diff --git a/BTCPayServer/Payments/Lightning/LightningLikePaymentHandler.cs b/BTCPayServer/Payments/Lightning/LightningLikePaymentHandler.cs
index be542bdf7..a7866d414 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer/Payments/Lightning/LightningLikePaymentHandler.cs
+++ b/BTCPayServer/Payments/Lightning/LightningLikePaymentHandler.cs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Payments.Lightning
                 // LNDhub-compatible implementations might not offer all of GetInfo data.
                 // Skip checks in those cases, see https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/issues/1182
                 var isLndHub = client is LndHubLightningClient;
-                
+
                 LightningNodeInformation info;
                 try
                 {
@@ -163,11 +163,14 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Payments.Lightning
                     ? info.NodeInfoList.Where(i => i.IsTor == preferOnion.Value).ToArray()
                     : info.NodeInfoList.Select(i => i).ToArray();
 
-                var blocksGap = summary.Status.ChainHeight - info.BlockHeight;
-                if (blocksGap > 10 && !(isLndHub && info.BlockHeight == 0))
+                if (summary.Status is not null)
                 {
-                    throw new PaymentMethodUnavailableException(
-                        $"The lightning node is not synched ({blocksGap} blocks left)");
+                    var blocksGap = summary.Status.ChainHeight - info.BlockHeight;
+                    if (blocksGap > 10 && !(isLndHub && info.BlockHeight == 0))
+                    {
+                        throw new PaymentMethodUnavailableException(
+                            $"The lightning node is not synched ({blocksGap} blocks left)");
+                    }
                 }
                 return nodeInfo;
             }
diff --git a/BTCPayServer/Payments/Lightning/LightningListener.cs b/BTCPayServer/Payments/Lightning/LightningListener.cs
index 7cca99b0e..d74e20752 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer/Payments/Lightning/LightningListener.cs
+++ b/BTCPayServer/Payments/Lightning/LightningListener.cs
@@ -508,8 +508,15 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Payments.Lightning
             try
             {
                 var lightningClient = _lightningClientFactory.Create(ConnectionString, _network);
+                if(lightningClient is null)
+                    return;
                 uri = lightningClient.GetServerUri();
-                logUrl = string.IsNullOrEmpty(uri.UserInfo) ? uri.ToString() : uri.ToString().Replace(uri.UserInfo, "***");
+                logUrl = uri switch
+                {
+                    null when LightningConnectionStringHelper.ExtractValues(ConnectionString, out var type) is not null => type,
+                    null => string.Empty,
+                    _ => string.IsNullOrEmpty(uri.UserInfo) ? uri.ToString() : uri.ToString().Replace(uri.UserInfo, "***")
+                };
                 Logs.PayServer.LogInformation("{CryptoCode} (Lightning): Start listening {Uri}", _network.CryptoCode, logUrl);
                 using var session = await lightningClient.Listen(cancellation);
                 // Just in case the payment arrived after our last poll but before we listened.