diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5e2ed86e89..c3b839e403 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ target/
 # Builded war file
 /docker/*.war
 /docker/*.jar
+src/test/java/it/reply/orchestrator/dal/entity/ReplicationRuleTest.java
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/reply/orchestrator/config/properties/MonitoringProperties.java b/src/main/java/it/reply/orchestrator/config/properties/MonitoringProperties.java
index 51d219b8c6..8c838eed35 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/reply/orchestrator/config/properties/MonitoringProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/reply/orchestrator/config/properties/MonitoringProperties.java
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 @NoArgsConstructor
 public class MonitoringProperties {
 
-  @NotNull
-  @NonNull
+  // @NotNull
+  // @NonNull
   private URI url;
 
   @NotNull
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/reply/orchestrator/service/MonitoringServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/it/reply/orchestrator/service/MonitoringServiceImpl.java
index ab4d5daa3a..ce8283357f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/reply/orchestrator/service/MonitoringServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/reply/orchestrator/service/MonitoringServiceImpl.java
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ public MonitoringServiceImpl(MonitoringProperties monitoringProperties,
   @Override
   public Group getProviderData(String providerId) {
 
+    if (monitoringProperties.getUrl() == null) {
+      throw new DeploymentException(
+          "Error fetching monitoring data for provider <" + providerId + ">");
+    }
+
     URI requestUri = UriComponentsBuilder
         .fromHttpUrl(monitoringProperties.getUrl() + monitoringProperties.getProviderMetricsPath())
         .buildAndExpand(providerId)