diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 53b8d27..6500785 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.jenkins.blueocean</groupId>
             <artifactId>blueocean-rest</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoftopentechnologies/windowsazurestorage/AzureStorageBlueArtifact.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoftopentechnologies/windowsazurestorage/AzureStorageBlueArtifact.java
index d3db701..b9236e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoftopentechnologies/windowsazurestorage/AzureStorageBlueArtifact.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoftopentechnologies/windowsazurestorage/AzureStorageBlueArtifact.java
@@ -11,9 +11,16 @@
 import io.jenkins.blueocean.rest.hal.Link;
 import io.jenkins.blueocean.rest.model.BlueArtifact;
 
+@Extension(optional = true)
 public final class AzureStorageBlueArtifact extends BlueArtifact {
-    private final AzureBlobAction action;
-    private final AzureBlob artifact;
+    private AzureBlobAction action;
+    private AzureBlob artifact;
+
+    public AzureStorageBlueArtifact() {
+        super(null);
+        this.action = null;
+        this.artifact = null;
+    }
 
     public AzureStorageBlueArtifact(AzureBlobAction action, AzureBlob artifact, Link parent) {
         super(parent);