diff --git a/node_normalizer/model/input.py b/node_normalizer/model/input.py
index ea7820e..78591b8 100644
--- a/node_normalizer/model/input.py
+++ b/node_normalizer/model/input.py
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ class CurieList(BaseModel):
     class Config:
         schema_extra = {
             "example": {
-                "curies": ['MESH:D014867', 'NCIT:C34373'],
+                "curies": ['MESH:D014867', 'NCIT:C34373', 'NCBIGene:1756'],
                 "conflate": True,
                 "description": False,
-                "drug_chemical_conflate": False,
+                "drug_chemical_conflate": True,
             }
         }
 
@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@ class SetIDs(BaseModel):
     """ Query for Set IDs. You can provide a set of named CURIE sets, and we return a response for each one. """
     sets: Dict[str, SetIDQuery] = Field(
         description="A list of ",
-    )
\ No newline at end of file
+    )
diff --git a/node_normalizer/normalizer.py b/node_normalizer/normalizer.py
index 32d9126..b5f3880 100644
--- a/node_normalizer/normalizer.py
+++ b/node_normalizer/normalizer.py
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ async def get_normalized_nodes(
     # conflation_types = {"biolink:Gene", "biolink:Protein"}
     # conflation_redis = 5
 
-    upper_curies = [c.upper() for c in curies]
+    upper_curies = [c.strip().upper() for c in curies]
     canonical_ids = await app.state.eq_id_to_id_db.mget(*upper_curies, encoding='utf-8')
     canonical_nonan = [canonical_id for canonical_id in canonical_ids if canonical_id is not None]
     info_contents = {}
diff --git a/node_normalizer/server.py b/node_normalizer/server.py
index 18ca7ca..0fbc7e7 100644
--- a/node_normalizer/server.py
+++ b/node_normalizer/server.py
@@ -257,11 +257,11 @@ async def get_normalized_node_handler(
     curie: List[str] = fastapi.Query(
         [],
         description="List of curies to normalize",
-        example=["MESH:D014867", "NCIT:C34373"],
+        example=["MESH:D014867", "NCIT:C34373", "NCBIGene:1756"],
         min_items=1,
     ),
     conflate: bool = fastapi.Query(True, description="Whether to apply gene/protein conflation"),
-    drug_chemical_conflate: bool = fastapi.Query(False, description="Whether to apply drug/chemical conflation"),
+    drug_chemical_conflate: bool = fastapi.Query(True, description="Whether to apply drug/chemical conflation"),
     description: bool = fastapi.Query(False, description="Whether to return curie descriptions when possible"),
     individual_types: bool = fastapi.Query(False, description="Whether to return individual types for equivalent identifiers"),
     include_taxa: bool = fastapi.Query(True, description="Whether to return taxa for equivalent identifiers"),