diff --git a/cmd/tapRunner.go b/cmd/tapRunner.go
index 0c032fc21..57de72c51 100644
--- a/cmd/tapRunner.go
+++ b/cmd/tapRunner.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ func tap() {
 	rel, err := helm.NewHelmDefault().Install()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Err(err).Send()
+		return
 	} else {
 		log.Info().Msgf("Installed the Helm release: %s", rel.Name)
 	}
diff --git a/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go b/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
index 2bd19b731..901d56ab2 100644
--- a/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
+++ b/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ type ResourcesConfig struct {
 }
 
 type AuthConfig struct {
-	ApprovedDomains []string `yaml:"approvedDomains" json:"approvedDomains"`
+	ApprovedDomains []string `yaml:"approvedDomains" json:"approvedDomains"  default:"[]"`
 }
 
 type IngressConfig struct {
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ type TapConfig struct {
 	Docker            DockerConfig          `yaml:"docker" json:"docker"`
 	Proxy             ProxyConfig           `yaml:"proxy" json:"proxy"`
 	PodRegexStr       string                `yaml:"regex" json:"regex" default:".*"`
-	Namespaces        []string              `yaml:"namespaces" json:"namespaces"`
+	Namespaces        []string              `yaml:"namespaces" json:"namespaces" default:"[]"`
 	SelfNamespace     string                `yaml:"selfnamespace" json:"selfnamespace" default:"kubeshark"`
 	PersistentStorage bool                  `yaml:"persistentstorage" json:"persistentstorage" default:"false"`
 	StorageLimit      string                `yaml:"storagelimit" json:"storagelimit" default:"200Mi"`