diff --git a/letta/server/rest_api/interface.py b/letta/server/rest_api/interface.py
index 6fbb00be..339ff38c 100644
--- a/letta/server/rest_api/interface.py
+++ b/letta/server/rest_api/interface.py
@@ -198,10 +198,6 @@ class QueuingInterface(AgentInterface):
             assert is_utc_datetime(msg_obj.created_at), msg_obj.created_at
             new_message["date"] = msg_obj.created_at.isoformat()
         else:
-            # FIXME this is a total hack
-            assert self.buffer.qsize() > 1, "Tried to reach back to grab function call data, but couldn't find a buffer message."
-            # TODO also should not be accessing protected member here
-
             new_message["id"] = self.buffer.queue[-1]["message_api"]["id"]
             # assert is_utc_datetime(msg_obj.created_at), msg_obj.created_at
             new_message["date"] = self.buffer.queue[-1]["message_api"]["date"]
diff --git a/tests/integration_test_offline_memory_agent.py b/tests/integration_test_offline_memory_agent.py
index b6ccbf63..44ef23d9 100644
--- a/tests/integration_test_offline_memory_agent.py
+++ b/tests/integration_test_offline_memory_agent.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ def test_ripple_edit(client, mock_e2b_api_key_none):
     # Figure 1. from Evaluating the Ripple Effects of Knowledge Editing in Language Models (Cohen et al., 2023)
     # https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.12976
     fact_block = client.create_block(
-        name="fact_block",
         label="fact_block",
         value="""Messi resides in the Paris.
                Messi plays in the league Ligue 1.
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ def test_ripple_edit(client, mock_e2b_api_key_none):
                Victor Ulloa plays for Inter Miami""",
         limit=2000,
     )
-    new_memory = client.create_block(name="rethink_memory_block", label="rethink_memory_block", value="[empty]", limit=2000)
+    new_memory = client.create_block(label="rethink_memory_block", value="[empty]", limit=2000)
 
     # conversation_human_block = Block(name="human", label="human", value=get_human_text(DEFAULT_HUMAN), limit=2000)
     # conversation_persona_block = Block(name="persona", label="persona", value=get_persona_text(DEFAULT_PERSONA), limit=2000)