diff --git a/packages/azuredeployer.gbapp/services/AzureDeployerService.ts b/packages/azuredeployer.gbapp/services/AzureDeployerService.ts
index 7c936047..2a125df5 100644
--- a/packages/azuredeployer.gbapp/services/AzureDeployerService.ts
+++ b/packages/azuredeployer.gbapp/services/AzureDeployerService.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ export class AzureDeployerService implements IGBInstallationDeployer {
 
   public static async createInstanceWithCredentials(deployer: GBDeployer, freeTier: boolean = true,
     subscriptionId: string, username: string, password: string): Promise<AzureDeployerService> {
-    const service = new AzureDeployerService();
     const credentials = await GBAdminService.getADALCredentialsFromUsername(username, password);
     return await this.createInstanceWithADALCredentials(deployer, freeTier, subscriptionId, credentials);
   }
diff --git a/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConversationalService.ts b/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConversationalService.ts
index d907cabe..ce07f725 100644
--- a/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConversationalService.ts
+++ b/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConversationalService.ts
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ export class GBConversationalService {
 
     const keepText: string = min.core.getParam(min.instance, 'Keep Text', '');
     let keepTextList = [];
-    if (keepTextList) {
+    if (keepTextList && keepText) {
       keepTextList = keepTextList.concat(keepText.split(';'));
     }
     const replacements = [];
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 6835684b..0eed208d 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ export class GBServer {
           const core: IGBCoreService = new GBCoreService();
           const importer: GBImporter = new GBImporter(core);
           const deployer: GBDeployer = new GBDeployer(core, importer);
-          const subscriptionId = GBConfigService.get('CLOUD_SUBSCRIPTIONID');
           let azureDeployer: AzureDeployerService;
 
           // Ensure that local proxy is setup.