diff --git a/.github/workflows/.dast-nuclei-cmd-api-server.yaml b/.github/workflows/.dast-nuclei-cmd-api-server.yaml
index af49840f21..ac54d95053 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/.dast-nuclei-cmd-api-server.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/.dast-nuclei-cmd-api-server.yaml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         run: jq '.plugins += [{ "packageName":"@hyperledger/cactus-plugin-keychain-memory","type":"org.hyperledger.cactus.plugin_import_type.LOCAL","action":"org.hyperledger.cactus.plugin_import_action.INSTALL","options":{"packageSrc":"/home/runner/work/cacti/cacti/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-memory/","instanceId":"0daacd05-d1cd-4eab-9332-4ad1aff4b909","keychainId":"d29d728e-eaa0-4e2d-b187-d132242b0d9a"}}]' .config.json > .config2.json && mv .config2.json .config.json
 
       - name: Install Fabric connector into the API server
-        run: jq '.plugins += [{ "packageName":"@hyperledger/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-fabric", "type":"org.hyperledger.cactus.plugin_import_type.LOCAL", "action":"org.hyperledger.cactus.plugin_import_action.INSTALL",  "options":{ "packageSrc":"/home/runner/work/cacti/cacti/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-fabric/", "instanceId":"some-unique-fabric-connector-instance-id", "peerBinary":"/fabric-samples/bin/peer", "connectionProfile":"{}", "dockerBinary":"usr/local/bin/docker","cliContainerEnv":{"CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID":"Org1MSP","CORE_PEER_ADDRESS":"peer0.org1.example.com:7051","CORE_PEER_MSPCONFIGPATH":"/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/users/Admin@org1.example.com/msp","CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE":"/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt","ORDERER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE":"/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem"},"discoveryOptions":{"enabled":true,"asLocalhost":true}}}] ' .config.json > .config2.json && mv .config2.json .config.json
+        run: jq '.plugins += [{ "packageName":"@hyperledger/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-fabric", "type":"org.hyperledger.cactus.plugin_import_type.LOCAL", "action":"org.hyperledger.cactus.plugin_import_action.INSTALL",  "options":{ "packageSrc":"/home/runner/work/cacti/cacti/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-fabric/", "instanceId":"some-unique-fabric-connector-instance-id", "peerBinary":"/fabric-samples/bin/peer", "connectionProfile":"{}", "connectionProfile":"{}", "dockerBinary":"usr/local/bin/docker","cliContainerEnv":{"CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID":"Org1MSP","CORE_PEER_ADDRESS":"peer0.org1.example.com:7051","CORE_PEER_MSPCONFIGPATH":"/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/users/Admin@org1.example.com/msp","CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE":"/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt","ORDERER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE":"/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem"},"discoveryOptions":{"enabled":true,"asLocalhost":true}}}] ' .config.json > .config2.json && mv .config2.json .config.json
 
       - name: Install Besu connector into the API server
         run: jq '.plugins += [{"packageName":"@hyperledger/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-besu","type":"org.hyperledger.cactus.plugin_import_type.LOCAL","action":"org.hyperledger.cactus.plugin_import_action.INSTALL","options":{"packageSrc":"/home/runner/work/cacti/cacti/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-besu/", "rpcApiHttpHost":"http://127.0.0.1:8545", "rpcApiWsHost":"ws://127.0.0.1:8546", "instanceId":"some-unique-besu-connector-instance-id"}}]' .config.json > .config2.json && mv .config2.json .config.json
diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-fabric/src/main/typescript/plugin-ledger-connector-fabric.ts b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-fabric/src/main/typescript/plugin-ledger-connector-fabric.ts
index 89a0fa9e44..dd03c985b3 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-fabric/src/main/typescript/plugin-ledger-connector-fabric.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-fabric/src/main/typescript/plugin-ledger-connector-fabric.ts
@@ -312,7 +312,9 @@ export class PluginLedgerConnectorFabric
       const sshConfigString = sshConfigBuffer.toString("utf-8");
       this.sshConfig = JSON.parse(sshConfigString);
     } else {
-      throw new Error("Cannot instantiate Fabric connector without SSH config");
+      this.log.debug("No sshConfig available")
+      this.sshConfig = {}
+      this.sshDebugOn === false
     }
     if (this.sshDebugOn) {
       this.sshConfig = this.enableSshDebugLogs(this.sshConfig);
@@ -367,6 +369,7 @@ export class PluginLedgerConnectorFabric
   }
 
   private enableSshDebugLogs(cfg: SshConfig): SshConfig {
+
     const fnTag = `${this.className}#decorateSshConfigWithLogger()`;
     Checks.truthy(cfg, `${fnTag} cfg must be truthy.`);
     return {