools/simulator/requirements.txt) in your simulator env.
-You can limit the amount of observations (`num_of_obs_to_insert`) being inserted in the `simlutor.py`
+You can limit the amount of observations (`num_of_obs_to_insert`) being inserted in the `simulator.py`
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/connected-systems-api/app.py b/connected-systems-api/app.py
index 01c4cb6..1e0bd13 100644
--- a/connected-systems-api/app.py
+++ b/connected-systems-api/app.py
@@ -165,6 +165,6 @@ async def close_db():
         APP.config["QUART_AUTH_BASIC_READWRITE_PASSWORD"] = "test"
         print(APP.config)
 
-    """ Initialize peristent database/provider connections """
+    """ Initialize persistent database/provider connections """
     APP.metrics.mode = AppMode.DEV
     APP.run(debug=True, host="localhost", port=5000)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f2dc580..7c99796 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "requests>=2.32.5",
     "rtree>=1.4.1",
     "setuptools>=80.9.0",
-    "shapely==2.0.6",
     "tqdm>=4.67.1",
     "urllib3>=2.5.0",
     "numpy==2.2.4",