diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f53fe56..0e5d0ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.whitesource</groupId>
     <artifactId>curekit</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.1</version>
+    <version>1.0.2</version>
 
     <name>curekit</name>
     <description>A repository containing code security remediation solutions used by WhiteSource Cure</description>
@@ -108,10 +108,14 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <javadocExecutable>${java.home}/bin/javadoc</javadocExecutable>
+                </configuration>
                 <version>${maven.javadoc.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                        <phase>deploy</phase>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>jar</goal>
                         </goals>
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
+                        <phase>deploy</phase>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>sign</goal>
                         </goals>
@@ -182,4 +186,17 @@
         </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
 
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>jdk-11-config</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>11</jdk>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <javadocExecutable>${java.home}/bin/javadoc</javadocExecutable>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/whitesource/cure/Encoder.java b/src/main/java/io/whitesource/cure/Encoder.java
index fecfb54..c61f570 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/whitesource/cure/Encoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/whitesource/cure/Encoder.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import lombok.NonNull;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils;
 import org.owasp.encoder.Encode;
@@ -19,7 +18,10 @@ public class Encoder {
    * @param param An argument or part of an argument for the operating systems command.
    * @return Encoded parameter.
    */
-  public static String forOsCommand(@NonNull final String param) {
+  public static String forOsCommand(final String param) {
+    if (param == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return forOsCommand(param, new char[] {});
   }
 
@@ -31,7 +33,10 @@ public static String forOsCommand(@NonNull final String param) {
    * @param charsToIgnore Array of characters to not encode.
    * @return Encoded parameter.
    */
-  public static String forOsCommand(@NonNull final String param, char[] charsToIgnore) {
+  public static String forOsCommand(final String param, char[] charsToIgnore) {
+    if (param == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     for (char c : param.toCharArray()) {
       sb.append(encodeCharacterForOsCommand(c, charsToIgnore));
@@ -45,8 +50,10 @@ public static String forOsCommand(@NonNull final String param, char[] charsToIgn
    * @param contents arrays {@link Object} contains all the contents.
    * @return encoded log content.
    */
-  public static String[] forLogContent(@NonNull final Object[] contents) {
-
+  public static String[] forLogContent(final Object[] contents) {
+    if (contents == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     List<String> results = new ArrayList<>();
 
     for (Object content : contents) {
@@ -61,12 +68,15 @@ public static String[] forLogContent(@NonNull final Object[] contents) {
    * @param content {@link Object} contains the content.
    * @return encoded log content.
    */
-  public static String forLogContent(@NonNull final Object content) {
+  public static String forLogContent(final Object content) {
+    if (content == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return content
-        .toString()
-        .replaceAll("[\n|\r|\t]", "_")
-        .replaceAll("<", "&lt")
-        .replaceAll(">", "&gt");
+            .toString()
+            .replaceAll("[\n|\r|\t]", "_")
+            .replaceAll("<", "&lt")
+            .replaceAll(">", "&gt");
   }
 
   /**
@@ -75,11 +85,14 @@ public static String forLogContent(@NonNull final Object content) {
    * @param content contains the content to be sanitized.
    * @return encoded Html content.
    */
-  public static String forCrlf(@NonNull final String content) {
+  public static String forCrlf(final String content) {
+    if (content == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return StringUtils.replaceEach(
-        content.toString(),
-        new String[] {"\n", "\\n", "\r", "\\r", "%0d", "%0D", "%0a", "%0A", "\025"},
-        new String[] {"", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""});
+            content.toString(),
+            new String[] {"\n", "\\n", "\r", "\\r", "%0d", "%0D", "%0a", "%0A", "\025"},
+            new String[] {"", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""});
   }
 
   /**
@@ -88,8 +101,10 @@ public static String forCrlf(@NonNull final String content) {
    * @param content {@link Object} contains the content.
    * @return encoded JavaScript block.
    */
-  public static String forJavaScriptBlockXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
-
+  public static String forJavaScriptBlockXss(final Object content) {
+    if (content == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return Encode.forJavaScriptBlock(formatToString(content));
   }
 
@@ -100,8 +115,10 @@ public static String forJavaScriptBlockXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
    * @param content {@link Object} contains the content.
    * @return encoded Html content.
    */
-  public static String forHtmlContentXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
-
+  public static String forHtmlContentXss(final Object content) {
+    if (content == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return Encode.forHtmlContent(formatToString(content));
   }
 
@@ -111,8 +128,10 @@ public static String forHtmlContentXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
    * @param content {@link Object} contains the content.
    * @return encoded Html Attribute.
    */
-  public static String forHtmlAttributeXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
-
+  public static String forHtmlAttributeXss(final Object content) {
+    if (content == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return Encode.forHtmlAttribute(formatToString(content));
   }
 
@@ -129,8 +148,10 @@ public static String forHtmlAttributeXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
    * @param content {@link Object} contains the content.
    * @return encoded JavaScript string.
    */
-  public static String forJavaScriptXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
-
+  public static String forJavaScriptXss(final Object content) {
+    if (content == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return Encode.forJavaScript(formatToString(content));
   }
 
@@ -141,8 +162,10 @@ public static String forJavaScriptXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
    * @param content {@link Object} contains the content.
    * @return encoded CSS String.
    */
-  public static String forCssStringXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
-
+  public static String forCssStringXss(final Object content) {
+    if (content == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return Encode.forCssString(formatToString(content));
   }
 
@@ -154,8 +177,10 @@ public static String forCssStringXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
    * @param content {@link Object} contains the content.
    * @return encoded Uri component.
    */
-  public static String forUriComponentXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
-
+  public static String forUriComponentXss(final Object content) {
+    if (content == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return Encode.forUriComponent(formatToString(content));
   }
 
@@ -168,8 +193,10 @@ public static String forUriComponentXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
    * @param content {@link Object} contains the content.
    * @return encoded CSS url.
    */
-  public static String forCssUrlXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
-
+  public static String forCssUrlXss(final Object content) {
+    if (content == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return Encode.forCssUrl(formatToString(content));
   }
 
@@ -186,8 +213,10 @@ public static String forCssUrlXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
    * @param content {@link Object} contains the content.
    * @return encoded Html unquoted Attribute.
    */
-  public static String forHtmlUnquotedAttributeXss(@NonNull final Object content) {
-
+  public static String forHtmlUnquotedAttributeXss(final Object content) {
+    if (content == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return Encode.forHtmlUnquotedAttribute(formatToString(content));
   }
 
@@ -200,8 +229,10 @@ public static String forHtmlUnquotedAttributeXss(@NonNull final Object content)
    * @param content {@link Object} contains the content.
    * @return encoded JavaScript attribute.
    */
-  public static String forJavaScriptAttributeXss(@NonNull final String content) {
-
+  public static String forJavaScriptAttributeXss(final String content) {
+    if (content == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return Encode.forJavaScriptAttribute(content);
   }
 
@@ -221,8 +252,8 @@ private static String encodeCharacterForOsCommand(char charToEncode, char[] char
 
   private static boolean isAlphaNumeric(char charToEncode) {
     return !((charToEncode < '0' || charToEncode > '9')
-        && (charToEncode < 'A' || charToEncode > 'Z')
-        && (charToEncode < 'a' || charToEncode > 'z'));
+            && (charToEncode < 'A' || charToEncode > 'Z')
+            && (charToEncode < 'a' || charToEncode > 'z'));
   }
 
   private static String formatToString(Object content) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/whitesource/cure/FileUtils.java b/src/main/java/io/whitesource/cure/FileUtils.java
index 7086af1..8177156 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/whitesource/cure/FileUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/whitesource/cure/FileUtils.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class FileUtils {
    * @return True - if the file is outside the base dir, False - otherwise.
    */
   public static boolean isFileOutsideDir(
-      @NonNull final String filePath, @NonNull final String baseDirPath) throws IOException {
+          @NonNull final String filePath, @NonNull final String baseDirPath) throws IOException {
     File file = new File(filePath);
     File baseDir = new File(baseDirPath);
     return !file.getCanonicalPath().startsWith(baseDir.getCanonicalPath());
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ public static boolean isFileOutsideDir(
    * @param filePath The file path.
    * @return Normalized path.
    */
-  public static String normalize(@NonNull final String filePath) {
+  public static String normalize(final String filePath) {
+    if (filePath == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return FilenameUtils.normalize(filePath);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/whitesource/cure/EncoderTest.java b/src/test/java/io/whitesource/cure/EncoderTest.java
index f317709..9ae7302 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/whitesource/cure/EncoderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/whitesource/cure/EncoderTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ void forOsCommand_operatingSystem_successfullyWithResult() {
 
   @Test
   void forOsCommand_null_successfully() {
-    Assertions.assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> forOsCommand(null));
+    Assertions.assertNull(forOsCommand(null));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void forCrlf_htmlContent_successfullyWithResult() {
 
   @Test
   void forCrlf_null_successfully() {
-    Assertions.assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> forCrlf(null));
+    Assertions.assertNull(forCrlf(null));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void forLogContent_fullEncodingCapabilities_successfullyWithResult() {
   @Test
   void forLogContent_null_successfully() {
 
-    Assertions.assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> forLogContent(null));
+    Assertions.assertNull(forLogContent(null));
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/whitesource/cure/FileUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/io/whitesource/cure/FileUtilsTest.java
index bcc1e9e..214bca6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/whitesource/cure/FileUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/whitesource/cure/FileUtilsTest.java
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ void isFileInDir_inside_successfullyWithResult() throws IOException {
   @Test
   void isFileInDir_null_successfully() {
     Assertions.assertThrows(
-        NullPointerException.class, () -> FileUtils.isFileOutsideDir(null, null));
+            NullPointerException.class, () -> FileUtils.isFileOutsideDir(null, null));
 
     Assertions.assertThrows(
-        NullPointerException.class,
-        () -> FileUtils.isFileOutsideDir("file-path-place-holder", null));
+            NullPointerException.class,
+            () -> FileUtils.isFileOutsideDir("file-path-place-holder", null));
 
     Assertions.assertThrows(
-        NullPointerException.class,
-        () -> FileUtils.isFileOutsideDir(null, "base-dir-place-holder"));
+            NullPointerException.class,
+            () -> FileUtils.isFileOutsideDir(null, "base-dir-place-holder"));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ void normalize_validInput_successfullyWithResult() throws IOException {
 
   @Test
   void normalize_null_successfully() {
-    Assertions.assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> FileUtils.normalize(null));
+    Assertions.assertNull(FileUtils.normalize(null));
   }
 }