diff --git a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Persistence/ConfigurationExtensions.cs b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Persistence/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
index aa1e44fd4..ce29a1578 100644
--- a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Persistence/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Persistence/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -11,16 +11,18 @@ internal static class ConfigurationExtensions
     public static void AddPersistence(this IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration)
     {
         services.Configure<GitOptions>(configuration.GetSection(GitOptions.Key));
-        services.AddTransient<IRepository, Repository>(_ =>
-        {
-            var gitOptions = configuration.GetSection(GitOptions.Key).Get<GitOptions>();
-            if (!Repository.IsValid(gitOptions.RepositoryPath))
+        services.AddTransient<IRepository, Repository>(
+            _ =>
             {
-                Repository.Init(gitOptions.RepositoryPath);
-            }
+                var gitOptions = configuration.GetSection(GitOptions.Key)
+                    .Get<GitOptions>();
+                if (!Repository.IsValid(gitOptions?.RepositoryPath))
+                {
+                    Repository.Init(gitOptions?.RepositoryPath);
+                }
 
-            return new Repository(gitOptions.RepositoryPath);
-        });
+                return new Repository(gitOptions?.RepositoryPath);
+            });
         services.AddTransient<IListArchiveRepository, GitListArchiveRepository>();
     }
 }
diff --git a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Scheduling/ConfigurationExtensions.cs b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Scheduling/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
index a6231842f..c62854785 100644
--- a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Scheduling/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Scheduling/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ internal static class ConfigurationExtensions
 
     public static void AddScheduling(this IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration)
     {
-        _redis = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(configuration.GetConnectionString("SchedulingConnection"));
-        services.AddHangfire((_, globalConfiguration) => globalConfiguration.UseRedisStorage(_redis).UseMediatR());
+        _redis = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(
+            configuration.GetConnectionString("SchedulingConnection") ?? string.Empty);
+        services.AddHangfire(
+            (_, globalConfiguration) => globalConfiguration.UseRedisStorage(_redis)
+                .UseMediatR());
         services.AddHangfireServer(o => o.WorkerCount = Environment.ProcessorCount);
     }
 }
diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api.Contracts/ConfigurationExtensions.cs b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api.Contracts/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
index e9ab2d407..001cc4859 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api.Contracts/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api.Contracts/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@ public static void AddDirectoryApiClient(this IServiceCollection services, IConf
     {
         // TODO: use SystemTextJsonContentSerializer() once less feature-limited
         services.AddRefitClient<IDirectoryApi>()
-            .ConfigureHttpClient(c =>
-            {
-                var host = configuration.GetSection(ApiOptions.Key).Get<ApiOptions>().DirectoryHost;
-                c.BaseAddress = new UriBuilder("http", host).Uri;
-            })
-            .AddTransientHttpErrorPolicy(b =>
-                b.WaitAndRetryAsync(new[]
+            .ConfigureHttpClient(
+                c =>
                 {
-                    TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)
-                }));
+                    var host = configuration.GetSection(ApiOptions.Key)
+                        .Get<ApiOptions>()
+                        ?.DirectoryHost;
+                    c.BaseAddress = new UriBuilder("http", host).Uri;
+                })
+            .AddTransientHttpErrorPolicy(
+                b =>
+                    b.WaitAndRetryAsync(
+                        new[] { TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10) }));
     }
 }
diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Commands/Context/CommandDbContext.cs b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Commands/Context/CommandDbContext.cs
index b83fb333d..774f6afd6 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Commands/Context/CommandDbContext.cs
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Commands/Context/CommandDbContext.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ internal class CommandDbContext : DbContext, ICommandContext
 {
     static CommandDbContext()
     {
+#pragma warning disable CS0618
         NpgsqlConnection.GlobalTypeMapper.MapEnum<AggregateType>();
+#pragma warning restore CS0618
     }
 
     public CommandDbContext(DbContextOptions<CommandDbContext> options) : base(options) { }
diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Queries/Context/QueryDbContext.cs b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Queries/Context/QueryDbContext.cs
index 3fcefb0c7..82be509ea 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Queries/Context/QueryDbContext.cs
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Queries/Context/QueryDbContext.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ public class QueryDbContext : DbContext
 {
     static QueryDbContext()
     {
+#pragma warning disable CS0618
         NpgsqlConnection.GlobalTypeMapper.MapEnum<AggregateType>();
+#pragma warning restore CS0618
     }
 
     public QueryDbContext(DbContextOptions<QueryDbContext> options) : base(options) { }
diff --git a/services/SharedKernel/FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging/ConfigurationExtensions.cs b/services/SharedKernel/FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
index 8f24af134..12c9cd2f1 100644
--- a/services/SharedKernel/FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/services/SharedKernel/FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public static void AddSharedKernelLogging(this IServiceCollection services, ICon
         {
             StorageFolder = configuration.GetSection(ApplicationInsightsOptions.Key)
                 .Get<ApplicationInsightsOptions>()
-                .ServerTelemetryChannelStoragePath
+                ?.ServerTelemetryChannelStoragePath
         };
         services.AddSingleton(typeof(ITelemetryChannel), serverTelemetryChannel);
         TelemetryDebugWriter.IsTracingDisabled = true;