diff --git a/plugins/evaluation-plugin/src/com/intellij/cce/actions/DatasetRef.kt b/plugins/evaluation-plugin/src/com/intellij/cce/actions/DatasetRef.kt
index 024d0315378e..c5af0f9420a4 100644
--- a/plugins/evaluation-plugin/src/com/intellij/cce/actions/DatasetRef.kt
+++ b/plugins/evaluation-plugin/src/com/intellij/cce/actions/DatasetRef.kt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ internal data class RemoteFileRef(private val url: String) : DatasetRef {
     .replace("/", "_")
 
   override fun prepare(datasetContext: DatasetContext) {
-    val readToken = System.getenv("AIA_EVALUATION_DATASET_READ_TOKEN")
+    val readToken = System.getenv("AIA_EVALUATION_DATASET_READ_TOKEN") ?: ""
     check(readToken.isNotBlank()) {
       "Token for dataset $url should be configured"
     }