diff --git a/src/AasxServerBlazor/Properties/launchSettings.json b/src/AasxServerBlazor/Properties/launchSettings.json
index 1ceb75e75..ee96b69d6 100644
--- a/src/AasxServerBlazor/Properties/launchSettings.json
+++ b/src/AasxServerBlazor/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     },
     "AasxServerBlazor": {
       "commandName": "Project",
-      "commandLineArgs": "--no-security --aasx-in-memory 1000 --data-path \"C:\\Development\" --edit --external-blazor http://localhost:5001",
+      "commandLineArgs": "--no-security --aasx-in-memory 1000 --data-path \"/Users/oliverfries/projects\" --edit --external-blazor http://localhost:5001",
       "launchBrowser": true,
       "environmentVariables": {
         "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development",
diff --git a/src/AasxServerStandardBib/Program.cs b/src/AasxServerStandardBib/Program.cs
index bc67d2f82..3eff87998 100644
--- a/src/AasxServerStandardBib/Program.cs
+++ b/src/AasxServerStandardBib/Program.cs
@@ -861,28 +861,11 @@ private static async Task<int> Run(CommandLineArguments a)
             Console.WriteLine("Security 1 Startup - Server");
             Console.WriteLine("Security 1.1 Load X509 Root Certificates into X509 Store Root");
 
-            X509Store root = new X509Store("Root", StoreLocation.CurrentUser);
-            root.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
-
-            System.IO.DirectoryInfo ParentDirectory = new System.IO.DirectoryInfo(".");
-
-            if (Directory.Exists("./root"))
-            {
-                foreach (System.IO.FileInfo f in ParentDirectory.GetFiles("./root/*.cer"))
-                {
-                    X509Certificate2 cert = new X509Certificate2("./root/" + f.Name);
-
-                    root.Add(cert);
-                    Console.WriteLine("Security 1.1 Add " + f.Name);
-                }
-            }
+            InitializeCertificateValidation();
 
             if (!Directory.Exists("./temp"))
                 Directory.CreateDirectory("./temp");
 
-            string fn = null;
-
-
             bool createFilesOnly = false;
             if (System.IO.File.Exists(AasxHttpContextHelper.DataPath + "/FILES.ONLY"))
                 createFilesOnly = true;
@@ -983,6 +966,7 @@ private static async Task<int> Run(CommandLineArguments a)
                 int taskIndex = 0;
 
                 int fi = 0;
+                string fn = null;
                 while (fi < fileNames.Length)
                 {
                     // try
@@ -1270,7 +1254,7 @@ private static async Task<int> Run(CommandLineArguments a)
             // MICHA MICHA
             AasxTimeSeries.TimeSeries.timeSeriesInit();
 
-            AasxTask.taskInit();
+            //AasxTask.taskInit();
 
             RunScript(true);
             //// Initialize            NewDataAvailable?.Invoke(null, EventArgs.Empty);
@@ -1336,6 +1320,45 @@ private static async Task<int> Run(CommandLineArguments a)
             return 0;
         }
 
+        private static void InitializeCertificateValidation()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                using var root = new X509Store("Root", StoreLocation.CurrentUser);
+                root.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
+
+                const string rootDirectory = "./root";
+                if (!Directory.Exists(rootDirectory))
+                {
+                    Console.WriteLine("The directory './root' does not exist.");
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    var parentDirectory = new DirectoryInfo(rootDirectory);
+
+                    foreach (var file in parentDirectory.GetFiles("*.cer"))
+                    {
+                        try
+                        {
+                            var certPath = Path.Combine(rootDirectory, file.Name);
+                            var cert = new X509Certificate2(certPath);
+
+                            root.Add(cert);
+                            Console.WriteLine($"Security 1.1 Add {file.Name}");
+                        }
+                        catch (Exception ex)
+                        {
+                            Console.WriteLine($"Failed to add certificate {file.Name}: {ex.Message}");
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine($"Failed to open the certificate store: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
         public static void Main(string[] args)
         {
             Console.WriteLine("args:");