diff --git a/backend/src/services/integration-auth/integration-sync-secret.ts b/backend/src/services/integration-auth/integration-sync-secret.ts
index 287722d95..70e3435a2 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/integration-auth/integration-sync-secret.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/integration-auth/integration-sync-secret.ts
@@ -454,7 +454,9 @@ const syncSecretsAWSParameterStore = async ({
 }) => {
   let response: { isSynced: boolean; syncMessage: string } | null = null;
 
-  if (!accessId) return null;
+  if (!accessId) {
+    throw new Error("AWS access ID is required");
+  }
 
   const config = new AWS.Config({
     region: integration.region as string,
diff --git a/backend/src/services/secret/secret-queue.ts b/backend/src/services/secret/secret-queue.ts
index ba0999494..ac27d912f 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/secret/secret-queue.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/secret/secret-queue.ts
@@ -562,8 +562,8 @@ export const secretQueueFactory = ({
         await integrationDAL.updateById(integration.id, {
           lastSyncJobId: job.id,
           lastUsed: new Date(),
-          syncMessage: response?.syncMessage || "",
-          isSynced: response?.isSynced || true
+          syncMessage: response?.syncMessage ?? "",
+          isSynced: response?.isSynced ?? true
         });
       } catch (err) {
         logger.info("Secret integration sync error: %o", err);