diff --git a/joj3_config_generator/lib/task.py b/joj3_config_generator/lib/task.py
index de9f7fb..765ecb1 100644
--- a/joj3_config_generator/lib/task.py
+++ b/joj3_config_generator/lib/task.py
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def fix_diff(
 
 
 def fix_result_detail(task_stage: TaskStage, conf_stage: ResultStage) -> ResultStage:
-    if "result-detail" in task_stage.parsers:
+    if (task_stage.parsers is not None) and ("result-detail" in task_stage.parsers):
         result_detail_parser = next(
             p for p in conf_stage.parsers if p.name == "result-detail"
         )
@@ -291,13 +291,21 @@ def fix_comment(task_stage: TaskStage, conf_stage: ResultStage) -> ResultStage:
         "result-status",
         "cpplint",
     ]  # FIXME: determine where cpplint should be
-    for parser in task_stage.parsers:
-        if parser in comment_parser:
-            comment_parser_ = next(p for p in conf_stage.parsers if p.name == parser)
-            if getattr(task_stage, parser.replace("-", "_"), None) is not None:
-                comment_parser_.with_.update(
-                    getattr(task_stage, parser.replace("-", "_"))
+    if task_stage.parsers is not None:
+        for parser in task_stage.parsers:
+            if parser in comment_parser:
+                comment_parser_ = next(
+                    p for p in conf_stage.parsers if p.name == parser
                 )
-        else:
-            continue
+                if getattr(task_stage, parser.replace("-", "_"), None) is not None:
+                    comment_parser_.with_.update(
+                        getattr(task_stage, parser.replace("-", "_"))
+                    )
+            else:
+                continue
+    return conf_stage
+
+
+def fix_diff(task_stage: TaskStage, conf_stage: ResultStage) -> ResultStage:
+
     return conf_stage
diff --git a/tests/convert/basic/task.json b/tests/convert/basic/task.json
index 333cc48..9a71599 100644
--- a/tests/convert/basic/task.json
+++ b/tests/convert/basic/task.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-    "name": "Homework 1 exercise 2",
-    "logPath": "Homework-1-exercise-2.log",
+    "name": "h4 ex1",
+    "logPath": "h4-ex1.log",
     "expireUnixTimestamp": 1728748740,
     "stage": {
         "sandboxExecServer": "172.17.0.1:5051",
@@ -234,11 +234,6 @@
                     {
                         "name": "result-detail",
                         "with": {
-                            "time": false,
-                            "mem": false,
-                            "stdout": false,
-                            "stderr": true,
-                            "exitstatus": true,
                             "score": 0,
                             "comment": "",
                             "showFiles": [
@@ -379,11 +374,6 @@
                     {
                         "name": "result-detail",
                         "with": {
-                            "time": false,
-                            "mem": false,
-                            "stdout": false,
-                            "stderr": true,
-                            "exitstatus": false,
                             "score": 0,
                             "comment": "",
                             "showFiles": [
@@ -571,11 +561,6 @@
                     {
                         "name": "result-detail",
                         "with": {
-                            "time": false,
-                            "mem": false,
-                            "stdout": true,
-                            "stderr": false,
-                            "exitstatus": true,
                             "score": 0,
                             "comment": "",
                             "showFiles": [
@@ -713,11 +698,6 @@
                     {
                         "name": "result-detail",
                         "with": {
-                            "time": false,
-                            "mem": false,
-                            "stdout": false,
-                            "stderr": true,
-                            "exitstatus": true,
                             "score": 0,
                             "comment": "",
                             "showFiles": [
@@ -820,11 +800,6 @@
                     {
                         "name": "result-detail",
                         "with": {
-                            "time": false,
-                            "mem": false,
-                            "stdout": true,
-                            "stderr": false,
-                            "exitstatus": true,
                             "score": 0,
                             "comment": "",
                             "showFiles": [
@@ -921,11 +896,6 @@
                     {
                         "name": "result-detail",
                         "with": {
-                            "time": true,
-                            "mem": true,
-                            "stdout": false,
-                            "stderr": true,
-                            "exitstatus": true,
                             "score": 0,
                             "comment": "",
                             "showFiles": [
@@ -1022,11 +992,6 @@
                     {
                         "name": "result-detail",
                         "with": {
-                            "time": true,
-                            "mem": true,
-                            "stdout": false,
-                            "stderr": true,
-                            "exitstatus": true,
                             "score": 0,
                             "comment": "",
                             "showFiles": [
@@ -1042,9 +1007,9 @@
         ]
     },
     "teapot": {
-        "logPath": "Homework-1-exercise-2-joint-teapot-debug.log",
-        "scoreboardPath": "Homework-1-exercise-2-scoreboard.csv",
-        "failedTablePath": "Homework-1-exercise-2-failed-table.md",
+        "logPath": "h4-ex1-joint-teapot-debug.log",
+        "scoreboardPath": "h4-ex1-scoreboard.csv",
+        "failedTablePath": "h4-ex1-failed-table.md",
         "gradingRepoName": "engr151-joj",
         "skipIssue": false,
         "skipScoreboard": false,