diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/config/configloaders/DevelConfigLoader.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/config/configloaders/DevelConfigLoader.java
index 934a472c4..fa4885bae 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/config/configloaders/DevelConfigLoader.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/config/configloaders/DevelConfigLoader.java
@@ -96,15 +96,20 @@ public class DevelConfigLoader implements ConfigLoader {
         }
     }
 
-    public void setConfigurableProviders() {
+    private void setConfigurableProviders() {
         String filePath = environment.getProperty("configuration.configurable_login_providers");
-        String current = null;
+        String current;
         InputStream is = null;
         try {
             current = new java.io.File(".").getCanonicalPath();
-            is = new URL("file:///" + current + filePath).openStream();
-            ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper().configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
-            this.configurableProviders = mapper.readValue(is, ConfigurableProviders.class);
+            File tempFile = new File(current + filePath);
+            if (tempFile.exists()) {
+                is = new URL("file:///" + current + filePath).openStream();
+                ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper().configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
+                this.configurableProviders = mapper.readValue(is, ConfigurableProviders.class);
+            } else {
+                this.configurableProviders = new ConfigurableProviders();
+            }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         } finally {
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/config/configloaders/ProductionConfigLoader.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/config/configloaders/ProductionConfigLoader.java
index 57d16e2c0..366ab1874 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/config/configloaders/ProductionConfigLoader.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/config/configloaders/ProductionConfigLoader.java
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
 import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.FileReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
@@ -88,16 +85,26 @@ public class ProductionConfigLoader implements ConfigLoader {
         }
     }
 
-    public void setConfigurableProviders() {
+    private void setConfigurableProviders() {
         String filePath = environment.getProperty("configuration.configurable_login_providers");
-        String current = null;
+        InputStream is = null;
         try {
-            current = new java.io.File(".").getCanonicalPath();
-            InputStream is = new URL(Paths.get(filePath).toUri().toURL().toString()).openStream();
-            ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
-            this.configurableProviders = objectMapper.readValue(is, ConfigurableProviders.class);
+            File tempFile = new File(filePath);
+            if (tempFile.exists()) {
+                is = new URL(Paths.get(filePath).toUri().toURL().toString()).openStream();
+                ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+                this.configurableProviders = objectMapper.readValue(is, ConfigurableProviders.class);
+            } else {
+                this.configurableProviders = new ConfigurableProviders();
+            }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                if (is != null) is.close();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("Warning: Could not close a stream after reading from file: " + filePath);
+            }
         }
     }