diff --git a/app/services/blog.service.js b/app/services/blog.service.js
index fe632e3d6..0e957855a 100644
--- a/app/services/blog.service.js
+++ b/app/services/blog.service.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ import X2JS from 'xml2js'
 
       // fetch blog rss feed
       $http.get(CONSTANTS.BLOG_LOCATION)
-        .then(function(data) {
+        .then(function(response) {
+          var data = response.data
           // parse the blog rss feed using x2js
           var parseString = X2JS.parseString
           parseString(data.trim(), function (err, res) {
diff --git a/app/services/jwtInterceptor.service.js b/app/services/jwtInterceptor.service.js
index 111840e23..693ec3bc9 100644
--- a/app/services/jwtInterceptor.service.js
+++ b/app/services/jwtInterceptor.service.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import { isTokenExpired, getFreshToken } from 'tc-accounts'
 
     function getToken(config) {
       // skip token for .html
-      if (config.url.indexOf('.html') > -1)
+      if (config.url.indexOf('.html') > -1 || config.url === CONSTANTS.BLOG_LOCATION)
         return null
 
       var haveItAddItEndpoints = [