diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d278be7..c2846a9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <groupId>com.jservlet.nexus.backend</groupId>
     <artifactId>nexus-backend</artifactId>
     <packaging>${packaging}</packaging>
-    <version>1.0.25</version>
+    <version>1.0.26-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>nexus-backend</name>
     <description>The Java Nexus BackendService, an advanced and secure Rest Backend Gateway</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/jservlet/nexus/config/JServletInitializer.java b/src/main/java/com/jservlet/nexus/config/JServletInitializer.java
index 355fef8..c2e3753 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/jservlet/nexus/config/JServletInitializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/jservlet/nexus/config/JServletInitializer.java
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ public class JServletInitializer extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
 
     @Override
     protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application) {
+        // Fix ClassNotFoundException: org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder
+        System.setProperty("org.springframework.boot.logging.LoggingSystem", "none");
+
         // Swagger is only available in dev!
         String env = System.getProperty("environment", "development");
         if ("development".equals(env))  System.setProperty("springdoc.swagger-ui.enabled", "true");
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/jservlet/nexus/config/web/WebSecurityConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/jservlet/nexus/config/web/WebSecurityConfig.java
index 64cb839..a0105f4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/jservlet/nexus/config/web/WebSecurityConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/jservlet/nexus/config/web/WebSecurityConfig.java
@@ -256,11 +256,11 @@ public WAFPredicate wafPredicate() {
         wafPredicate.setHeaderValuesLength(headerNamesValuesLength);
         wafPredicate.setHostNamesLength(hostNamesLength);
 
-        if (hostNamesPattern.isEmpty()) {
+        if (hostNamesPattern != null && !hostNamesPattern.isEmpty()) {
             wafPredicate.setAllowedHostnames(Pattern.compile(hostNamesPattern,Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.DOTALL));
         }
 
-        //
+        // AI User-Agent
         wafPredicate.setBlockDisallowedUserAgents(userAgentBlocked);
         wafPredicate.setBlockDisallowedAIUserAgents(aiUserAgentBlocked);