diff --git a/provider/indexer-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/aws/cache/IndexCacheImpl.java b/provider/indexer-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/aws/cache/IndexCacheImpl.java
index b3e98652c18c1f64b19f601f337c9d1f612a164d..fc33e78a6275a8a4ef707b586021e8be9b86a40e 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/aws/cache/IndexCacheImpl.java
+++ b/provider/indexer-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/aws/cache/IndexCacheImpl.java
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ public class IndexCacheImpl implements IIndexCache<String, Boolean>, AutoCloseab
 
     private ICache<String, Boolean> cache;
     private Boolean local;
-    @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.endpoint:null}")
+    @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.endpoint}")
     String REDIS_SEARCH_HOST;
-    @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.port:null}")
+    @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.port}")
     String REDIS_SEARCH_PORT;
-    @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.key:null}")
+    @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.key}")
     String REDIS_SEARCH_KEY;
     @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.index.expiration}")
     String INDEX_CACHE_EXPIRATION;
diff --git a/provider/indexer-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/aws/cache/SchemaCacheImpl.java b/provider/indexer-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/aws/cache/SchemaCacheImpl.java
index ecb074394d0a1048b6dd5f01e45ba57a7946363c..27a1f3792a25a47a331117a85e52f55a62510efd 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/aws/cache/SchemaCacheImpl.java
+++ b/provider/indexer-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/aws/cache/SchemaCacheImpl.java
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 @Component
 public class SchemaCacheImpl implements ISchemaCache<String, String>, AutoCloseable {
-    @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.endpoint:null}")
+    @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.endpoint}")
     String REDIS_SEARCH_HOST;
-    @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.port:null}")
+    @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.port}")
     String REDIS_SEARCH_PORT;
-    @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.key:null}")
+    @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.key}")
     String REDIS_SEARCH_KEY;
-    @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.schema.expiration:60}")
+    @Value("${aws.elasticache.cluster.schema.expiration}")
     String SCHEMA_CACHE_EXPIRATION;
     private ICache<String, String> cache;
     private Boolean local = false;