diff --git a/src/primaite/acl/access_control_list.py b/src/primaite/acl/access_control_list.py
index 219ba002..9cc1225a 100644
--- a/src/primaite/acl/access_control_list.py
+++ b/src/primaite/acl/access_control_list.py
@@ -23,20 +23,12 @@ class AccessControlList:
         # A list of ACL Rules
         self._acl: List[ACLRule] = []
         # Implicit rule
-
-    @property
-    def acl_implicit_rule(self):
-        """ACL implicit rule class attribute with added logic to change it depending on option in main_config."""
-        # Create implicit rule based on input
+        self.acl_implicit_rule = None
         if self.apply_implicit_rule:
             if self.acl_implicit_permission == "DENY":
-                return ACLRule("DENY", "ANY", "ANY", "ANY", "ANY")
+                self.acl_implicit_rule = ACLRule("DENY", "ANY", "ANY", "ANY", "ANY")
             elif self.acl_implicit_permission == "ALLOW":
-                return ACLRule("ALLOW", "ANY", "ANY", "ANY", "ANY")
-            else:
-                return None
-        else:
-            return None
+                self.acl_implicit_rule = ACLRule("ALLOW", "ANY", "ANY", "ANY", "ANY")
 
     @property
     def acl(self):
diff --git a/src/primaite/environment/observations.py b/src/primaite/environment/observations.py
index eb7ad2bf..2aacda8f 100644
--- a/src/primaite/environment/observations.py
+++ b/src/primaite/environment/observations.py
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ class AccessControlList(AbstractObservationComponent):
             len(env.ports_list),
             env.max_number_acl_rules,
         ]
-        len(acl_shape)
         # shape = acl_shape
         shape = acl_shape * self.env.max_number_acl_rules
 
@@ -446,7 +445,6 @@ class AccessControlList(AbstractObservationComponent):
                         position += 1
 
         self.current_observation = obs
-        print("current observation space:", self.current_observation)
 
 
 class ObservationsHandler:
diff --git a/tests/config/single_action_space_lay_down_config.yaml b/tests/config/single_action_space_lay_down_config.yaml
index c80c0bab..0b947a5f 100644
--- a/tests/config/single_action_space_lay_down_config.yaml
+++ b/tests/config/single_action_space_lay_down_config.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 - item_type: PORTS
   ports_list:
-  - port: '21'
+  - port: '80'
 - item_type: SERVICES
   service_list:
-  - name: ftp
+  - name: TCP
 - item_type: NODE
   node_id: '1'
   name: node
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
   software_state: GOOD
   file_system_state: GOOD
   services:
-  - name: ftp
-    port: '21'
+  - name: TCP
+    port: '80'
     state: COMPROMISED
 - item_type: NODE
   node_id: '2'
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
   software_state: GOOD
   file_system_state: GOOD
   services:
-  - name: ftp
-    port: '21'
+  - name: TCP
+    port: '80'
     state: COMPROMISED
 - item_type: POSITION
   positions:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   start_step: 2
   end_step: 15
   load: 1000
-  protocol: ftp
+  protocol: TCP
   port: CORRUPT
   source: '1'
   destination: '2'
diff --git a/tests/test_single_action_space.py b/tests/test_single_action_space.py
index 78764976..f12d160c 100644
--- a/tests/test_single_action_space.py
+++ b/tests/test_single_action_space.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from tests.conftest import _get_primaite_env_from_config
 def run_generic_set_actions(env: Primaite):
     """Run against a generic agent with specified blue agent actions."""
     # Reset the environment at the start of the episode
-    # env.reset()
+    env.reset()
     training_config = env.training_config
     for episode in range(0, training_config.num_episodes):
         for step in range(0, training_config.num_steps):
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ def test_agent_is_executing_actions_from_both_spaces():
     # Length of this list tells you how many items are in the dictionary
     # This number is the frequency of Access Control Rules in the environment
     # In the scenario, we specified that the agent should create only 1 acl rule
-    num_of_rules = len(acl_rules_list)
+    # This 1 rule added to the implicit deny means there should be 2 rules in total.
+    rules_count = 0
+    for rule in acl_rules_list:
+        if rule != -1:
+            rules_count += 1
     # Therefore these statements below MUST be true
     assert computer_node_hardware_state == HardwareState.OFF
-    assert num_of_rules == 1
+    assert rules_count == 2