diff --git a/backend/go-app/go.mod b/backend/go-app/go.mod
index 4895bf22..659f6364 100644
--- a/backend/go-app/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go-app/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
 	github.com/h2non/filetype v1.1.3
 	github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0
-	github.com/shuffle/shuffle-shared v0.6.31
+	github.com/shuffle/shuffle-shared v0.6.40
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.22.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.176.1
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.2
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.3 // indirect
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 // indirect
 	github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
 	github.com/skeema/knownhosts v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/skip2/go-qrcode v0.0.0-20200617195104-da1b6568686e // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/src-d/gcfg v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
diff --git a/backend/go-app/walkoff.go b/backend/go-app/walkoff.go
index b6b3258c..3d417472 100755
--- a/backend/go-app/walkoff.go
+++ b/backend/go-app/walkoff.go
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ func handleGetStreamResults(resp http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 		if len(actionResult.ExecutionId) > 0 {
 			log.Printf("[WARNING][%s] Failed getting execution (streamresult): %s", actionResult.ExecutionId, err)
 		}
+
 		resp.WriteHeader(401)
 		resp.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"success": false, "reason": "Bad authorization key or execution_id might not exist."}`)))
 		return
@@ -1062,16 +1063,17 @@ func handleExecution(id string, workflow shuffle.Workflow, request *http.Request
 		}
 	}
 
-	workflowExecution, execInfo, _, err := shuffle.PrepareWorkflowExecution(ctx, workflow, request, int64(maxExecutionDepth))
-	if err != nil {
-		err = shuffle.SetWorkflowExecution(ctx, workflowExecution, true)
+	workflowExecution, execInfo, _, workflowExecErr := shuffle.PrepareWorkflowExecution(ctx, workflow, request, int64(maxExecutionDepth))
+	if workflowExecErr != nil {
+		err := shuffle.SetWorkflowExecution(ctx, workflowExecution, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("[ERROR] Failed setting workflow execution during init (2): %s", err)
 		}
 
-		if strings.Contains(fmt.Sprintf("%s", err), "User Input") {
+		if strings.Contains(fmt.Sprintf("%s", workflowExecErr), "User Input") {
 			// Special for user input callbacks
-			return workflowExecution, fmt.Sprintf("%s", err), nil
+			log.Printf("[INFO] User input callback: %s", workflowExecErr)
+			// return workflowExecution, fmt.Sprintf("%s", err), nil
 		} else {
 			log.Printf("[ERROR] Failed in prepareExecution: '%s'", err)
 			return shuffle.WorkflowExecution{}, fmt.Sprintf("Failed starting workflow: %s", err), err
@@ -1079,7 +1081,7 @@ func handleExecution(id string, workflow shuffle.Workflow, request *http.Request
 	}
 
 
-	err = imageCheckBuilder(execInfo.ImageNames)
+	err := imageCheckBuilder(execInfo.ImageNames)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("[ERROR] Failed building the required images from %#v: %s", execInfo.ImageNames, err)
 		return shuffle.WorkflowExecution{}, "Failed unmarshal during execution", err
diff --git a/functions/kubernetes/README.md b/functions/kubernetes/README.md
index e8e315af..a54884e8 100644
--- a/functions/kubernetes/README.md
+++ b/functions/kubernetes/README.md
@@ -34,3 +34,35 @@ Step 2: Open the ```all-in-one.yaml``` file and review the configuration values.
 
 Step 3: Now, open ```https://<YOUR_NODE_IP>:30008``` or ```http://<YOUR_NODE_IP>:30007```. You should be seeing a signup page. NODE_IP should be where the frontend is deployed.
 
+### Dev Mode
+
+1. Run backend and orborus with the environment variable `IS_KUBERNETES=true`:
+
+```bash
+export IS_KUBERNETES=true
+```
+
+2. Turn on the k8s engine with minikube:
+  
+```bash
+minikube start
+```
+
+3. To use the worker scale feature, build the image with the following command:
+
+```bash
+$NAME=shuffle-worker-scale
+$VERSION=1.2.0
+
+minikube build . -t shuffle/shuffle:$NAME -t shuffle/shuffle:$NAME_$VERSION -t docker.pkg.github.com/shuffle/shuffle/$NAME:$VERSION -t ghcr.io/shuffle/$NAME:$VERSION -t ghcr.io/shuffle/$NAME:nightly -t ghcr.io/shuffle/$NAME:$VERSION -t ghcr.io/shuffle/$NAME:nightly -t ghcr.io/shuffle/$NAME:latest
+```
+
+4. To run executions, Make sure to do the following:
+
+```bash
+kubectl create role pod-creator --namespace=default --verb=create --resource=pods
+kubectl create rolebinding pod-creator-binding --namespace=default --role=pod-creator --serviceaccount=default:default
+```
+
+
+