diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 7cf8dce..b2c8540 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ class ComposerMiddleware {
                 // Extract bearer token from Authorization header
                 const authHeader = req.headers.authorization;
                 if (!authHeader || !authHeader.startsWith('Bearer ')) {
-                    return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Unauthorized' });
+                    // return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Unauthorized' });
+                    return res.json({ packages: {} });
                 }
                 const token = authHeader.slice(7);
                 // Authenticate with the API using the bearer token
@@ -38,11 +39,13 @@ class ComposerMiddleware {
                 catch (authError) {
                     if (axios_1.default.isAxiosError(authError) && authError.response) {
                         this.logger.error({ error: authError.response.data }, 'Authentication failed: @{error}');
-                        return res.status(authError.response.status ?? 401).json(authError.response.data);
+                        // return res.status(authError.response.status ?? 401).json(authError.response.data);
+                        return res.json({ packages: {} });
                     }
                     else if (authError instanceof Error) {
                         this.logger.error({ error: authError.message }, 'Authentication failed: @{error}');
-                        return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Internal Server Error' });
+                        // return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Internal Server Error' });
+                        return res.json({ packages: {} });
                     }
                 }
                 // Extract the list of unauthorized packages from the API response
@@ -52,7 +55,8 @@ class ComposerMiddleware {
                 // Ensure allPackages.packages is an object
                 if (typeof allPackages.packages !== 'object') {
                     this.logger.error({ error: 'Invalid package format' }, 'Error fetching composer.json files');
-                    return res.status(500).send('Internal Server Error');
+                    // return res.status(500).send('Internal Server Error');
+                    return res.json({ packages: {} });
                 }
                 // Filter out unauthorized packages
                 const filteredPackages = Object.keys(allPackages.packages)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3b0e554..7747559 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "@fleetbase/verdaccio-composer-middleware",
-    "version": "0.0.4",
+    "version": "0.0.5",
     "lockfileVersion": 3,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "@fleetbase/verdaccio-composer-middleware",
-            "version": "0.0.4",
+            "version": "0.0.5",
             "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@fleetbase/verdaccio-fleetbase-s3-storage": "0.0.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a5de364..792b0a3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@fleetbase/verdaccio-composer-middleware",
-    "version": "0.0.4",
+    "version": "0.0.5",
     "description": "Middleware to handle composer dependency request.",
     "keywords": [
         "verdaccio",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index ce5fbbb..1a54c4f 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ export default class ComposerMiddleware implements IPluginMiddleware<ComposerMid
                 // Extract bearer token from Authorization header
                 const authHeader = req.headers.authorization;
                 if (!authHeader || !authHeader.startsWith('Bearer ')) {
-                    return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Unauthorized' });
+                    // return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Unauthorized' });
+                    return res.json({ packages: {} });
                 }
                 const token = authHeader.slice(7);
 
@@ -40,10 +41,12 @@ export default class ComposerMiddleware implements IPluginMiddleware<ComposerMid
                 } catch (authError: unknown) {
                     if (axios.isAxiosError(authError) && authError.response) {
                         this.logger.error({ error: authError.response.data }, 'Authentication failed: @{error}');
-                        return res.status(authError.response.status ?? 401).json(authError.response.data);
+                        // return res.status(authError.response.status ?? 401).json(authError.response.data);
+                        return res.json({ packages: {} });
                     } else if (authError instanceof Error) {
                         this.logger.error({ error: authError.message }, 'Authentication failed: @{error}');
-                        return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Internal Server Error' });
+                        // return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Internal Server Error' });
+                        return res.json({ packages: {} });
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -56,7 +59,8 @@ export default class ComposerMiddleware implements IPluginMiddleware<ComposerMid
                 // Ensure allPackages.packages is an object
                 if (typeof allPackages.packages !== 'object') {
                     this.logger.error({ error: 'Invalid package format' }, 'Error fetching composer.json files');
-                    return res.status(500).send('Internal Server Error');
+                    // return res.status(500).send('Internal Server Error');
+                    return res.json({ packages: {} });
                 }
 
                 // Filter out unauthorized packages