diff --git a/src/SelfServe/SelfServeUtils.test.tsx b/src/SelfServe/SelfServeUtils.test.tsx
index 324d18f77..05016747c 100644
--- a/src/SelfServe/SelfServeUtils.test.tsx
+++ b/src/SelfServe/SelfServeUtils.test.tsx
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ describe("SelfServeUtils", () => {
               max: 5,
               step: 1,
               uiType: "Spinner",
-              errorMessage: "label, truelabel and falselabel are required for boolean input 'invalidThroughput'.",
+              errorMessage:
+                "labelTkey, trueLabelTKey and falseLabelTKey are required for boolean input 'invalidThroughput'.",
             },
             children: [] as Node[],
           },
@@ -225,7 +226,8 @@ describe("SelfServeUtils", () => {
               type: "boolean",
               labelTKey: "Invalid Enable Logging",
               placeholderTKey: "placeholder text",
-              errorMessage: "label, truelabel and falselabel are required for boolean input 'invalidEnableLogging'.",
+              errorMessage:
+                "labelTkey, trueLabelTKey and falseLabelTKey are required for boolean input 'invalidEnableLogging'.",
             },
             children: [] as Node[],
           },
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ describe("SelfServeUtils", () => {
               type: "object",
               labelTKey: "Invalid Regions",
               placeholderTKey: "placeholder text",
-              errorMessage: "label and choices are required for Choice input 'invalidRegions'.",
+              errorMessage: "labelTKey and choices are required for Choice input 'invalidRegions'.",
             },
             children: [] as Node[],
           },
diff --git a/src/SelfServe/SelfServeUtils.tsx b/src/SelfServe/SelfServeUtils.tsx
index 3c34bc982..735cf5228 100644
--- a/src/SelfServe/SelfServeUtils.tsx
+++ b/src/SelfServe/SelfServeUtils.tsx
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ const addToDescriptor = (
 const getInput = (value: DecoratorProperties): AnyDisplay => {
   switch (value.type) {
     case "number":
-      if (!value.labelTKey || !value.step || !value.uiType || !value.min || !value.max) {
-        value.errorMessage = `label, step, min, max and uiType are required for number input '${value.id}'.`;
+      if (!value.labelTKey || !value.uiType || !value.step || !value.max || value.min === undefined) {
+        value.errorMessage = `labelTkey, step, min, max and uiType are required for number input '${value.id}'.`;
       }
       return value as NumberInput;
     case "string":
@@ -218,17 +218,17 @@ const getInput = (value: DecoratorProperties): AnyDisplay => {
         return value as DescriptionDisplay;
       }
       if (!value.labelTKey) {
-        value.errorMessage = `label is required for string input '${value.id}'.`;
+        value.errorMessage = `labelTKey is required for string input '${value.id}'.`;
       }
       return value as StringInput;
     case "boolean":
       if (!value.labelTKey || !value.trueLabelTKey || !value.falseLabelTKey) {
-        value.errorMessage = `label, truelabel and falselabel are required for boolean input '${value.id}'.`;
+        value.errorMessage = `labelTkey, trueLabelTKey and falseLabelTKey are required for boolean input '${value.id}'.`;
       }
       return value as BooleanInput;
     default:
       if (!value.labelTKey || !value.choices) {
-        value.errorMessage = `label and choices are required for Choice input '${value.id}'.`;
+        value.errorMessage = `labelTKey and choices are required for Choice input '${value.id}'.`;
       }
       return value as ChoiceInput;
   }
diff --git a/src/i18n.ts b/src/i18n.ts
index 98c122828..533baca85 100644
--- a/src/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/i18n.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ i18n
   .init({
     fallbackLng: "en",
     detection: { order: ["navigator", "cookie", "localStorage", "sessionStorage", "querystring", "htmlTag"] },
-    // temporarily setting debug to true to investigate loading issues in prod
-    debug: true,
+    debug: process.env.NODE_ENV === "development",
     keySeparator: ".",
     interpolation: {
       formatSeparator: ",",