diff --git a/backend/src/agents/web_agent.py b/backend/src/agents/web_agent.py
index b330baec..e895a68a 100644
--- a/backend/src/agents/web_agent.py
+++ b/backend/src/agents/web_agent.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 async def web_general_search_core(search_query, llm, model) -> str:
     try:
-        search_result = perform_search(search_query, num_results=15)
+        search_result = await perform_search(search_query, num_results=15)
         if search_result["status"] == "error":
             return "No relevant information found on the internet for the given query."
         urls = search_result["urls"]
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ async def web_general_search_core(search_query, llm, model) -> str:
             summary = await perform_summarization(search_query, content, llm, model)
             if not summary:
                 continue
-            if await is_valid_answer(summary, search_query):
+            is_valid = await is_valid_answer(summary, search_query)
+            if is_valid:
                 response = {
                     "content": summary,
                     "ignore_validation": "false"
@@ -109,9 +110,9 @@ async def is_valid_answer(answer, task) -> bool:
     return is_valid
 
 
-def perform_search(search_query: str, num_results: int) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+async def perform_search(search_query: str, num_results: int) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     try:
-        search_result_json = search_urls(search_query, num_results=num_results)
+        search_result_json = await search_urls(search_query, num_results=num_results)
         return json.loads(search_result_json)
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f"Error during web search: {e}")
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/web_utils.py b/backend/src/utils/web_utils.py
index 2edaed60..90082be7 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/web_utils.py
+++ b/backend/src/utils/web_utils.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 engine = PromptEngine()
 
 
-def search_urls(search_query, num_results=10) -> str:
+async def search_urls(search_query, num_results=10) -> str:
     logger.info(f"Searching the web for: {search_query}")
     urls = []
     try:
diff --git a/backend/tests/agents/web_agent_test.py b/backend/tests/agents/web_agent_test.py
index b50dc36e..c18d2070 100644
--- a/backend/tests/agents/web_agent_test.py
+++ b/backend/tests/agents/web_agent_test.py
@@ -1,76 +1,67 @@
-import unittest
-from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
-
 import pytest
+from unittest.mock import patch, AsyncMock
+import json
 from src.agents.web_agent import web_general_search_core
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_search", new_callable=AsyncMock)
+@patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_scrape", new_callable=AsyncMock)
+@patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_summarization", new_callable=AsyncMock)
+@patch("src.agents.web_agent.is_valid_answer", new_callable=AsyncMock)
+async def test_web_general_search_core(
+    mock_is_valid_answer,
+    mock_perform_summarization,
+    mock_perform_scrape,
+    mock_perform_search,
+):
+    llm = AsyncMock()
+    model = "mock_model"
 
-class TestWebAgentCore(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.llm = AsyncMock()
-        self.model = "mock_model"
-
-    @patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_search")
-    @patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_scrape")
-    @patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_summarization")
-    @patch("src.agents.web_agent.is_valid_answer")
-    @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_web_general_search_core(
-        self, mock_is_valid_answer, mock_perform_summarization, mock_perform_scrape, mock_perform_search
-    ):
-        mock_perform_search.return_value = {"status": "success", "urls": ["http://example.com"]}
-        mock_perform_scrape.return_value = "Example scraped content."
-        mock_perform_summarization.return_value = "Example summary."
-        mock_is_valid_answer.return_value = True
-
-        result = await web_general_search_core("example query", self.llm, self.model)
-        self.assertEqual(result, "Example summary.")
-        mock_perform_search.assert_called_once_with("example query", num_results=15)
-        mock_perform_scrape.assert_called_once_with("http://example.com")
-        mock_perform_summarization.assert_called_once_with(
-            "example query", "Example scraped content.", self.llm, self.model
-        )
-        mock_is_valid_answer.assert_called_once_with("Example summary.", "example query")
-
-    @patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_search")
-    @patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_scrape")
-    @patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_summarization")
-    @patch("src.agents.web_agent.is_valid_answer")
-    @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_web_general_search_core_no_results(
-        self, mock_is_valid_answer, mock_perform_summarization, mock_perform_scrape, mock_perform_search
-    ):
-        mock_perform_search.return_value = {"status": "error", "urls": []}
-
-        result = await web_general_search_core("example query", self.llm, self.model)
-        self.assertEqual(result, "No relevant information found on the internet for the given query.")
-        mock_perform_search.assert_called_once_with("example query", num_results=15)
-        mock_perform_scrape.assert_not_called()
-        mock_perform_summarization.assert_not_called()
-        mock_is_valid_answer.assert_not_called()
-
-    @patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_search")
-    @patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_scrape")
-    @patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_summarization")
-    @patch("src.agents.web_agent.is_valid_answer")
-    @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_web_general_search_core_invalid_summary(
-        self, mock_is_valid_answer, mock_perform_summarization, mock_perform_scrape, mock_perform_search
-    ):
-        mock_perform_search.return_value = {"status": "success", "urls": ["http://example.com"]}
-        mock_perform_scrape.return_value = "Example scraped content."
-        mock_perform_summarization.return_value = "Example invalid summary."
-        mock_is_valid_answer.return_value = False
+    mock_perform_search.return_value = {"status": "success", "urls": ["http://example.com"]}
+    mock_perform_scrape.return_value = "Example scraped content."
+    mock_perform_summarization.return_value = "Example summary."
+    mock_is_valid_answer.return_value = True
+    result = await web_general_search_core("example query", llm, model)
+    expected_response = {
+        "content": "Example summary.",
+        "ignore_validation": "false"
+    }
+    assert json.loads(result) == expected_response
 
-        result = await web_general_search_core("example query", self.llm, self.model)
-        self.assertEqual(result, "No relevant information found on the internet for the given query.")
-        mock_perform_search.assert_called_once_with("example query", num_results=15)
-        mock_perform_scrape.assert_called_once_with("http://example.com")
-        mock_perform_summarization.assert_called_once_with(
-            "example query", "Example scraped content.", self.llm, self.model
-        )
-        mock_is_valid_answer.assert_called_once_with("Example invalid summary.", "example query")
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_search", new_callable=AsyncMock)
+@patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_scrape", new_callable=AsyncMock)
+@patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_summarization", new_callable=AsyncMock)
+@patch("src.agents.web_agent.is_valid_answer", new_callable=AsyncMock)
+async def test_web_general_search_core_no_results(
+    mock_is_valid_answer,
+    mock_perform_summarization,
+    mock_perform_scrape,
+    mock_perform_search,
+):
+    llm = AsyncMock()
+    model = "mock_model"
+    mock_perform_search.return_value = {"status": "error", "urls": []}
+    result = await web_general_search_core("example query", llm, model)
+    assert result == "No relevant information found on the internet for the given query."
 
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    unittest.main()
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_search", new_callable=AsyncMock)
+@patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_scrape", new_callable=AsyncMock)
+@patch("src.agents.web_agent.perform_summarization", new_callable=AsyncMock)
+@patch("src.agents.web_agent.is_valid_answer", new_callable=AsyncMock)
+async def test_web_general_search_core_invalid_summary(
+    mock_is_valid_answer,
+    mock_perform_summarization,
+    mock_perform_scrape,
+    mock_perform_search
+):
+    llm = AsyncMock()
+    model = "mock_model"
+    mock_perform_search.return_value = {"status": "success", "urls": ["http://example.com"]}
+    mock_perform_scrape.return_value = "Example scraped content."
+    mock_perform_summarization.return_value = "Example invalid summary."
+    mock_is_valid_answer.return_value = False
+    result = await web_general_search_core("example query", llm, model)
+    assert result == "No relevant information found on the internet for the given query."