diff --git a/app/dao/services_dao.py b/app/dao/services_dao.py
index 19755edfe..9ac63327f 100644
--- a/app/dao/services_dao.py
+++ b/app/dao/services_dao.py
@@ -51,14 +51,22 @@ from app.utils import (
 
 
 def dao_fetch_all_services(only_active=False):
-    query = Service.query.order_by(asc(Service.created_at)).options(
-        joinedload(Service.users)
+
+    stmt = (
+        select(Service)
+        .order_by(asc(Service.created_at))
+        .options(joinedload(Service.users))
     )
-
     if only_active:
-        query = query.filter(Service.active)
-
-    return query.all()
+        stmt = (
+            select(Service)
+            .where(Service.active is True)
+            .order_by(asc(Service.created_at))
+            .options(joinedload(Service.users))
+        )
+    if only_active:
+        stmt = stmt.filter(Service.active)
+    return db.session.execute(stmt).scalars().all()
 
 
 def get_services_by_partial_name(service_name):
diff --git a/app/service_invite/rest.py b/app/service_invite/rest.py
index f6d9627da..5728b3ed5 100644
--- a/app/service_invite/rest.py
+++ b/app/service_invite/rest.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def _create_service_invite(invited_user, invite_link_host):
     redis_store.set(
         f"email-personalisation-{saved_notification.id}",
         json.dumps(personalisation),
-        ex=2*24*60*60,
+        ex=2 * 24 * 60 * 60,
     )
     send_notification_to_queue(saved_notification, queue=QueueNames.NOTIFY)