diff --git a/reconciler/pom.xml b/reconciler/pom.xml
index 2036f0a71..b604f9a5b 100644
--- a/reconciler/pom.xml
+++ b/reconciler/pom.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <powermock.version>1.6.6</powermock.version>
     </properties>
@@ -52,6 +50,15 @@
     <!-- Added to enforce the usage of https -->
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.11.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>11</source>
+                    <target>11</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <!--Copy Dependencies into reconciler_lib Folder for Docker User-->
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
-            </plugin><plugin><groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId><artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId><configuration><source>8</source><target>8</target></configuration></plugin>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -309,13 +316,18 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.mockito/mockito-core -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/reconciler/src/main/java/edu/rit/se/nvip/reconciler/ReconcilerFactory.java b/reconciler/src/main/java/edu/rit/se/nvip/reconciler/ReconcilerFactory.java
index c463ff853..a250abbbb 100644
--- a/reconciler/src/main/java/edu/rit/se/nvip/reconciler/ReconcilerFactory.java
+++ b/reconciler/src/main/java/edu/rit/se/nvip/reconciler/ReconcilerFactory.java
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@
 package edu.rit.se.nvip.reconciler;
 
 import edu.rit.se.nvip.reconciler.models.ApacheOpenNLPModel;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 /**
  * @author axoeec
  *
  */
 public class ReconcilerFactory {
+	private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(ReconcilerFactory.class.getSimpleName());
 
 	public static final String SIMPLE = "SIMPLE";
 	public static final String STANFORD_SIMPLE_NLP = "STANFORD_SIMPLE_NLP";
@@ -37,24 +40,31 @@ public class ReconcilerFactory {
 	public static final String APACHE_OPEN_NLP = "APACHE_OPEN_NLP";
 
 	public static Reconciler createReconciler(String type, boolean doAttachModel) {
+		
+		Reconciler reconciler;
 
 		switch (type) {
 			case SIMPLE:
-				return new SimpleReconciler();
+				reconciler = new SimpleReconciler();
+				break;
 			case STANFORD_SIMPLE_NLP:
-				return new StanfordSimpleNLPReconciler();
+				reconciler = new StanfordSimpleNLPReconciler();
+				break;
 			case STANFORD_CORE_NLP:
-				return new StanfordCoreNLPReconciler();
+				reconciler = new StanfordCoreNLPReconciler();
+				break;
 			case APACHE_OPEN_NLP:
 				ApacheOpenNLPReconciler out = new ApacheOpenNLPReconciler();
 				if(doAttachModel) {
 					out.attachModel(new ApacheOpenNLPModel());
 				}
-				return out;
+				reconciler = out;
+				break;
 			default:
-				return new SimpleReconciler();
+				reconciler = new SimpleReconciler();
 		}
 
+		return reconciler;
 	}
 	public static Reconciler createReconciler(String type) {
 		return createReconciler(type, false);