diff --git a/core.js b/core.js
index f29f639..4e6a764 100644
--- a/core.js
+++ b/core.js
@@ -1,18 +1,34 @@
 const _ = require("lodash");
+
 const consts = require("./consts.json");
 const helpers = require("./helpers");
 const redaction = require("./secrets-redaction");
 const autocomplete = require("./autocomplete");
-const { loadMethodFromConfiguration } = require("./config-loader");
+const {
+  loadMethodFromConfiguration,
+  loadConfiguration,
+} = require("./config-loader");
 
 function generatePluginMethod(method) {
   return async (action, settings) => {
     const methodDefinition = loadMethodFromConfiguration(action.method.name);
-    const parameters = await helpers.readActionArguments(action, settings, methodDefinition);
+    const pluginDefinition = loadConfiguration();
+    const {
+      params,
+      settings: parsedSettings,
+    } = await helpers.readActionArguments(action, settings, methodDefinition);
 
+    const allowEmptyResult = methodDefinition.allowEmptyResult ?? false;
     const shouldRedactSecrets = methodDefinition.redactSecrets ?? consts.DEFAULT_REDACT_SECRETS;
-    const secrets = shouldRedactSecrets
-      && Object.values(await redaction.getVaultedParameters(parameters, methodDefinition));
+    const secrets = [];
+    if (shouldRedactSecrets) {
+      const paramsDefinition = [
+        ...(methodDefinition.params ?? []),
+        ...(pluginDefinition.auth?.params ?? []),
+      ];
+      const secretsObject = redaction.filterVaultedParameters(params, paramsDefinition);
+      secrets.push(...Object.values(secretsObject));
+    }
 
     const utils = {
       logger: shouldRedactSecrets ? redaction.createRedactedLogger(secrets) : console,
@@ -20,12 +36,17 @@ function generatePluginMethod(method) {
 
     let result;
     try {
-      result = await method(parameters, { action, settings, utils });
+      result = await method(params, {
+        action,
+        settings,
+        utils,
+        parsedSettings,
+      });
     } catch (error) {
       throw shouldRedactSecrets ? redaction.redactSecrets(error, secrets) : error;
     }
 
-    if (_.isNil(result) || _.isEmpty(result)) {
+    if (!allowEmptyResult && (_.isNil(result) || _.isEmpty(result))) {
       return consts.OPERATION_FINISHED_SUCCESSFULLY_MESSAGE;
     }
 
diff --git a/helpers.js b/helpers.js
index c131aca..325d293 100644
--- a/helpers.js
+++ b/helpers.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async function readActionArguments(
     throw new Error(`Could not find a method "${action.method.name}" in config.json`);
   }
 
-  const settingsParamsDefinition = loadConfiguration()?.settings ?? [];
+  const settingsParamsDefinition = loadConfiguration().settings ?? [];
   const settingsParsingPromises = settingsParamsDefinition.map(async (settingDefinition) => {
     settingsValues[settingDefinition.name] = await parseParameter(
       settingDefinition,
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ async function readActionArguments(
     paramValues[paramDefinition.name] = await parseParameter(
       paramDefinition,
       paramValues[paramDefinition.name],
-      settingsValues[paramDefinition.name],
     );
 
     const { validationType } = paramDefinition;
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ async function readActionArguments(
       paramValues[paramDefinition.name] = await parseParameter(
         paramDefinition,
         paramValues[paramDefinition.name],
-        settingsValues[paramDefinition.name],
       );
 
       const { validationType } = paramDefinition;
@@ -84,10 +82,10 @@ async function readActionArguments(
     await Promise.all(accountParsingPromises);
   }
 
-  return removeUndefinedAndEmpty({
-    ...settingsValues,
-    ...paramValues,
-  });
+  return {
+    params: removeUndefinedAndEmpty(paramValues),
+    settings: removeUndefinedAndEmpty(settingsValues),
+  };
 }
 
 async function temporaryFileSentinel(fileDataArray, functionToWatch) {
@@ -171,18 +169,17 @@ function removeUndefinedAndEmpty(object) {
   return _.omitBy(object, (value) => value === "" || _.isNil(value) || (_.isObjectLike(value) && _.isEmpty(value)));
 }
 
-function parseParameter(paramDefinition, paramValue, settingsValue) {
-  const valueToParse = paramValue ?? settingsValue ?? paramDefinition.default;
-  if (_.isNil(valueToParse)) {
+function parseParameter(paramDefinition, paramValue) {
+  if (_.isNil(paramValue)) {
     if (paramDefinition.required) {
       throw Error(`Missing required "${paramDefinition.name}" value`);
     }
-    return valueToParse;
+    return paramValue;
   }
 
   const { parserOptions } = paramDefinition;
   const parserToUse = paramDefinition.parserType || paramDefinition.type;
-  return parsers.resolveParser(parserToUse)(valueToParse, parserOptions);
+  return parsers.resolveParser(parserToUse)(paramValue, parserOptions);
 }
 
 function validateParamValue(
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c5251c9..6346d55 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@kaholo/plugin-library",
-  "version": "2.1.2",
+  "version": "2.3.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@kaholo/plugin-library",
-      "version": "2.1.2",
+      "version": "2.3.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "fast-password-entropy": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 07cd51d..064c454 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@kaholo/plugin-library",
-  "version": "2.2.1",
+  "version": "2.3.0",
   "description": "Kaholo library for plugins",
   "main": "kaholo-plugin-library.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/secrets-redaction.js b/secrets-redaction.js
index fe4ede4..d945d8c 100644
--- a/secrets-redaction.js
+++ b/secrets-redaction.js
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ function redactSecretsInPlainObject(input, secrets) {
   );
 }
 
-async function getVaultedParameters(params, methodDefinition) {
-  const vaultParams = Object.entries(params).filter(([paramName]) => methodDefinition.params.some(
+function filterVaultedParameters(params, paramsDefinition) {
+  const vaultParams = Object.entries(params).filter(([paramName]) => paramsDefinition.some(
     (paramDefinition) => paramDefinition.type === "vault" && paramDefinition.name === paramName,
   ));
   return Object.fromEntries(vaultParams);
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ function escapeRegExp(string) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  getVaultedParameters,
+  filterVaultedParameters,
   redactSecrets,
   createRedactedLogger,
 };