diff --git a/connect/communities/communities.service.ts b/connect/communities/communities.service.ts
index ddcee2de..b2613fd6 100644
--- a/connect/communities/communities.service.ts
+++ b/connect/communities/communities.service.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export class CommunitiesService {
     public communities: BehaviorSubject<CommunityInfo[]> = null;
 
     constructor(private http: HttpClient) {
-        this.communities = new BehaviorSubject([]);
+        this.communities = new BehaviorSubject(null);
     }
 
     updateCommunities(properties: EnvProperties, url: string) {
diff --git a/sharedComponents/navigationBar.component.html b/sharedComponents/navigationBar.component.html
index bf60d12b..04fd6161 100644
--- a/sharedComponents/navigationBar.component.html
+++ b/sharedComponents/navigationBar.component.html
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                            <ng-container *ngFor="let submenu of menu.items">
                               <li   *ngIf="isEnabled(submenu.entitiesRequired,showEntity) && isEnabled(submenu.routeRequired, showPage)  && (submenu.route.length > 0 || submenu.url.length > 0)">
                                 <a *ngIf="submenu.route.length > 0" routerLinkActive="uk-link" routerLink="{{submenu.route}}"  [queryParams]=submenu.params class="uk-offcanvas-close custom-offcanvas-close">{{submenu.title}}</a>
-                                <a *ngIf="submenu.route.length == 0 && submenu.url.length > 0"routerLinkActive="uk-link"  href="{{submenu.url}}" target="_blank" class="uk-offcanvas-close custom-offcanvas-close">{{submenu.title}}</a>
+                                <a *ngIf="submenu.route.length == 0 && submenu.url.length > 0" routerLinkActive="uk-link"  href="{{submenu.url}}" target="_blank" class="uk-offcanvas-close custom-offcanvas-close">{{submenu.title}}</a>
 
                               </li>
                               <li *ngIf="submenu.route.length == 0 && submenu.url.length == 0 && isEnabled(submenu.entitiesRequired,showEntity) && isEnabled(submenu.routeRequired, showPage)" class="uk-nav-header">{{submenu.title}}</li>