diff --git a/auth-service/src/main/java/com/techtorque/auth_service/controller/AuthController.java b/auth-service/src/main/java/com/techtorque/auth_service/controller/AuthController.java
index be6e0fa..22f5952 100644
--- a/auth-service/src/main/java/com/techtorque/auth_service/controller/AuthController.java
+++ b/auth-service/src/main/java/com/techtorque/auth_service/controller/AuthController.java
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ public ResponseEntity<?> changePassword(@Valid @RequestBody ChangePasswordReques
         @ApiResponse(responseCode = "403", description = "Admin role required")
     })
     @PostMapping("/users/employee")
-    @PreAuthorize("hasRole('ADMIN')")
+    @PreAuthorize("hasRole('ADMIN') or hasRole('SUPER_ADMIN')")
     public ResponseEntity<?> createEmployee(@Valid @RequestBody CreateEmployeeRequest createEmployeeRequest) {
         try {
             // Now we are calling the method that was previously unused
diff --git a/auth-service/src/main/java/com/techtorque/auth_service/service/AuthService.java b/auth-service/src/main/java/com/techtorque/auth_service/service/AuthService.java
index c1b439f..d574410 100644
--- a/auth-service/src/main/java/com/techtorque/auth_service/service/AuthService.java
+++ b/auth-service/src/main/java/com/techtorque/auth_service/service/AuthService.java
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ public LoginResponse verifyEmail(String token, HttpServletRequest request) {
         Set<String> roleNames = updatedUser.getRoles() != null ?
             updatedUser.getRoles().stream()
                 .map(role -> role.getName().name())
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
                 .collect(Collectors.toSet()) :
             Set.of("CUSTOMER");
 
@@ -294,11 +295,11 @@ public LoginResponse refreshToken(String refreshTokenString) {
         com.techtorque.auth_service.entity.RefreshToken refreshToken = tokenService.validateRefreshToken(refreshTokenString);
         
         User user = refreshToken.getUser();
-        
+
         List<String> roles = user.getRoles().stream()
                 .map(role -> role.getName().name())
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
-        
+
         String jwt = jwtUtil.generateJwtToken(new org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User(
                 user.getUsername(),
                 user.getPassword(),
diff --git a/auth-service/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/auth-service/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
index 540b00f..d172548 100644
--- a/auth-service/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
+++ b/auth-service/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextInitializer=\
-com.techtorque.auth_service.config.DatabasePreflightInitializer
+#org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextInitializer=\
+#com.techtorque.auth_service.config.DatabasePreflightInitializer