diff --git a/testgen/common/database/__init__.py b/testgen/common/database/__init__.py
index e69de29b..1a911486 100644
--- a/testgen/common/database/__init__.py
+++ b/testgen/common/database/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from io import StringIO
+
+
+class FilteredStringIO(StringIO):
+    def __init__(self, filtered: Iterable[str], *args, **kwargs):
+        self._replacements = str.maketrans(dict.fromkeys(filtered or [], ""))
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def write(self, to_write: str):
+        return super().write(to_write.translate(self._replacements))
diff --git a/testgen/common/database/database_service.py b/testgen/common/database/database_service.py
index bf722c4b..38fa87a6 100644
--- a/testgen/common/database/database_service.py
+++ b/testgen/common/database/database_service.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import queue as qu
 import threading
 from contextlib import suppress
-from io import StringIO
 from urllib.parse import quote_plus
 
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@
     get_tg_schema,
     get_tg_username,
 )
+from testgen.common.database import FilteredStringIO
 from testgen.common.encrypt import DecryptText
 from testgen.common.read_file import get_template_files
 
@@ -582,15 +582,14 @@ def RetrieveSingleResultValue(strCredentialSet, strRunSQL):
 def WriteListToDB(strCredentialSet, lstData, lstColumns, strDBTable):
     LOG.info("CurrentDB Operation: WriteListToDB. Creds: %s", strCredentialSet)
     LOG.debug("(Processing ingestion query: %s records)", lstData)
-    # List should have same column names as destination table, though not all columns in table are required
 
+    # List should have same column names as destination table, though not all columns in table are required
     # Use COPY for DKTG database, otherwise executemany()
-
     con = _InitDBConnection(strCredentialSet, "Y")
     cur = con.cursor()
     if strCredentialSet == "DKTG":
         # Write List to CSV in memory
-        sio = StringIO()
+        sio = FilteredStringIO(["\x00"])
         writer = csv.writer(sio, quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL)
         writer.writerows(lstData)
         sio.seek(0)
@@ -602,7 +601,6 @@ def WriteListToDB(strCredentialSet, lstData, lstColumns, strDBTable):
 
         cur.copy_expert(strCopySQL, sio)
         con.commit()
-
     else:
         # Get list of column names and column names formatted as parms
         strColumnNames = ", ".join(lstColumns)
diff --git a/testgen/ui/views/connections/page.py b/testgen/ui/views/connections/page.py
index 610ed0c2..10cab979 100644
--- a/testgen/ui/views/connections/page.py
+++ b/testgen/ui/views/connections/page.py
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ def show_connection_form(self, selected_connection: dict, _mode: str, project_co
                     "private_key": None,
                 })
 
+            data.setdefault("http_path", "")
+
             try:
                 FlavorForm(**data)
             except ValidationError as error: