diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/models.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/models.py
index 8c772e46af..7fe911f14f 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/models.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/models.py
@@ -1490,14 +1490,14 @@ def get_details(self, channel_id=None):
                 "resource_size": 0,
                 "includes": {"coach_content": 0, "exercises": 0},
                 "kind_count": [],
-                "languages": "",
-                "accessible_languages": "",
-                "licenses": "",
+                "languages": [],
+                "accessible_languages": [],
+                "licenses": [],
                 "tags": [],
-                "copyright_holders": "",
-                "authors": "",
-                "aggregators": "",
-                "providers": "",
+                "copyright_holders": [],
+                "authors": [],
+                "aggregators": [],
+                "providers": [],
                 "sample_pathway": [],
                 "original_channels": [],
                 "sample_nodes": [],
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/not_production_settings.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/not_production_settings.py
index 44c5da8bc5..e98410433d 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/not_production_settings.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/not_production_settings.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import logging
-
 from .settings import *  # noqa
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["studio.local", "192.168.31.9", "127.0.0.1", "*"]
@@ -10,7 +8,6 @@
 POSTMARK_TEST_MODE = True
 
 SITE_ID = 2
-logging.basicConfig(level="INFO")
 
 # Allow the debug() context processor to add variables to template context.
 # Include here the IPs from which a local dev server might be accessed. See
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/tests/test_contentnodes.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/tests/test_contentnodes.py
index 25569f8988..dd12dcba45 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/tests/test_contentnodes.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/tests/test_contentnodes.py
@@ -184,10 +184,15 @@ def test_get_node_details(self):
         assert details["resource_count"] > 0
         assert details["resource_size"] > 0
         assert len(details["kind_count"]) > 0
-        assert len(details["authors"]) == len([author for author in details["authors"] if author])
-        assert len(details["aggregators"]) == len([aggregator for aggregator in details["aggregators"] if aggregator])
-        assert len(details["providers"]) == len([provider for provider in details["providers"] if provider])
-        assert len(details["copyright_holders"]) == len([holder for holder in details["copyright_holders"] if holder])
+
+        # assert format of list fields, including that they do not contain invalid data
+        list_fields = [
+            "kind_count", "languages", "accessible_languages", "licenses", "tags", "original_channels",
+            "authors", "aggregators", "providers", "copyright_holders"
+        ]
+        for field in list_fields:
+            self.assertIsInstance(details.get(field), list, f"Field '{field}' isn't a list")
+            self.assertEqual(len(details[field]), len([value for value in details[field] if value]), f"List field '{field}' has falsy values")
 
 
 class NodeOperationsTestCase(StudioTestCase):