diff --git a/src/ozones/Server/lib/OZones/ApacheWritter.rb b/src/ozones/Server/lib/OZones/ApacheWritter.rb
index b33e9088e2..68678889a3 100644
--- a/src/ozones/Server/lib/OZones/ApacheWritter.rb
+++ b/src/ozones/Server/lib/OZones/ApacheWritter.rb
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ module OZones
     class ApacheWritter 
         def initialize(file_path) 
             @file_path = file_path
-            
-            File.open(@file_path, 'w') {|f| 
-                f.flock(File::LOCK_EX)
-                f.write(htaccess) 
-            }
         end
         
         def update
diff --git a/src/ozones/Server/models/OzonesServer.rb b/src/ozones/Server/models/OzonesServer.rb
index 388cdfc75e..25eeed4204 100644
--- a/src/ozones/Server/models/OzonesServer.rb
+++ b/src/ozones/Server/models/OzonesServer.rb
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class OzonesServer
                 mandatory_params = [:onename, :onepass, :endpoint, :name]
 
                 mandatory_params.each { |param|
-                    if !vdc_data[param]
+                    if !zone_data[param]
                         return [400, OZones::Error.new(
                             "Error: Couldn't create resource #{kind}. " +
                             "Mandatory attribute '#{param}' is missing.").to_json]