diff --git a/chaoscenter/authentication/pkg/project/repository.go b/chaoscenter/authentication/pkg/project/repository.go
index 8f170b8967f..0fd8a0db75a 100644
--- a/chaoscenter/authentication/pkg/project/repository.go
+++ b/chaoscenter/authentication/pkg/project/repository.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (r repository) GetProjects(query bson.D) ([]*entities.Project, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var projects []*entities.Project
+	var projects = []*entities.Project{}
 	err = results.All(context.TODO(), &projects)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (r repository) GetProjects(query bson.D) ([]*entities.Project, error) {
 
 // GetProjectsByUserID returns a project based on the userID
 func (r repository) GetProjectsByUserID(request *entities.ListProjectRequest) (*entities.ListProjectResponse, error) {
-	var projects []*entities.Project
+	var projects = []*entities.Project{}
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 
 	// Construct the pipeline
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func (r repository) GetProjectStats() ([]*entities.ProjectStats, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var data []*entities.ProjectStats
+	var data = []*entities.ProjectStats{}
 	for result.Next(context.TODO()) {
 		res := entities.ProjectStats{}
 		if err := result.Decode(&res); err != nil {
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ func (r repository) GetOwnerProjects(ctx context.Context, userID string) ([]*ent
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var projects []*entities.Project
+	var projects = []*entities.Project{}
 	err = cursor.All(context.TODO(), &projects)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ func (r repository) GetProjectOwners(projectID string) ([]*entities.Member, erro
 	}
 
 	// Filter the members to include only the owners
-	var owners []*entities.Member
+	var owners = []*entities.Member{}
 	for _, member := range project.Members {
 		if member.Role == entities.RoleOwner && member.Invitation == entities.AcceptedInvitation {
 			owners = append(owners, member)
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ func (r repository) ListInvitations(userID string, invitationState entities.Invi
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var projects []*entities.Project
+	var projects = []*entities.Project{}
 	err = cursor.All(context.TODO(), &projects)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/chaoscenter/authentication/pkg/session/api_token_repository.go b/chaoscenter/authentication/pkg/session/api_token_repository.go
index 7cc28a6962c..b7973bf5d93 100644
--- a/chaoscenter/authentication/pkg/session/api_token_repository.go
+++ b/chaoscenter/authentication/pkg/session/api_token_repository.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (r repository) CreateApiToken(apiToken *entities.ApiToken) error {
 
 // GetApiTokensByUserID returns all the API tokens for a given user
 func (r repository) GetApiTokensByUserID(userID string) ([]entities.ApiToken, error) {
-	var apiTokens []entities.ApiToken
+	var apiTokens = []entities.ApiToken{}
 	query := bson.D{
 		{Key: "user_id", Value: userID},
 	}
diff --git a/chaoscenter/authentication/pkg/user/repository.go b/chaoscenter/authentication/pkg/user/repository.go
index 2782826609c..e6d7fc5df02 100644
--- a/chaoscenter/authentication/pkg/user/repository.go
+++ b/chaoscenter/authentication/pkg/user/repository.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (r repository) GetUser(uid string) (*entities.User, error) {
 
 // GetUsers fetches all the users from the database
 func (r repository) GetUsers() (*[]entities.User, error) {
-	var Users []entities.User
+	var Users = []entities.User{}
 	cursor, err := r.Collection.Find(context.Background(), bson.M{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err