diff --git a/TranslationServices.Core/TranslationServiceFacade.cs b/TranslationServices.Core/TranslationServiceFacade.cs
index 3c0b823..c037110 100644
--- a/TranslationServices.Core/TranslationServiceFacade.cs
+++ b/TranslationServices.Core/TranslationServiceFacade.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public static partial class TranslationServiceFacade
         public static int Maxrequestsize { get => maxrequestsize; }
         public static int Maxelements { get => maxelements; }
         public static string AzureRegion { get; set; } = null;
-        public static string AzureCloud { get; set; } = null;
+        public static string AzureCloud { get; set; } = String.Empty;
 
         public enum ContentType { plain, HTML };
 
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ private static async Task<bool> IsCategoryValidV3Async(string category)
         /// </summary>
         static TranslationServiceFacade()
         {
-            Initialize(true);
+            LoadCredentials();
             return;
         }