2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/catalog-fe/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/fe/impl/PluginStatusBL.java b/catalog-fe/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/fe/impl/PluginStatusBL.java
index 4d466b1e2d..f4cbe9a70b 100644
--- a/catalog-fe/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/fe/impl/PluginStatusBL.java
+++ b/catalog-fe/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/fe/impl/PluginStatusBL.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpHead;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.exception.InvalidArgumentException;
 import org.openecomp.sdc.fe.config.ConfigurationManager;
 import org.openecomp.sdc.fe.config.PluginsConfiguration;
 import org.openecomp.sdc.fe.config.PluginsConfiguration.Plugin;
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ public class PluginStatusBL {
 
 		if (pluginsConfiguration == null || pluginsConfiguration.getPluginsList() == null) {
 			log.warn("Configuration of type {} was not found", PluginsConfiguration.class);
+			throw new InvalidArgumentException("the plugin configuration was not read successfully.");
+
 		} else {
 			log.debug("The value returned from getConfig is {}", pluginsConfiguration);
 			connectionTimeout = pluginsConfiguration.getConnectionTimeout();
diff --git a/catalog-fe/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/fe/servlets/ConfigServlet.java b/catalog-fe/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/fe/servlets/ConfigServlet.java
index 437123618e..271a3b2d22 100644
--- a/catalog-fe/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/fe/servlets/ConfigServlet.java
+++ b/catalog-fe/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/fe/servlets/ConfigServlet.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class ConfigServlet extends LoggingServlet {
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			FeEcompErrorManager.getInstance().logFeHttpLoggingError("FE Response");
 			log.error("Unexpected FE response logging error :", e);
-			return Response.status(Status.OK).entity(null).build();
+			return Response.status(Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).entity("{}").build();
 		}
 
 	}