diff --git a/cmd/setup/setup.go b/cmd/setup/setup.go
index 73489578f8..fd4cbda285 100644
--- a/cmd/setup/setup.go
+++ b/cmd/setup/setup.go
@@ -571,8 +571,6 @@ func initProjections(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	eventstoreClient *eventstore.Eventstore,
 ) error {
-	logging.Info("init-projections is currently in beta")
-
 	for _, p := range projection.Projections() {
 		if err := migration.Migrate(ctx, eventstoreClient, p); err != nil {
 			logging.WithFields("name", p.String()).OnError(err).Error("projection migration failed")
diff --git a/internal/auth_request/repository/cache/cache.go b/internal/auth_request/repository/cache/cache.go
index a59f291d53..19c0b4d976 100644
--- a/internal/auth_request/repository/cache/cache.go
+++ b/internal/auth_request/repository/cache/cache.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ func Start(dbClient *database.DB, amountOfCachedAuthRequests uint16) *AuthReques
 	cache := &AuthRequestCache{
 		client: dbClient,
 	}
+	if amountOfCachedAuthRequests == 0 {
+		return cache
+	}
 	idCache, err := lru.New[string, *domain.AuthRequest](int(amountOfCachedAuthRequests))
 	logging.OnError(err).Info("auth request cache disabled")
 	if err == nil {