diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/texttranslation/translators/BingTranslatorSettings.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/texttranslation/translators/BingTranslatorSettings.java
index 039c24c480..dcd54fd6f9 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/texttranslation/translators/BingTranslatorSettings.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/texttranslation/translators/BingTranslatorSettings.java
@@ -70,12 +70,14 @@ public final class BingTranslatorSettings {
         }
         if (ModuleSettings.settingExists(BING_TRANSLATE_NAME, AUTHENTICATION_KEY)) {
             authenticationKey = ModuleSettings.getConfigSetting(BING_TRANSLATE_NAME, AUTHENTICATION_KEY);
-        } else {
+        }
+        if (authenticationKey == null || StringUtils.isBlank(authenticationKey)) {
             authenticationKey = DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION;
         }
         if (ModuleSettings.settingExists(BING_TRANSLATE_NAME, TARGET_LANGUAGE_CODE_KEY)) {
             targetLanguageCode = ModuleSettings.getConfigSetting(BING_TRANSLATE_NAME, TARGET_LANGUAGE_CODE_KEY);
-        } else {
+        }
+        if (targetLanguageCode == null || StringUtils.isBlank(targetLanguageCode)) {
             targetLanguageCode = DEFAULT_TARGET_LANGUAGE;
         }
     }
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/texttranslation/translators/Bundle.properties-MERGED b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/texttranslation/translators/Bundle.properties-MERGED
index 01c6123934..89f7d8b02a 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/texttranslation/translators/Bundle.properties-MERGED
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/texttranslation/translators/Bundle.properties-MERGED
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 BingTranslator.name.text=Bing Translator
 GoogleTranslator.name.text=Google Translate
 GoogleTranslatorSettingsPanel.browseButton.text=Browse
-GoogleTranslatorSettingsPanel.credentialsLabel.text=Credentials:
+GoogleTranslatorSettingsPanel.credentialsLabel.text=Authentication key:
 GoogleTranslatorSettingsPanel.errorMessage.fileNotFound=Credentials file not found, please set the location to be a valid JSON credentials file.
 GoogleTranslatorSettingsPanel.errorMessage.noFileSelected=A JSON file must be selected to provide your credentials for Google Translate.
 GoogleTranslatorSettingsPanel.errorMessage.unableToMakeCredentials=Unable to construct credentials object from credentials file, please set the location to be a valid JSON credentials file.
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ BingTranslatorSettingsPanel.untranslatedLabel.text=Untranslated:
 BingTranslatorSettingsPanel.translationSizeLabel.text=Translation Size:
 BingTranslatorSettingsPanel.targetLanguageLabel.text=Target Language:
 BingTranslatorSettingsPanel.unitsLabel.text=characters
+BingTranslatorSettingsPanel.authenticationKeyField.toolTipText=Enter the hash for the 
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/texttranslation/translators/GoogleTranslatorSettings.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/texttranslation/translators/GoogleTranslatorSettings.java
index 55771b8c7a..34ebfd67d4 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/texttranslation/translators/GoogleTranslatorSettings.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/texttranslation/translators/GoogleTranslatorSettings.java
@@ -92,12 +92,14 @@ public final class GoogleTranslatorSettings {
         }
         if (ModuleSettings.settingExists(GOOGLE_TRANSLATE_NAME, TARGET_LANGUAGE_CODE_KEY)) {
             targetLanguageCode = ModuleSettings.getConfigSetting(GOOGLE_TRANSLATE_NAME, TARGET_LANGUAGE_CODE_KEY);
-        } else {
+        }
+        if (targetLanguageCode == null || StringUtils.isBlank(targetLanguageCode)) {
             targetLanguageCode = DEFAULT_TARGET_LANGUAGE;
         }
         if (ModuleSettings.settingExists(GOOGLE_TRANSLATE_NAME, CREDENTIAL_PATH_KEY)) {
             credentialPath = ModuleSettings.getConfigSetting(GOOGLE_TRANSLATE_NAME, CREDENTIAL_PATH_KEY);
-        } else {
+        }
+        if (credentialPath == null) {
             credentialPath = DEFAULT_CREDENTIAL_PATH;
         }
     }