diff --git a/src/lib/server/external/api.scraping.helpers.ts b/src/lib/server/external/api.scraping.helpers.ts
index cb78555..003bd89 100755
--- a/src/lib/server/external/api.scraping.helpers.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/external/api.scraping.helpers.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function dumpDataRaw(data: any, prefix: string) {
 }
 
 export const testIfSessionIsValid = async (jwt: string) => {
-  const scrapingbeeApiKey = env.SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY;
+  const scrapingbeeApiKey = env.SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY ?? "";
   if (!scrapingbeeApiKey) {
     logger.error("[testIfSessionIsValid] ScrapingBee API key not configured");
     return false;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export const getSessionToken = async (payload: {
   code: string;
   userType: number;
 }): Promise<{ ok: boolean; message: string }> => {
-  const scrapingbeeApiKey = env.SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY;
+  const scrapingbeeApiKey = env.SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY ?? "";
   if (!scrapingbeeApiKey) {
     logger.error("[getSessionToken] ScrapingBee API key not configured");
     return { ok: false, message: "ScrapingBee API key not configured" };
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export const getSessionToken = async (payload: {
 };
 
 export async function getUsersBalance(userId: number, jwt: string) {
-  const scrapingbeeApiKey = env.SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY;
+  const scrapingbeeApiKey = env.SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY ?? "";
   if (!scrapingbeeApiKey) {
     logger.error("[getUsersBalance] ScrapingBee API key not configured");
     return false;
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export async function getUsersBalance(userId: number, jwt: string) {
 }
 
 export const getDealers = async (jwt: string, distributor_ids: string[]) => {
-  const scrapingbeeApiKey = env.SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY;
+  const scrapingbeeApiKey = env.SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY ?? "";
   if (!scrapingbeeApiKey) {
     logger.error("[getDealers] ScrapingBee API key not configured");
     return {
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ export const getDealers = async (jwt: string, distributor_ids: string[]) => {
 };
 
 export const getDistributors = async (jwt: string) => {
-  const scrapingbeeApiKey = env.SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY;
+  const scrapingbeeApiKey = env.SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY ?? "";
   if (!scrapingbeeApiKey) {
     logger.error("[getDistributors] ScrapingBee API key not configured");
     return {
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ export const getDistributors = async (jwt: string) => {
 };
 
 export const getDraws = async (jwt: string) => {
-  const scrapingbeeApiKey = env.SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY;
+  const scrapingbeeApiKey = env.SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY ?? "";
 
   logger.info(`[getDraws] Fetching draws from the API`);