diff --git a/clicada/cli/arg.py b/clicada/cli/arg.py
index 1b8cabd..dde7052 100644
--- a/clicada/cli/arg.py
+++ b/clicada/cli/arg.py
@@ -82,9 +82,10 @@ class CmdCtrl:
         self.rpc = chainlib.eth.cli.Rpc()
         self.__conn = self.rpc.connect_by_config(self.config)
 
-        self.remote_openers = {
-            'meta': HTTPSession(self.get('META_URL'), auth=self.__auth),
-                }
+        
+        self.remote_openers = {}
+        if self.get('META_URL') != None:
+            self.remote_openers['meta'] = HTTPSession(self.get('META_URL'), auth=self.__auth)
 
 
     def auth(self, typ):
diff --git a/clicada/cli/tag.py b/clicada/cli/tag.py
index 0f1f5a4..cbb1312 100644
--- a/clicada/cli/tag.py
+++ b/clicada/cli/tag.py
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ def validate(config, args):
 
 def execute(ctrl):
     store_path = '.clicada'
-    user_store = FileUserStore(ctrl.chain(), ctrl.get('_CATEGORY'), store_path, int(ctrl.get('FILESTORE_TTL')))
+    user_store = FileUserStore(None, ctrl.chain(), ctrl.get('_CATEGORY'), store_path, int(ctrl.get('FILESTORE_TTL')))
     user_store.put(ctrl.get('_IDENTIFIER'), json.dumps(ctrl.get('_TAG')), force=True)
     user_store.stick(ctrl.get('_IDENTIFIER'))
diff --git a/clicada/cli/user.py b/clicada/cli/user.py
index 2080e22..9768912 100644
--- a/clicada/cli/user.py
+++ b/clicada/cli/user.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import datetime
 # external imports
 from cic_eth_registry import CICRegistry
 from cic_eth_registry.lookup.tokenindex import TokenIndexLookup
-from cic_types.ext.metadata import MetadataRequestsHandler
 from cic_types.models.person import Person
 from chainlib.eth.address import to_checksum_address
 from hexathon import add_0x
@@ -51,8 +50,6 @@ def validate(config, args):
 def execute(ctrl):
     tx_getter = TxGetter(ctrl.get('TX_CACHE_URL'))
 
-    MetadataRequestsHandler.base_url = ctrl.get('META_URL')
-
     store_path = '.clicada'
     user_phone_file_label = 'phone'
     user_phone_store = FileUserStore(ctrl.opener('meta'), ctrl.chain(), user_phone_file_label, store_path, int(ctrl.get('FILESTORE_TTL')))
diff --git a/clicada/user/file.py b/clicada/user/file.py
index 3090c4e..99e4ae0 100644
--- a/clicada/user/file.py
+++ b/clicada/user/file.py
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ class FileUserStore:
                 try:
                     person_data = person.deserialize(person_data=v)
                 except Exception as e:
-                    logg.error('e {}'.format(e))
                     person_data = v
                 return person_data
             except FileNotFoundError: