diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e2b74e10..8ade18ca 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ group :production do
   gem 'clamby'
 end
 
-group :xray do
+group :aws do
   # xray application monitoring through aws
   gem 'aws-xray-sdk', require: ['aws-xray-sdk/facets/rails/railtie']
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 833b6bcc..209d6d18 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -167,10 +167,11 @@ GEM
       aws-sdk-core (~> 3, >= 3.125.0)
       aws-sdk-kms (~> 1)
       aws-sigv4 (~> 1.4)
-    aws-sigv4 (1.4.0)
     aws-sdk-xray (1.4.0)
+      aws-eventstream (~> 1, >= 1.0.2)
       aws-sdk-core (~> 3)
       aws-sigv4 (~> 1.0)
+    aws-sigv4 (1.4.0)
       aws-eventstream (~> 1, >= 1.0.2)
     aws-xray-sdk (0.13.0)
       aws-sdk-xray (~> 1.4.0)
diff --git a/config/deploy/curly.rb b/config/deploy/curly.rb
index 380657f3..8958c986 100644
--- a/config/deploy/curly.rb
+++ b/config/deploy/curly.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 set :rails_env, :development
-set :bundle_without, %w[production test].join(' ')
+set :bundle_without, %w[production test aws].join(' ')
 set :branch, 'sandbox'
 set :default_env, path: "$PATH:/usr/sbin/"
 set :bundle_path, -> { shared_path.join('vendor/bundle') }
diff --git a/config/deploy/local.rb b/config/deploy/local.rb
index e2308eef..a4e76af6 100644
--- a/config/deploy/local.rb
+++ b/config/deploy/local.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 set :rails_env, :development
-set :bundle_without, %w[production test].join(' ')
+set :bundle_without, %w[production test aws].join(' ')
 set :branch, 'chore/#761-deployment-alternative'
 set :default_env, path: "$PATH:/usr/local/bin"
 append :linked_files, "db/development.sqlite3"
diff --git a/config/initializers/aws_xray.rb b/config/initializers/aws_xray.rb
index 0ce05111..27ffbedb 100644
--- a/config/initializers/aws_xray.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/aws_xray.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 Rails.application.config.xray = {
-name: "Scholar-#{Rails.env}@uc",
-patch: %I[net_http aws_sdk],
-# record db transactions as subsegments
-active_record: true,
-context_missing: 'LOG_ERROR',
-# Makes sure the log file size does not go beyond a size, beyond which it is rotated.
-# Only the latest rotated log will be retained. That is, the max possible size on disk of log files,
-# if `SCHOLAR_XRAY_MAX_LOG_SIZE` is set to 10, would be 10MB(for the actual log) + 10MB(for the latest rotated log).
-logger: Logger.new("log/#{Rails.env}-xray.log", 1, Integer(ENV.fetch("SCHOLAR_XRAY_MAX_LOG_SIZE", "10"), 10).megabytes)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  name: "Scholar-#{Rails.env}@uc",
+  patch: %I[net_http aws_sdk],
+  # record db transactions as subsegments
+  active_record: true,
+  context_missing: 'LOG_ERROR',
+  # Makes sure the log file size does not go beyond a size, beyond which it is rotated.
+  # Only the latest rotated log will be retained. That is, the max possible size on disk of log files,
+  # if `SCHOLAR_XRAY_MAX_LOG_SIZE` is set to 10, would be 10MB(for the actual log) + 10MB(for the latest rotated log).
+  logger: Logger.new("log/#{Rails.env}-xray.log", 1, Integer(ENV.fetch("SCHOLAR_XRAY_MAX_LOG_SIZE", "10"), 10).megabytes)
+}