diff --git a/rtd_phosphonetx/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/phosphonetx/server/business/SampleLoader.java b/rtd_phosphonetx/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/phosphonetx/server/business/SampleLoader.java
index 0d42ea959f4ea264f13d06f7c02eff1372fb5c17..7f5d1c120577065efaf65599524377a482764564 100644
--- a/rtd_phosphonetx/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/phosphonetx/server/business/SampleLoader.java
+++ b/rtd_phosphonetx/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/phosphonetx/server/business/SampleLoader.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.plugin.phosphonetx.server.business;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -77,10 +78,18 @@ public class SampleLoader implements ISampleLoader
     {
         SampleTypePE sampleTypePE =
                 daoFactory.getSampleTypeDAO().tryFindSampleTypeByCode(sampleTypeCode);
+        if (sampleTypePE == null)
+        {
+            return Collections.emptySet();
+        }
         final Long sampleTypeID = sampleTypePE.getId();
         SpacePE space =
                 daoFactory.getSpaceDAO().tryFindSpaceByCodeAndDatabaseInstance(spaceCode,
                         daoFactory.getHomeDatabaseInstance());
+        if (space == null)
+        {
+            return Collections.emptySet();
+        }
         final Long spaceID = space.getId();
         List<SampleSkeleton> sampleSkeletons =
                 sampleLister.listSampleBy(new IValidator<SampleSkeleton>()
diff --git a/rtd_phosphonetx/source/java/phosphonetx-applicationContext.xml b/rtd_phosphonetx/source/java/phosphonetx-applicationContext.xml
index 54fa288d23536986b199967d09279e54de9451f5..be72e2788acb3e1934824a56ca525371282afb0a 100644
--- a/rtd_phosphonetx/source/java/phosphonetx-applicationContext.xml
+++ b/rtd_phosphonetx/source/java/phosphonetx-applicationContext.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     
     <bean id="phosphonetx-db-configuration-context"
         class="ch.systemsx.cisd.dbmigration.DatabaseConfigurationContext">
-        <property name="basicDatabaseName" value="phosphonetx" />
+        <property name="basicDatabaseName" value="${phosphonetx.database.basic-name}" />
         <property name="createFromScratch" value="${phosphonetx.database.create-from-scratch}" />
         <property name="scriptSingleStepMode" value="${phosphonetx.database.script-single-step-mode}" />
         <property name="sequenceNameMapper">