diff --git a/legal-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/middleware/LegalFilter.java b/legal-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/middleware/LegalFilter.java
index e86eee037e7cd2eab3e2abe0cfd3224a03f1a29a..15b5957b13b303fb903c41f2e394dc052ecebe46 100644
--- a/legal-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/middleware/LegalFilter.java
+++ b/legal-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/middleware/LegalFilter.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class LegalFilter implements Filter {
     }
 
     private boolean isHealthCheck(String uri) {
-        return (!uri.endsWith("/liveness_check") || !uri.endsWith("/readiness_check"));
+        return (uri.endsWith("/liveness_check") || uri.endsWith("/readiness_check"));
     }
 
     private boolean isCronJob(String uri) {
diff --git a/provider/legal-aws/src/main/resources/application.properties b/provider/legal-aws/src/main/resources/application.properties
index d8d797b09ce838dc6f9cd32dddf34fd7ec2eea5b..173ca6ba183da0a20cbbaa71591db9cbad1f4167 100644
--- a/provider/legal-aws/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/provider/legal-aws/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ REGION=${AWS_REGION}
 AUTHORIZE_API=notused
 LEGAL_HOSTNAME=notused
 CRON_JOB_IP=10.0.0.1
+ACCEPT_HTTP=true
 
 ## AWS DynamoDB configuration
 aws.dynamodb.key=id