diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 03e05af..0cc9da7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 /.idea
 /old
 /vendor
-/composer.lock
\ No newline at end of file
+/composer.lock
+/.phpdoc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/classes/external/upload_course.php b/classes/external/upload_course.php
index b8a18f6..91c2937 100644
--- a/classes/external/upload_course.php
+++ b/classes/external/upload_course.php
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ class upload_course extends external_api {
     public static function execute_parameters(): external_function_parameters {
         return new external_function_parameters(
             array(
-                'category_id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'ID of the category in which the course should be created. If null, the course will be created in the category with the lowest available ID. Please note that even if a user has restore permissions for a category other than the one with the lowest ID, the course restoration process will not be successful.', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
-                'only_check_permissions' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'Check only if user has the permissions for restore. No mbz needed. Will return generic data for course name and id.', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
-                'mbz' => new external_value(PARAM_FILE, 'Required (moodle tag "optional" is due to moodle limitations), except if only_check_permissions is true. MBZ as file upload. Upload the file in this field. Moodle external_api wont recognize it / this field will be empty but it can be loaded from this field via plain PHP code.', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
+                'category_id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'ID of the category in which the course should be created. If null, the course will be created in the category with the lowest available ID. Please note that even if a user has restore permissions for a category other than the one with the lowest ID, the course restoration process will not be successful.', VALUE_DEFAULT, null),
+                'only_check_permissions' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'Check only if user has the permissions for restore. No mbz needed. Will return generic data for course name and id.', VALUE_DEFAULT, false),
+                'mbz' => new external_value(PARAM_FILE, 'Required (moodle tag "optional" is due to moodle limitations), except if only_check_permissions is true. MBZ as file upload. Upload the file in this field. Moodle external_api wont recognize it / this field will be empty but it can be loaded from this field via plain PHP code.', VALUE_DEFAULT, null),
             )
         );
     }
diff --git a/tests/adler_score_test.php b/tests/adler_score_test.php
index 9113fad..49c97bd 100644
--- a/tests/adler_score_test.php
+++ b/tests/adler_score_test.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use mod_h5pactivity\local\grader;
 use moodle_exception;
 use ReflectionClass;
+use stdClass;
 use Throwable;
 
 global $CFG;
@@ -59,7 +60,10 @@ public function test_get_score_item() {
 
 
 class adler_score_test extends adler_testcase {
-    // TODO: Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property local_adler\adler_score_test::$course is deprecated in /home/runner/work/MoodlePluginLocal/MoodlePluginLocal/moodle/local/adler/tests/adler_score_test.php on line 69 (https://github.com/ProjektAdLer/MoodlePluginLocal/actions/runs/7917995524/job/21615389855)
+    private stdClass $course;
+    private stdClass $module;
+    private stdClass $user;
+
     public function setUp(): void {
         parent::setUp();
 
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ public function setUp(): void {
         $this->user = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_user();
 
         // create course
-        $this->course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course();
+        $this->course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course(['enablecompletion' => 1]);
 
         // create module
         $this->module = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_module('url', ['course' => $this->course->id, 'completion' => 1]);
diff --git a/tests/external/score_primitive_learning_element_test.php b/tests/external/score_primitive_learning_element_test.php
index 4a2e016..348ca67 100644
--- a/tests/external/score_primitive_learning_element_test.php
+++ b/tests/external/score_primitive_learning_element_test.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public function setUp(): void {
         require_once(__DIR__ . '/deprecated_mocks.php');
 
         // init test data
-        $this->course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course(array('enablecompletion' => 1));
+        $this->course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course(['enablecompletion' => 1]);
 
         $this->course_module = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_module('url', array('course' => $this->course->id, 'completion' => 1));
         $this->course_module = get_coursemodule_from_id(null, $this->course_module->cmid, 0, false, MUST_EXIST);
diff --git a/tests/lib/adler_testcase.php b/tests/lib/adler_testcase.php
index 532ece9..33ad574 100644
--- a/tests/lib/adler_testcase.php
+++ b/tests/lib/adler_testcase.php
@@ -28,16 +28,7 @@ public function setUp(): void {
     public function tearDown(): void {
         parent::tearDown();
 
-        // Moodle thinks debugging messages should be tested (check for debugging messages in unit tests).
-        // Imho this is very bad practice, because devs should be encouraged to provide additional Information
-        // for debugging. Checking for log messages in tests provides huge additional effort (e.g. tests will fail because
-        // a message was changed / an additional one was added / ...). Because logging should NEVER affect the
-        // functionality of the code, this is completely unnecessary. Where this leads can be perfectly seen in all
-        // moodle code: Things work or do not work and there is no feedback on that. Often things return null if successfully
-        // and if nothing happened (also categorized as successful), but no feedback is available which of both cases happened.
-        // Users and devs very often can't know why something does not work.
-        // If something went wrong either the code should handle the problem or it should throw an exception.
-        $this->resetDebugging();
+        Mockery::close();
     }
 }