diff --git a/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/aasenvironment/preconfiguration/AasEnvironmentPreconfigurationLoader.java b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/aasenvironment/preconfiguration/AasEnvironmentPreconfigurationLoader.java
index 50af46ec2..9c23955b2 100644
--- a/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/aasenvironment/preconfiguration/AasEnvironmentPreconfigurationLoader.java
+++ b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/aasenvironment/preconfiguration/AasEnvironmentPreconfigurationLoader.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public AasEnvironmentPreconfigurationLoader(ResourceLoader resourceLoader, Strin
 
 	@Autowired
 	public AasEnvironmentPreconfigurationLoader(ResourceLoader resourceLoader, @Value("${basyx.environmentPaths:#{null}}") List<String> pathsToLoad, @Value("${basyx.environmentDict:#{null}}") String directoryToLoad) {
-		this(resourceLoader, Stream.concat(extractFilesToLoadFromEnvironmentDirectory(directoryToLoad).stream(), pathsToLoad.stream())
+		this(resourceLoader, Stream.concat(extractFilesToLoadFromEnvironmentDirectory(directoryToLoad).stream(), pathsToLoad != null ? pathsToLoad.stream() : new ArrayList<String>().stream())
 				.collect(Collectors.toList()));
 		this.directoryToLoad = directoryToLoad;
 	}
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ private void loadEnvironmentFromFile(AasRepository aasRepository, SubmodelReposi
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static List<String> extractFilesToLoadFromEnvironmentDirectory(String folderToLoad) throws IllegalArgumentException {
-		if (folderToLoad == null) {
-			new ArrayList<String>();
+	private static List<String> extractFilesToLoadFromEnvironmentDirectory(String directoryToLoad) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		if (directoryToLoad == null) {
+			return new ArrayList<String>();
 		}
-		folderToLoad = convertFromClassPathFormat(folderToLoad);
-		File rootDirectory = new File(folderToLoad);
+		directoryToLoad = convertFromClassPathFormat(directoryToLoad);
+		File rootDirectory = new File(directoryToLoad);
 		RecursiveDirectoryScanner directoryScanner = new RecursiveDirectoryScanner();
 
 		List<File> potentialEnvironments = directoryScanner.listFiles(rootDirectory);
diff --git a/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment-http/src/test/java/org/eclipse/basyx/digitaltwin/aasenvironment/http/TestAasEnvironmentHTTP.java b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment-http/src/test/java/org/eclipse/basyx/digitaltwin/aasenvironment/http/TestAasEnvironmentHTTP.java
index 77da41d5d..0d45b494b 100644
--- a/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment-http/src/test/java/org/eclipse/basyx/digitaltwin/aasenvironment/http/TestAasEnvironmentHTTP.java
+++ b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment-http/src/test/java/org/eclipse/basyx/digitaltwin/aasenvironment/http/TestAasEnvironmentHTTP.java
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 the Eclipse BaSyx Authors
+ * 
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ * 
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ * 
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+ * LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+ * OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+ * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
 package org.eclipse.basyx.digitaltwin.aasenvironment.http;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
diff --git a/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.component/pom.xml b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.component/pom.xml
index da0d58da2..a59b0643d 100644
--- a/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.component/pom.xml
+++ b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.component/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<parent>
@@ -75,6 +77,36 @@
 			<artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+			<artifactId>basyx.submodelrepository-core</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+			<classifier>tests</classifier>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+			<artifactId>basyx.aasrepository-core</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+			<artifactId>basyx.aasrepository-core</artifactId>
+			<classifier>tests</classifier>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+			<artifactId>
+				basyx.conceptdescriptionrepository-core
+			</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+			<artifactId>
+				basyx.conceptdescriptionrepository-core
+			</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+			<classifier>tests</classifier>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
@@ -87,7 +119,7 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
-		
+
 		<pluginManagement>
 			<plugins>
 				<!-- Build the docker image -->
@@ -107,7 +139,8 @@
 								</build>
 								<run>
 									<ports>
-										<port>${docker.host.port}:${docker.container.port}</port>
+										<port>
+											${docker.host.port}:${docker.container.port}</port>
 									</ports>
 									<wait>
 										<url>${docker.container.waitForEndpoint}</url>