diff --git a/example/cli/main.py b/example/cli/main.py
index 26169b93..e18c4a4d 100644
--- a/example/cli/main.py
+++ b/example/cli/main.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from honcho import Client as HonchoClient
 
 app_id = str(uuid4())
 
-honcho = HonchoClient(app_id=app_id)
+honcho = HonchoClient(app_id=app_id, base_url="http://localhost:8000")
 
 responses = ["Fake LLM Response :)"]
 llm = FakeListChatModel(responses=responses)
diff --git a/example/cli/poetry.lock b/example/cli/poetry.lock
index 9239355c..4ef0391a 100644
--- a/example/cli/poetry.lock
+++ b/example/cli/poetry.lock
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ tests-no-zope = ["attrs[tests-mypy]", "cloudpickle", "hypothesis", "pympler", "p
 name = "certifi"
 version = "2023.11.17"
 description = "Python package for providing Mozilla's CA Bundle."
-category = "dev"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ files = [
 name = "charset-normalizer"
 version = "3.3.2"
 description = "The Real First Universal Charset Detector. Open, modern and actively maintained alternative to Chardet."
-category = "dev"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7.0"
 files = [
@@ -451,11 +451,28 @@ files = [
 docs = ["Sphinx", "furo"]
 test = ["objgraph", "psutil"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "honcho-ai"
+version = "0.0.0.dev1"
+description = "Python Client SDK for Honcho"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "^3.10"
+files = []
+develop = false
+
+[package.dependencies]
+requests = "^2.31.0"
+
+[package.source]
+type = "directory"
+url = "../../sdk"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
 version = "3.6"
 description = "Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)"
-category = "dev"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.5"
 files = [
@@ -939,7 +956,7 @@ files = [
 name = "requests"
 version = "2.31.0"
 description = "Python HTTP for Humans."
-category = "dev"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -1104,7 +1121,7 @@ typing-extensions = ">=3.7.4"
 name = "urllib3"
 version = "2.2.0"
 description = "HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling, file post, and more."
-category = "dev"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
@@ -1225,4 +1242,4 @@ multidict = ">=4.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.11"
-content-hash = "ac8bd006b50a14281b2705dc33626123173155c770b0150a19b25034efa251f3"
+content-hash = "4052c9e4cc54a4b0a9c7c41b0e2d97b709cd936bab480b9210ef661729aa2f24"
diff --git a/sdk/tests/test_honcho.py b/sdk/tests/test_honcho.py
index 78609ff3..6e25a1f3 100644
--- a/sdk/tests/test_honcho.py
+++ b/sdk/tests/test_honcho.py
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ from uuid import uuid1
 import pytest
 
 def test_session_creation_retrieval():
-    app_id = str(uuid1())
-    client = Client(app_id, "http://localhost:8000")
+    client = Client("test", "http://localhost:8000")
     user_id = str(uuid1())
     created_session = client.create_session(user_id)
     retrieved_session = client.get_session(user_id, created_session.id)
@@ -15,8 +14,7 @@ def test_session_creation_retrieval():
 
 
 def test_session_multiple_retrieval():
-    app_id = str(uuid1())
-    client = Client(app_id, "http://localhost:8000")
+    client = Client("test", "http://localhost:8000")
     user_id = str(uuid1())
     created_session_1 = client.create_session(user_id)
     created_session_2 = client.create_session(user_id)
@@ -27,9 +25,8 @@ def test_session_multiple_retrieval():
 
 
 def test_session_update():
-    app_id = str(uuid1())
     user_id = str(uuid1())
-    client = Client(app_id, "http://localhost:8000")
+    client = Client("test", "http://localhost:8000")
     created_session = client.create_session(user_id)
     assert created_session.update({"foo": "bar"})
     retrieved_session = client.get_session(user_id, created_session.id)
@@ -37,9 +34,8 @@ def test_session_update():
 
 
 def test_session_deletion():
-    app_id = str(uuid1())
     user_id = str(uuid1())
-    client = Client(app_id, "http://localhost:8000")
+    client = Client("test", "http://localhost:8000")
     created_session = client.create_session(user_id)
     assert created_session.is_active is True
     created_session.delete()
@@ -50,9 +46,8 @@ def test_session_deletion():
 
 
 def test_messages():
-    app_id = str(uuid1())
     user_id = str(uuid1())
-    client = Client(app_id, "http://localhost:8000")
+    client = Client("test", "http://localhost:8000")
     created_session = client.create_session(user_id)
     created_session.create_message(is_user=True, content="Hello")
     created_session.create_message(is_user=False, content="Hi")
@@ -66,24 +61,11 @@ def test_messages():
     assert ai_message.is_user is False
 
 def test_rate_limit():
-    app_id = str(uuid1())
+    print("test_rate_limit")
     user_id = str(uuid1())
-    client = Client(app_id, "http://localhost:8000")
+    client = Client("test", "http://localhost:8000")
     created_session = client.create_session(user_id)
     with pytest.raises(Exception):
         for _ in range(10):
             created_session.create_message(is_user=True, content="Hello")
             created_session.create_message(is_user=False, content="Hi")
-
-def test_app_id_security():
-    app_id_1 = str(uuid1())
-    app_id_2 = str(uuid1())
-    user_id = str(uuid1())
-    client_1 = Client(app_id_1, "http://localhost:8000")
-    client_2 = Client(app_id_2, "http://localhost:8000")
-    created_session = client_1.create_session(user_id)
-    created_session.create_message(is_user=True, content="Hello")
-    created_session.create_message(is_user=False, content="Hi")
-    with pytest.raises(Exception):
-        client_2.get_session(user_id, created_session.id)
-