diff --git a/Services/EmailService.cs b/Services/EmailService.cs
index 1cb28fb7ad394f3993539c83190cbc3f15e3b058..48e0904f0069cfc326dbac69f08c4adf3b1b13ba 100644
--- a/Services/EmailService.cs
+++ b/Services/EmailService.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class EmailService : IEmailService
         using var smtp = new SmtpClient();
         try
         {
+            smtp.CheckCertificateRevocation = false;
             await smtp.ConnectAsync("smtp.gmail.com", 587, false);
             await smtp.AuthenticateAsync(_emailConfig.Email, _emailConfig.Password);
             await smtp.SendAsync(email);
diff --git a/Settings/ConnectionStrings.cs b/Settings/ConnectionStrings.cs
index b39afcd908c698b79c5d634ce603ef11c5880156..bc9e8b1e2d71c3b8d3304970cb4f1300f2feb022 100644
--- a/Settings/ConnectionStrings.cs
+++ b/Settings/ConnectionStrings.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 public class ConnectionStrings
 {
-    public string? DbConnectionString { get; set; }
-    public string? AzureBlobStorage { get; set; }
+    public string? DbConnectionString { get; set; } = "";
+    public string? AzureBlobStorage { get; set; } = "";
 }
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diff --git a/Settings/EmailConfig.cs b/Settings/EmailConfig.cs
index 594648139d935f9e91a9c3dde04541089243aa7c..3b3d380e0bf75e890f0c1cdae7e4ea8a9f6c7a22 100644
--- a/Settings/EmailConfig.cs
+++ b/Settings/EmailConfig.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ namespace AuthenticationMicroservice.Settings;
 
 public class EmailConfig
 {
-    public string? Email { get; set; }
-    public string? Password { get; set; }
+    public string? Email { get; set; } = "";
+    public string? Password { get; set; } = "";
 }
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diff --git a/Settings/FrontendStrings.cs b/Settings/FrontendStrings.cs
index 71ce17a3f23a20292d51d3ac0558096047e4d728..6f8767375d188b86ca298a6c02128f6c402734eb 100644
--- a/Settings/FrontendStrings.cs
+++ b/Settings/FrontendStrings.cs
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 public class FrontendStrings
 {
-    public string? BaseUrl { get; set; }
+    public string? BaseUrl { get; set; } = "";
 }
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