diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/CatalogPage.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/CatalogPage.test.tsx
index ec26ce5b28..9ebeb7f546 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/CatalogPage.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/CatalogPage.test.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ import { wrapInTestApp } from '@backstage/test-utils';
 import { catalogApiRef } from '../..';
 
 const errorApi = { post: () => {} };
-const catalogApi = { getEntities: () => Promise.resolve([{ kind: '' }]) };
+const catalogApi = {
+  getEntities: () => Promise.resolve([{ kind: '', metadata: {} }]),
+  getLocationByEntity: () => Promise.resolve({ data: {} }),
+};
 
 describe('CatalogPage', () => {
   // this test right now causes some red lines in the log output when running tests
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
index 59359fab16..015916c3f4 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type CatalogTableProps = {
   titlePreamble: string;
   loading: boolean;
   error?: any;
-  actions: any;
+  actions?: any;
 };
 const CatalogTable: FC<CatalogTableProps> = ({
   components,
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/data/component.ts b/plugins/catalog/src/data/component.ts
index 5da962911e..d53a6387fc 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/data/component.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/data/component.ts
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ export type Component = {
   name: string;
   kind: string;
   description: string;
-  location: any;
+  location?: any;
 };
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/data/utils.ts b/plugins/catalog/src/data/utils.ts
index e54b39c7c0..645d6b845d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/data/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/data/utils.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
 export function envelopeToComponent(
   envelope: Entity,
-  location: any,
+  location?: any,
 ): Component {
   return {
     name: envelope.metadata?.name ?? '',