diff --git a/backend/events-listener/controllers/notifications.js b/backend/events-listener/controllers/notifications.js
index 72841cf7..0d6399af 100644
--- a/backend/events-listener/controllers/notifications.js
+++ b/backend/events-listener/controllers/notifications.js
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import admin from "firebase-admin";
 
 async function processReceivedMessage() {
     try{
-        const queueName = 'notifications';
+        const queueName = 'events-queue';
         const receivedMsg = await receiveMessageFromQueue(queueName);
         if(receivedMsg !== null){
             console.log("Received message:", receivedMsg);
-            handleNotification(receivedMsg);
+            // handleNotification(receivedMsg);
+            
         }else {
             console.log("No messages received...");
         }
diff --git a/backend/events-listener/server.js b/backend/events-listener/server.js
index 20a73413..626680c0 100644
--- a/backend/events-listener/server.js
+++ b/backend/events-listener/server.js
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ const PORT = 8006;
 // initialize body-parser middleware
 app.use(bodyParser.json()); // will be using Json  data
 app.use('/notifications', notify);
-app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send(" Notifications services"));
+app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send(" Events listener service"));
 app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Server running on port: http://localhost:${PORT}`));
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diff --git a/backend/gateway-service/routes.json b/backend/gateway-service/routes.json
index d035f4df..64eda02d 100644
--- a/backend/gateway-service/routes.json
+++ b/backend/gateway-service/routes.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
     "/c": "https://event-chats-service-wcjsbin3oq-uc.a.run.app",
     "/p": "https://event-posts-service-old-wcjsbin3oq-uc.a.run.app",
-    "/e": "http://localhost:8004",
-    "/u": "https://user-management-service-wcjsbin3oq-uc.a.run.app",
+    "/e": "https://events-service-wcjsbin3oq-uc.a.run.app",
+    "/u": "http://localhost:8002",
     "/n": "https://notifications-service-wcjsbin3oq-uc.a.run.app",
-    "/posts": "https://xpose-posts-service-wcjsbin3oq-uc.a.run.app"
+    "/posts": "http://127.0.0.1:5000"
 }
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diff --git a/backend/user-management-service/controllers/deleteUser.js b/backend/user-management-service/controllers/deleteUser.js
index 1348b6dd..afb185d7 100644
--- a/backend/user-management-service/controllers/deleteUser.js
+++ b/backend/user-management-service/controllers/deleteUser.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import admin from "firebase-admin";
 import User from '../data-access/models/user.table.js';
 import Friendship from '../data-access/models/friendship.table.js';
 import { Op } from 'sequelize';
+import { sendMessageToQueue } from '../sender.js';
+import MessageBuilder from './messagebuilder.js';
 
 let users = [];
 export const deleteUser = async (req, res) => {
@@ -32,6 +34,18 @@ export const deleteUser = async (req, res) => {
             }
 
         });
+
+        // send delete user message to rabbitmq
+        // const queueName = 'notifications';
+        console.log('Sending delete user message to rabbitmq');
+        const message = new MessageBuilder().setType("delete_user").setValue({deleted_user_id: userId}).build();
+        console.log('Message: ', message);
+
+        sendMessageToQueue('posts-queue', message);
+        sendMessageToQueue('events-queue', message);
+
+        console.log(`Messages sent to rabbitmq`);
+
         res.status(200).json({message:`User with the id ${userId} deleted from DB successfuly`});
 
     } catch(error) {