diff --git a/commands/utils/archive.js b/commands/utils/archive.js
index 5e13f27..602a63f 100644
--- a/commands/utils/archive.js
+++ b/commands/utils/archive.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function archive_project(lt_config) {
     console.log("Ignoring files: ", ignore_files);
     archive.glob(
       "**/*",
-      { cwd: process.cwd(), ignore: ignore_files, dot: true },
+      { cwd: process.cwd(), ignore: ignore_files, dot: false },
       { prefix: "project/" }
     );
     //OverRide NPM Dependencies
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ function archive_project(lt_config) {
         { prefix: "project/" }
       );
     }
-    if (
-      lt_config.run_settings.dep_tokens &&
-      lt_config.run_settings.dep_tokens.length > 0
-    ) {
-      if (fs.existsSync(".npmrc")) {
-        let raw_data = fs.readFileSync(".npmrc", "utf8");
+    if (fs.existsSync(".npmrc")) {
+      let raw_data = fs.readFileSync(".npmrc", "utf8");
+      if (
+        lt_config.run_settings.dep_tokens &&
+        lt_config.run_settings.dep_tokens.length > 0
+      ) {
         let replace_map = {};
         for (let i = 0; i < lt_config.run_settings.dep_tokens.length; i++) {
           if (process.env[lt_config.run_settings.dep_tokens[i]]) {
@@ -115,18 +115,21 @@ function archive_project(lt_config) {
         raw_data = raw_data.replace(re, function (matched) {
           return replace_map[matched];
         });
-        archive.append(
-          raw_data,
-          {
-            name: "project/.npmrc",
-            cwd: process.cwd(),
-            ignore: ignore_files,
-          },
-          { prefix: "project/" }
-        );
-      } else {
-        reject("Dep Tokens are passed but .npmrc does not exist");
       }
+      archive.append(
+        raw_data,
+        {
+          name: "project/.npmrc",
+          cwd: process.cwd(),
+          ignore: ignore_files,
+        },
+        { prefix: "project/" }
+      );
+    } else if (
+      lt_config.run_settings.dep_tokens &&
+      lt_config.run_settings.dep_tokens.length > 0
+    ) {
+      reject("Dep Tokens are passed but .npmrc does not exist");
     }
 
     archive.finalize();
diff --git a/commands/utils/validate.js b/commands/utils/validate.js
index c5f46b4..51bfb0a 100644
--- a/commands/utils/validate.js
+++ b/commands/utils/validate.js
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ module.exports = validate_config = function (lt_config) {
             }
           }
         }
-        if (cypress_flag == false) {
+        if (cypress_flag == false && lt_config.run_settings.npm_dependencies) {
+          reject(
+            "Error!!Cypress dependency is not present in npm_dependencies"
+          );
+        } else if (cypress_flag == false) {
           reject("Error!!Cypress dependency is not present in package.json");
         }
       } catch (e) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cddc7f1..54e6a44 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lambdatest-cypress-cli",
-  "version": "2.1.8",
+  "version": "2.1.9",
   "description": "The lambdatest-cypress-cli is LambdaTest's command-line interface (CLI) aimed to help you run your Cypress tests on LambdaTest platform.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/LambdaTest/lambdatest-cypress-cli",
   "author": "LambdaTest <keys@lambdatest.com>",