diff --git a/Content.Server/MoMMILink.cs b/Content.Server/MoMMILink.cs
index 1455598c47..facd9ce93f 100644
--- a/Content.Server/MoMMILink.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/MoMMILink.cs
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ namespace Content.Server
 
             var password = _configurationManager.GetCVar(CCVars.StatusMoMMIPassword);
 
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(password))
+            {
+                response.StatusCode = (int) HttpStatusCode.Forbidden;
+                return true;
+            }
+
             OOCPostMessage message = null;
             try
             {
diff --git a/Content.Shared/CCVars.cs b/Content.Shared/CCVars.cs
index 06a99baa82..db9b5bc90c 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/CCVars.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/CCVars.cs
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ namespace Content.Shared
          */
 
         public static readonly CVarDef<string> StatusMoMMIUrl =
-            CVarDef.Create<string>("status.mommiurl", null);
+            CVarDef.Create("status.mommiurl", "", CVar.SERVERONLY);
 
         public static readonly CVarDef<string> StatusMoMMIPassword =
-            CVarDef.Create<string>("status.mommipassword", null);
+            CVarDef.Create("status.mommipassword", "", CVar.SERVERONLY);
 
 
         /*