diff --git a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/ui/.prettierignore b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/ui/.prettierignore
index 5a51d29066e..e45db894836 100644
--- a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/ui/.prettierignore
+++ b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/ui/.prettierignore
@@ -30,5 +30,10 @@ dist/
 .prettierignore
 .eslintignore
 
+# rc, json and html files
+.prettierrc
+.lintstagedrc.json
+swagger.html
+
 # macOS
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/ui/src/auth-provider/AuthProvider.tsx b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/ui/src/auth-provider/AuthProvider.tsx
index c05b90ca496..b688aec90a9 100644
--- a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/ui/src/auth-provider/AuthProvider.tsx
+++ b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/ui/src/auth-provider/AuthProvider.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 import { AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
 import { CookieStorage } from 'cookie-storage';
-import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
+import { isEmpty, isNil } from 'lodash';
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
 import { User } from 'Models';
 import { UserManager, WebStorageStateStore } from 'oidc-client';
@@ -155,7 +155,10 @@ const AuthProvider: FunctionComponent<AuthProviderProps> = ({
   const fetchAuthConfig = (): void => {
     fetchAuthorizerConfig()
       .then((res: AxiosResponse) => {
-        if (res.data) {
+        const isSecureMode =
+          !isNil(res.data) &&
+          Object.values(res.data).filter((item) => isNil(item)).length === 0;
+        if (isSecureMode) {
           const { provider, authority, clientId, callbackUrl } = res.data;
           const userConfig = getUserManagerConfig({
             authority,
diff --git a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/ui/src/pages/signup/index.tsx b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/ui/src/pages/signup/index.tsx
index 7d8e8180652..5e919650514 100644
--- a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/ui/src/pages/signup/index.tsx
+++ b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/ui/src/pages/signup/index.tsx
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ const Signup = () => {
         ...details,
         teams: selectedTeams as Array<string>,
         profile: {
-          images: getImages(appState.newUser.picture),
+          images: getImages(appState.newUser.picture ?? ''),
         },
       });
     }