diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 70e975788409d5399a12b5c584d560b43d8a7a7c..41c39e7f5c1e4ab0934777c19bd9e7024d43037c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ test-backend-table:
   stage: test-backend
   script:
     - "./fda-table-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/integration-test.before"
-    - "mvn -f fda-table-service/pom.xml clean test verify"
+    - "mvn -f fda-table-service/pom.xml -DZENODO_API_KEY=${ZENODO_API_KEY} clean test verify"
     - "./fda-table-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/integration-test.after"
     - cat ./fda-table-service/report/target/site/jacoco-aggregate/index.html
   needs:
diff --git a/fda-table-service/gateway/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/ZenodoConfig.java b/fda-table-service/gateway/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/ZenodoConfig.java
index c1717554871ba05be5addb80b614ed4ea33feae4..15df9c3db026b5b9872b1cd43ab093c46e285a7b 100644
--- a/fda-table-service/gateway/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/ZenodoConfig.java
+++ b/fda-table-service/gateway/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/ZenodoConfig.java
@@ -8,14 +8,18 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 import org.springframework.web.util.DefaultUriTemplateHandler;
 
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+
 @Configuration
 public class ZenodoConfig {
 
     @Getter
+    @NotNull
     @Value("${zenodo.endpoint}")
     private String zenodoEndpoint;
 
     @Getter
+    @NotNull
     @Value("${zenodo.api_key}")
     private String zenodoApiKey;
 
diff --git a/fda-table-service/gateway/src/main/java/at/tuwien/gateway/ZenodoGateway.java b/fda-table-service/gateway/src/main/java/at/tuwien/gateway/ZenodoGateway.java
index e5954944168176b96dcd098d66783c589e25331a..02564d73edd151f6bdc215abd4026c46fea7fce4 100644
--- a/fda-table-service/gateway/src/main/java/at/tuwien/gateway/ZenodoGateway.java
+++ b/fda-table-service/gateway/src/main/java/at/tuwien/gateway/ZenodoGateway.java
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ public class ZenodoGateway {
         if (response.getBody() == null) {
             throw new ZenodoApiException("Endpoint returned null body");
         }
-        if (response.getBody().length == 0) {
-            throw new ZenodoApiException("Endpoint returned empty body");
-        }
+        
         return Arrays.asList(response.getBody());
     }
 }
diff --git a/fda-table-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/gateway/ZenodoIntegrationTest.java b/fda-table-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/gateway/ZenodoIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6014546d4954fd6b39e9ddd60e698262da2516f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fda-table-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/gateway/ZenodoIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package at.tuwien.gateway;
+
+import at.tuwien.api.zenodo.deposit.DepositDto;
+import at.tuwien.config.ReadyConfig;
+import at.tuwien.exception.ZenodoApiException;
+import at.tuwien.exception.ZenodoAuthenticationException;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.Channel;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.MockBean;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
+public class ZenodoIntegrationTest extends BaseUnitTest {
+
+    @MockBean
+    private Channel channel;
+
+    @MockBean
+    private ReadyConfig readyConfig;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private ZenodoGateway zenodoGateway;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private RestTemplate zenodoTemplate;
+
+    @Test
+    public void listDeposit_succeeds() throws ZenodoApiException, ZenodoAuthenticationException {
+
+        /* test */
+        final List<DepositDto> response = zenodoGateway.listDeposits();
+        assertEquals(1, response.size());
+        assertEquals(DEPOSIT_1_ID, response.get(0).getId());
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/fda-table-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties b/fda-table-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties
index 1e126e037d336c1cdc4725614ae057a3cb7d35ed..5002d6fb8f86b0ef84d19bef2f1e169fbd910a59 100644
--- a/fda-table-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties
+++ b/fda-table-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@ spring.jpa.show-sql=false
 fda.mapping.path: /tmp
 fda.table.path: /tmp
 
-zenodo.api_key: df1eea59-7244-4930-9ee2-a48ed7dad615
 zenodo.endpoint: https://sandbox.zenodo.org/
\ No newline at end of file