diff --git a/src/app/core/coar-notify/notify-info/notify-info.service.ts b/src/app/core/coar-notify/notify-info/notify-info.service.ts
index a15c64237c..5be9026d14 100644
--- a/src/app/core/coar-notify/notify-info/notify-info.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/coar-notify/notify-info/notify-info.service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { getFirstSucceededRemoteData, getRemoteDataPayload } from '../../shared/operators';
+import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../../shared/operators';
 import { ConfigurationDataService } from '../../data/configuration-data.service';
 import { map, Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { ConfigurationProperty } from '../../shared/configuration-property.model';
 import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
 import { FeatureID } from '../../data/feature-authorization/feature-id';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../data/remote-data';
 
 /**
  * Service to check COAR availability and LDN services information for the COAR Notify functionalities
@@ -34,11 +35,8 @@ export class NotifyInfoService {
      */
     getCoarLdnLocalInboxUrls(): Observable<string[]> {
       return this.configService.findByPropertyName('ldn.notify.inbox').pipe(
-        getFirstSucceededRemoteData(),
-        getRemoteDataPayload(),
-        map((response: ConfigurationProperty) => {
-          return response.values;
-        })
+        getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+        map((responseRD: RemoteData<ConfigurationProperty>) => responseRD.hasSucceeded ? responseRD.payload.values : [])
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.ts b/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.ts
index 3315898eb5..fe2ff1ed9c 100644
--- a/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ import { Site } from '../core/shared/site.model';
 import { environment } from '../../environments/environment';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { RecentItemListComponent } from './recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component';
-import { ThemedTopLevelCommunityListComponent } from './top-level-community-list/themed-top-level-community-list.component';
+import {
+  ThemedTopLevelCommunityListComponent
+} from './top-level-community-list/themed-top-level-community-list.component';
 import { ThemedSearchFormComponent } from '../shared/search-form/themed-search-form.component';
 import { ViewTrackerComponent } from '../statistics/angulartics/dspace/view-tracker.component';
-import { NgIf, AsyncPipe, NgClass } from '@angular/common';
+import { AsyncPipe, isPlatformServer, NgClass, NgIf } from '@angular/common';
 import { ThemedHomeNewsComponent } from './home-news/themed-home-news.component';
-import { isPlatformServer } from '@angular/common';
 import { ServerResponseService } from '../core/services/server-response.service';
 import { NotifyInfoService } from '../core/coar-notify/notify-info/notify-info.service';
 import { LinkDefinition, LinkHeadService } from '../core/services/link-head.service';
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ import { isNotEmpty } from '../shared/empty.util';
 import { APP_CONFIG, AppConfig } from 'src/config/app-config.interface';
 import { ConfigurationSearchPageComponent } from '../search-page/configuration-search-page.component';
 import { SuggestionsPopupComponent } from '../notifications/suggestions-popup/suggestions-popup.component';
+import { EMPTY } from 'rxjs/internal/observable/empty';
+
 @Component({
     selector: 'ds-home-page',
     styleUrls: ['./home-page.component.scss'],
@@ -48,13 +51,13 @@ export class HomePageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     // Get COAR REST API URLs from REST configuration
     // only if COAR configuration is enabled
     this.notifyInfoService.isCoarConfigEnabled().pipe(
-      switchMap((coarLdnEnabled: boolean) => {
+      switchMap((coarLdnEnabled: boolean) => coarLdnEnabled ? this.notifyInfoService.getCoarLdnLocalInboxUrls() : EMPTY /*{
         if (coarLdnEnabled) {
           return this.notifyInfoService.getCoarLdnLocalInboxUrls();
         }
-      })
+      }*/)
     ).subscribe((coarRestApiUrls: string[]) => {
-      if (coarRestApiUrls.length > 0) {
+      if (coarRestApiUrls?.length > 0) {
         this.initPageLinks(coarRestApiUrls);
       }
     });