diff --git a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/core/management/commands/upgrade.py b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/core/management/commands/upgrade.py
index c997605..75ae85d 100644
--- a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/core/management/commands/upgrade.py
+++ b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/core/management/commands/upgrade.py
@@ -174,12 +174,8 @@ def handle(self, *args: Any, **options: Any) -> None:  # noqa: C901
                         verbosity=self.verbosity - 1,
                         interactive=False,
                     )
-
-                admin = User.objects.get(email=self.admin_email)
             else:
-                admin = User.objects.filter(is_superuser=True).first()
-            if not admin:
-                raise CommandError("Failure: Error when creating an admin user!")
+                echo("No admin email provided, skip superuser creation")
 
             from hope_dedup_engine.apps.security.constants import DEFAULT_GROUP_NAME
 
diff --git a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/faces/admin.py b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/faces/admin.py
index 6fd74cf..efa34ea 100644
--- a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/faces/admin.py
+++ b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/faces/admin.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ def sync_dnn_files(self, request):
         else:
             worker_count = len(active_workers)
             if worker_count > 1:
-                print(f"{worker_count=}")
                 job = group(sync_dnn_files.s(force=True) for _ in range(worker_count))
                 result = job.apply_async()
                 self.message_user(
diff --git a/src/hope_dedup_engine/config/__init__.py b/src/hope_dedup_engine/config/__init__.py
index 5f91537..d07de62 100644
--- a/src/hope_dedup_engine/config/__init__.py
+++ b/src/hope_dedup_engine/config/__init__.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Group(Enum):
 CONFIG: "Dict[str, ConfigItem]" = {
     "ADMIN_EMAIL": (
         str,
-        SmartEnv.NOTSET,
+        "",
         "admin",
         True,
         "Initial user created at first deploy",
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class Group(Enum):
         False,
         f"{celery_doc}#broker-transport-options",
     ),
-    "CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE": (bool, True, False, setting("csrf-cookie-secure")),
+    "CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE": (bool, True, False, False, setting("csrf-cookie-secure")),
     "DATABASE_URL": (
         str,
         SmartEnv.NOTSET,