diff --git a/src/Common/EntityValue.tsx b/src/Common/EntityValue.tsx
index edea0fa35..788e08f85 100644
--- a/src/Common/EntityValue.tsx
+++ b/src/Common/EntityValue.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const EntityValue: FunctionComponent<TableEntityProps> = ({
         <DatePicker
           className="addEntityDatePicker"
           placeholder={entityValuePlaceholder}
-          value={entityValue && new Date(entityValue)}
+          value={entityValue ? new Date(entityValue) : new Date()}
           ariaLabel={entityValuePlaceholder}
           onSelectDate={onSelectDate}
           disabled={isEntityValueDisable}
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export const EntityValue: FunctionComponent<TableEntityProps> = ({
       disabled={isEntityValueDisable}
       type={entityValueType}
       placeholder={entityValuePlaceholder}
-      value={typeof entityValue === "string" && entityValue}
+      value={typeof entityValue === "string" ? entityValue : ""}
       onChange={onEntityValueChange}
     />
   );
diff --git a/src/hooks/useConfig.ts b/src/hooks/useConfig.ts
index 27cce3c2d..fc29e39dd 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useConfig.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useConfig.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import { ConfigContext, initializeConfiguration } from "../ConfigContext";
 // This hook initializes global configuration from a config.json file that is injected at deploy time
 // This allows the same main Data Explorer build to be exactly the same in all clouds/platforms,
 // but override some of the configuration as nesssary
-export function useConfig(): Readonly<ConfigContext> {
-  const [state, setState] = useState<ConfigContext>();
+export function useConfig(): Readonly<ConfigContext | undefined> {
+  const [state, setState] = useState<ConfigContext | undefined>();
 
   useEffect(() => {
     initializeConfiguration().then((response) => setState(response));
diff --git a/tsconfig.strict.json b/tsconfig.strict.json
index f5e42432e..3494c97a1 100644
--- a/tsconfig.strict.json
+++ b/tsconfig.strict.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "noUnusedParameters": true
   },
   "files": [
+    "src/Common/EntityValue.tsx",
     "./src/AuthType.ts",
     "./src/Bindings/ReactBindingHandler.ts",
     "./src/Common/ArrayHashMap.ts",
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@
     "./src/Utils/StyleUtils.ts",
     "./src/Utils/WindowUtils.test.ts",
     "./src/Utils/WindowUtils.ts",
+    "./src/hooks/useConfig.ts",
     "./src/hooks/useDirectories.tsx",
     "./src/hooks/useFullScreenURLs.tsx",
     "./src/hooks/useGraphPhoto.tsx",
@@ -144,4 +146,4 @@
     "src/Terminal/**/*",
     "src/Utils/arm/**/*"
   ]
-}
+}
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