diff --git a/lib/validatorClass.php b/lib/validatorClass.php
index 0abc2c35cb2375685b7dce0056835b48a2f5c20e..1a7945f3abfb0ddbd366a0807596e506d701b56e 100644
--- a/lib/validatorClass.php
+++ b/lib/validatorClass.php
@@ -72,29 +72,35 @@ class Validator {
                     $this->params['federror'] = "No metadata URL registered in the eduGAIN database for federation ".$this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['fed_id'].' - '.$this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['name'];
                 } else {
                    $this->params['fedname'] = $this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['name'];
-                   $this->params['regauth'] = $this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['reg_auth'];
-                   for ($n=0; $n<count($this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['certificate']); $n++) {
-                     $certificate = $this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['certificate'][$n]['data'];
-                     $certificate = trim($certificate, "\n");
-                     $fnamesuffix = '';
-                     if ($n > 0) {
-                       $fnamesuffix = "_$n";
+		   if (isset($this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['reg_auth'])) {
+                       $this->params['regauth'] = $this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['reg_auth'];
+		   } else {
+                       $this->params['regauth'] = '';
+	           }
+		   if (isset($this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['certificate'])) {
+                     for ($n=0; $n<count($this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['certificate']); $n++) {
+                       $certificate = $this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['certificate'][$n]['data'];
+                       $certificate = trim($certificate, "\n");
+                       $fnamesuffix = '';
+                       if ($n > 0) {
+                         $fnamesuffix = "_$n";
+                       }
+                       $certfilename = $this->params['filename'].$fnamesuffix."-fromdb.crt";
+                       if (strlen($certificate)) {
+                           $ff = fopen($certfilename, 'w');
+                           fputs($ff, "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n");
+                           for ($i=0; ; $i=$i+64) {
+                              if (substr($certificate, $i, 64) == '') break;
+                              fputs($ff, substr($certificate, $i, 64)."\n");
+                           }
+                           fputs($ff, "-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n");
+                           fclose($ff);
+                           $this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['certificate'][$n]['certfile'] = $certfilename;
+                       }
                      }
-                     $certfilename = $this->params['filename'].$fnamesuffix."-fromdb.crt";
-                     if (strlen($certificate)) {
-                         $ff = fopen($certfilename, 'w');
-                         fputs($ff, "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n");
-                         for ($i=0; ; $i=$i+64) {
-                            if (substr($certificate, $i, 64) == '') break;
-                            fputs($ff, substr($certificate, $i, 64)."\n");
-                         }
-                         fputs($ff, "-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n");
-                         fclose($ff);
-                         $this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['certificate'][$n]['certfile'] = $certfilename;
-                     }
-                   }
-                   $ff = fopen($this->params['filename'].'-certinfo.json', 'w');
-                   fputs($ff, json_encode($this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['certificate']));
+                     $ff = fopen($this->params['filename'].'-certinfo.json', 'w');
+                     fputs($ff, json_encode($this->edugain->FEDS[$fed_id]['certificate']));
+		   }
                }    
            }
            $this->params['auto'] = $this->params['validate'] = $this->params['edugain'] = 1;