diff --git a/Models/ProfileDbContext.cs b/Models/ProfileDbContext.cs
index 90c0b978fcf70d4af8651b7314d3d682db830502..4b9e4f9923a841c3efef40a408b0ec2fd589504e 100644
--- a/Models/ProfileDbContext.cs
+++ b/Models/ProfileDbContext.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class ProfileDbContext
         {
             RequestTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30)
         };
-        var connectionString = connectionStrings.Value.DbConnectionString;
+        var connectionString = connectionStrings.Value.DbConnectionString ?? "DbConnectionString";
         var client = new CosmosClient(connectionString, clientOptions);
         var database = client.GetDatabase("ProfileDb");
         _container = database.GetContainer("Profile");
diff --git a/Settings/ConnectionStrings.cs b/Settings/ConnectionStrings.cs
index 0a688ac6e4a337a01bb7300e520dce122af61c75..7a49f79194d002719b166fbadcc6604078e8c1ba 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/FrontendStrings.cs b/Settings/FrontendStrings.cs
index ca8d611b594ad31df2a5a1b13ff386525825c1dd..cf35696f309ff85e6fbe9daf61bf2ff94a5815d9 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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