diff --git a/services/services.go b/services/services.go
index 77f539f85b49655a7c5edf59e0854362fc42accf..eb61a42acef04bd3d4e1cba2458b74d412f16347 100644
--- a/services/services.go
+++ b/services/services.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
     "net/http"
     "time"
     "assignment1/models"
-    "time"
 )
 
 // FetchBooksByLanguage retrieves books from the Gutendex API by language.
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ func CheckServiceAvailability(serviceURL string) int {
 }
 
 
-var serviceStartTime = time.Now()
+var ServiceStartTime = time.Now()
 
 // GetUptime calculates the uptime of the service in seconds.
 func GetUptime() int64 {