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..123871a1b6 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 +312,8 @@ 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 = {}
     }
     if (this.sshDebugOn) {
       this.sshConfig = this.enableSshDebugLogs(this.sshConfig);