diff --git a/docs/guides/q-ctrl-performance-management.ipynb b/docs/guides/q-ctrl-performance-management.ipynb
index a7767019b7b..54d98394205 100644
--- a/docs/guides/q-ctrl-performance-management.ipynb
+++ b/docs/guides/q-ctrl-performance-management.ipynb
@@ -117,9 +117,7 @@
    "source": [
     "from qiskit_ibm_catalog import QiskitFunctionsCatalog\n",
     "\n",
-    "catalog = QiskitFunctionsCatalog(\n",
-    "    channel=\"ibm_quantum_platform\", instance=\"USER_CRN\", token=\"USER_API_KEY\"\n",
-    ")\n",
+    "catalog = QiskitFunctionsCatalog()\n",
     "\n",
     "# Access Function\n",
     "perf_mgmt = catalog.load(\"q-ctrl/performance-management\")"
@@ -229,7 +227,7 @@
     "from qiskit_ibm_runtime import QiskitRuntimeService\n",
     "\n",
     "service = QiskitRuntimeService()\n",
-    "backend_name = service.least_busy().name"
+    "backend_name = \"ibm_torino\""
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -544,7 +542,8 @@
     "pub_result = sampler_result[0]\n",
     "counts = pub_result.data.c.get_counts()\n",
     "\n",
-    "print(f\"Counts for the meas output register: {counts}\")"
+    "# Show a few items from the counts dictionary\n",
+    "list(counts.items())[:10]"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -557,6 +556,28 @@
     "Plot the bitstring with the highest counts to see if the hidden bitstring was the mode."
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "799a7331-c029-4d50-8819-c7fe23627d27",
+   "metadata": {
+    "editable": true,
+    "slideshow": {
+     "slide_type": ""
+    },
+    "tags": [
+     "remove-cell"
+    ]
+   },
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# This cell is hidden from the user. It checks the top result is the\n",
+    "# hidden bitstring. This can sometimes happen if the backend is having\n",
+    "# a bad day.\n",
+    "most_common_result = max(counts.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])[0][0]\n",
+    "assert most_common_result == hidden_bitstring"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": 15,