diff --git a/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/mapper/ExperimentMapper.java b/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/mapper/ExperimentMapper.java
index e1b4921..9513bfd 100644
--- a/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/mapper/ExperimentMapper.java
+++ b/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/mapper/ExperimentMapper.java
@@ -65,8 +65,12 @@ public class ExperimentMapper {
                 .experimentId(experimentEntity.getExperimentId())
                 .experimentName(experimentEntity.getName())
                 .description(experimentEntity.getDescription())
-                .strategies(jacksonUtils.stringToListObject(experimentEntity.getStrategies(), ActivationStrategy.class))
-                .variants(jacksonUtils.stringToListObject(experimentEntity.getVariants(), VariantDefinition.class))
+                .strategies(Objects.nonNull(experimentEntity.getStrategies())
+                        ? jacksonUtils.stringToListObject(experimentEntity.getStrategies(), ActivationStrategy.class)
+                        : null)
+                .variants(Objects.nonNull(experimentEntity.getVariants())
+                        ? jacksonUtils.stringToListObject(experimentEntity.getVariants(), VariantDefinition.class)
+                        : null)
                 .type(experimentEntity.getType())
                 .experimentInfo(mapExperimentInfoEntityToExperimentInfoDTO(experimentEntity.getExperimentInfo()))
                 .vertical(experimentEntity.getVertical())
diff --git a/local_core.env b/local_core.env
index f8be88e..40944a0 100644
--- a/local_core.env
+++ b/local_core.env
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-DATASOURCE_URL=jdbc:postgresql://dev-db-service-db.np.navi-tech.in:5432/litmus
-DATASOURCE_USERNAME=service_user
-DATASOURCE_PASSWORD=JRCFCMXUXBJHGZVTPBNTXHYCCFVMWN
-REDIS_HOST=dev-env-redis.twod4l.0001.aps1.cache.amazonaws.com
+DATASOURCE_URL=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/litmus
+DATASOURCE_USERNAME=postgres
+DATASOURCE_PASSWORD=
+REDIS_HOST=localhost
 SEGMENT_S3_BUCKET=
-DEFAULT_POLLING_TIME_SECONDS=300
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+DEFAULT_POLLING_TIME_SECONDS=300
+LITMUS_PORTAL_BASE_URL=http://localhost:4000
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