diff --git a/backend/src/federation/validateCommunities.ts b/backend/src/federation/validateCommunities.ts
index 2efbea345..78e7c8e74 100644
--- a/backend/src/federation/validateCommunities.ts
+++ b/backend/src/federation/validateCommunities.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ async function invokeVersionedRequestGetPublicKey(dbCom: DbCommunity): Promise<s
       return v1_0_requestGetPublicKey(dbCom)
     case ApiVersionType.V1_1:
       return v1_1_requestGetPublicKey(dbCom)
-  }
-  return undefined
+  default: 
+    return undefined
+}
 }