diff --git a/api/notifications/controller.go b/api/notifications/controller.go
index 7e054b4d8..06c34c8f5 100644
--- a/api/notifications/controller.go
+++ b/api/notifications/controller.go
@@ -29,11 +29,16 @@ func NewController(p *Options) (*Controller, error) {
 	}
 
 	ncopts := []nats.Option{
-		nats.ClientCert(p.TLSCertFilepath, p.TLSAuthPrivateKeyFilePath),
-		nats.RootCAs(p.RootCAFiles...),
 		nats.Timeout(p.Timeout),
 	}
 
+	if len(p.TLSCertFilepath) != 0 && len(p.TLSAuthPrivateKeyFilePath) != 0 {
+		ncopts = append(ncopts, nats.ClientCert(p.TLSCertFilepath, p.TLSAuthPrivateKeyFilePath))
+	}
+	if len(p.RootCAFiles) != 0 {
+		ncopts = append(ncopts, nats.RootCAs(p.RootCAFiles...))
+	}
+
 	nc, err := nats.Connect(p.URL, ncopts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err