diff --git a/src/services/nativeAuth/nativeAuth.ts b/src/services/nativeAuth/nativeAuth.ts
index ca61f650e..cc376718d 100644
--- a/src/services/nativeAuth/nativeAuth.ts
+++ b/src/services/nativeAuth/nativeAuth.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ export const nativeAuth = (config?: NativeAuthConfigType) => {
           initProps?.noCache
         ));
 
+      if (!response) {
+        return '';
+      }
+
       const { hash, timestamp } = response;
       const encodedExtraInfo = nativeAuthClient.encodeValue(
         JSON.stringify({
@@ -64,8 +68,8 @@ export const nativeAuth = (config?: NativeAuthConfigType) => {
       const encodedOrigin = nativeAuthClient.encodeValue(origin);
 
       return `${encodedOrigin}.${hash}.${expirySeconds}.${encodedExtraInfo}`;
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.error('Error getting native auth token: ', err);
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      console.error('Error getting native auth token: ', err.toString());
       return '';
     }
   };
diff --git a/src/services/nativeAuth/tests/nativeAuth.test.ts b/src/services/nativeAuth/tests/nativeAuth.test.ts
index 3abc10136..855fef490 100644
--- a/src/services/nativeAuth/tests/nativeAuth.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/nativeAuth/tests/nativeAuth.test.ts
@@ -98,19 +98,21 @@ describe('Native Auth', () => {
       expect(token).toStrictEqual(TOKEN);
     });
 
-    it('Internal server error', async () => {
+    it('should return empty string when API call fails', async () => {
       server.use(...handlers.serverError);
 
       //this will make sure to expire the cache
       jest
         .useFakeTimers()
         .setSystemTime(new Date().setSeconds(new Date().getSeconds() + 60));
+
       const client = nativeAuth({
         origin: ORIGIN,
         apiAddress: API_URL
       });
 
-      await expect(client.initialize()).rejects.toThrow();
+      const nativeAuthToken = await client.initialize();
+      expect(nativeAuthToken).toStrictEqual('');
     });
 
     it('Generate Access token', () => {