diff --git a/dist/amd/authentication.js b/dist/amd/authentication.js
index ec8d758..c5ce5c7 100644
--- a/dist/amd/authentication.js
+++ b/dist/amd/authentication.js
@@ -63,12 +63,10 @@ define(['exports', 'aurelia-dependency-injection', './baseConfig', './storage',
                     var base64 = base64Url.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/');
 
                     try {
-                        var _parsed = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob(base64))));
+                        return JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob(base64))));
                     } catch (error) {
-                        return;
+                        return null;
                     }
-
-                    return parsed;
                 }
             }
         }, {
diff --git a/dist/commonjs/authentication.js b/dist/commonjs/authentication.js
index 0803cb1..7b2baa4 100644
--- a/dist/commonjs/authentication.js
+++ b/dist/commonjs/authentication.js
@@ -70,12 +70,10 @@ var Authentication = (function () {
                 var base64 = base64Url.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/');
 
                 try {
-                    var _parsed = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob(base64))));
+                    return JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob(base64))));
                 } catch (error) {
-                    return;
+                    return null;
                 }
-
-                return parsed;
             }
         }
     }, {
diff --git a/dist/es6/authentication.js b/dist/es6/authentication.js
index 9c0e633..19ec16e 100644
--- a/dist/es6/authentication.js
+++ b/dist/es6/authentication.js
@@ -44,13 +44,10 @@ export class Authentication {
             let base64 = base64Url.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/');
 
             try {
-                let parsed = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob(base64))));
+                return JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob(base64))));
             } catch (error) {
-                return;
+                return null;
             }
-
-            return parsed;
-
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/dist/system/authentication.js b/dist/system/authentication.js
index c95e8e7..ba3ff0d 100644
--- a/dist/system/authentication.js
+++ b/dist/system/authentication.js
@@ -68,12 +68,10 @@ System.register(['aurelia-dependency-injection', './baseConfig', './storage', '.
                             var base64 = base64Url.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/');
 
                             try {
-                                var _parsed = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob(base64))));
+                                return JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob(base64))));
                             } catch (error) {
-                                return;
+                                return null;
                             }
-
-                            return parsed;
                         }
                     }
                 }, {
diff --git a/doc/CHANGELOG.md b/doc/CHANGELOG.md
index b2b1b61..4181c8d 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/doc/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+### 0.12.2 (2016-02-07)
+
+
 ### 0.12.2 (2016-02-02)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c22f85..13ddce6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aurelia-auth",
-  "version": "0.12.1",
+  "version": "0.12.2",
   "description": "Plugin for social media authentication and local authentication together with other authentication utilities",
   "main": "dist/system/index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/authentication.js b/src/authentication.js
index 9c0e633..19ec16e 100644
--- a/src/authentication.js
+++ b/src/authentication.js
@@ -44,13 +44,10 @@ export class Authentication {
             let base64 = base64Url.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/');
 
             try {
-                let parsed = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob(base64))));
+                return JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob(base64))));
             } catch (error) {
-                return;
+                return null;
             }
-
-            return parsed;
-
         }
     }