diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/dbloadoverviewcomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/dbloadoverviewcomponent.cpp
index 8cfc3934c..837d0f5b7 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/dbloadoverviewcomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/dbloadoverviewcomponent.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ namespace BlackGui
             ui(new Ui::CDbLoadOverviewComponent)
         {
             Q_ASSERT_X(sGui, Q_FUNC_INFO, "missing sGui");
-            Q_ASSERT_X(sGui->getWebDataServices(), Q_FUNC_INFO, "no data services");
 
             ui->setupUi(this);
             this->admitCaches(); // in background
@@ -59,8 +58,11 @@ namespace BlackGui
             connect(ui->pb_LoadAllFromDB, &QPushButton::pressed, this, &CDbLoadOverviewComponent::loadAllFromDb);
             connect(ui->pb_LoadAllFromShared, &QPushButton::pressed, this, &CDbLoadOverviewComponent::loadAllFromShared);
 
-            connect(sGui->getWebDataServices(), &CWebDataServices::dataRead, this, &CDbLoadOverviewComponent::ps_dataLoaded);
             connect(this, &CDbLoadOverviewComponent::ps_triggerDigestGuiUpdate, this, &CDbLoadOverviewComponent::ps_setValues);
+            if (sGui->hasWebDataServices())
+            {
+                connect(sGui->getWebDataServices(), &CWebDataServices::dataRead, this, &CDbLoadOverviewComponent::ps_dataLoaded);
+            }
         }
 
         CDbLoadOverviewComponent::~CDbLoadOverviewComponent()
@@ -241,6 +243,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
         void CDbLoadOverviewComponent::admitCaches()
         {
+            if (!sGui->hasWebDataServices()) { return; }
             sGui->getWebDataServices()->admitDbCaches(CEntityFlags::AllDbEntities);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/infobarwebreadersstatuscomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/infobarwebreadersstatuscomponent.cpp
index d8a2c97bb..b08312f1b 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/infobarwebreadersstatuscomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/infobarwebreadersstatuscomponent.cpp
@@ -30,15 +30,21 @@ namespace BlackGui
         void CInfoBarWebReadersStatusBase::init()
         {
             Q_ASSERT_X(sGui, Q_FUNC_INFO, "No sGui");
-            Q_ASSERT_X(sGui->hasWebDataServices(), Q_FUNC_INFO, "No web data services");
             this->initLeds();
-            bool c = connect(&m_timer, &QTimer::timeout, this,  &CInfoBarWebReadersStatusBase::ps_checkServerAndData);
-            Q_ASSERT_X(c, Q_FUNC_INFO, "Failed connect");
+
+            // connect timer
             m_timer.setInterval(30 * 1000);
             m_timer.start();
             m_timer.setObjectName("CInfoBarWebReadersStatusBase::CheckSwiftDbTimer");
-            c = connect(sGui->getWebDataServices(), &CWebDataServices::dataRead, this, &CInfoBarWebReadersStatusBase::ps_dataRead);
+            bool c = connect(&m_timer, &QTimer::timeout, this,  &CInfoBarWebReadersStatusBase::ps_checkServerAndData);
             Q_ASSERT_X(c, Q_FUNC_INFO, "Failed connect");
+
+            if (sGui->hasWebDataServices())
+            {
+                c = connect(sGui->getWebDataServices(), &CWebDataServices::dataRead, this, &CInfoBarWebReadersStatusBase::ps_dataRead);
+                Q_ASSERT_X(c, Q_FUNC_INFO, "Failed connect");
+            }
+
             Q_UNUSED(c);
         }
 
@@ -70,8 +76,9 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
         void CInfoBarWebReadersStatusBase::ps_checkServerAndData()
         {
-            bool swift =
+            const bool swift =
                 sGui &&
+                sGui->hasWebDataServices() &&
                 sGui->getWebDataServices()->canConnectSwiftDb();
             this->led_SwiftDb->setOn(swift);