diff --git a/s3api/controllers/base.go b/s3api/controllers/base.go
index 15713d2..1ccf4e5 100644
--- a/s3api/controllers/base.go
+++ b/s3api/controllers/base.go
@@ -2004,16 +2004,16 @@ func ProcessHandlers(controller Controller, s3action string, svc *Services, hand
 func WrapMiddleware(handler fiber.Handler, logger s3log.AuditLogger, mm *metrics.Manager) fiber.Handler {
 	return func(ctx *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		err := handler(ctx)
-		if mm != nil {
-			mm.Send(ctx, err, metrics.ActionUndetected, 0, 0)
-		}
-		if logger != nil {
-			logger.Log(ctx, err, ctx.Body(), s3log.LogMeta{
-				Action: metrics.ActionUndetected,
-			})
-		}
-
 		if err != nil {
+			if mm != nil {
+				mm.Send(ctx, err, metrics.ActionUndetected, 0, 0)
+			}
+			if logger != nil {
+				logger.Log(ctx, err, ctx.Body(), s3log.LogMeta{
+					Action: metrics.ActionUndetected,
+				})
+			}
+
 			serr, ok := err.(s3err.APIError)
 			if ok {
 				ctx.Status(serr.HTTPStatusCode)
@@ -2041,6 +2041,9 @@ func ProcessController(ctx *fiber.Ctx, controller Controller, s3action string, s
 	SetResponseHeaders(ctx, response.Headers)
 
 	opts := response.MetaOpts
+	if opts == nil {
+		opts = &MetaOptions{}
+	}
 	// Send the metrics
 	if svc.MetricsManager != nil {
 		if opts.ObjectCount > 0 {
diff --git a/s3api/server.go b/s3api/server.go
index 26c2639..857bf81 100644
--- a/s3api/server.go
+++ b/s3api/server.go
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ func New(
 		})
 	}
 
+	// initilaze the default value setter middleware
+	app.Use(middlewares.SetDefaultValues(root, region))
+
 	// initialize the 'DecodeURL' middleware which
 	// path unescapes the url
 	app.Use(controllers.WrapMiddleware(middlewares.DecodeURL, l, mm))
@@ -87,9 +90,6 @@ func New(
 		app.Use(middlewares.HostStyleParser(server.virtualDomain))
 	}
 
-	// initilaze the default value setter middleware
-	app.Use(middlewares.SetDefaultValues(root, region))
-
 	// initialize the debug logger in debug mode
 	if server.debug {
 		app.Use(middlewares.DebugLogger())