diff --git a/src/api/page/content-types/page/schema.json b/src/api/page/content-types/page/schema.json
index 65861b2..86c2c79 100644
--- a/src/api/page/content-types/page/schema.json
+++ b/src/api/page/content-types/page/schema.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         }
       },
       "component": "shared.hero",
-      "required": true
+      "required": false
     },
     "content": {
       "pluginOptions": {
diff --git a/src/extensions/documentation/documentation/1.0.0/full_documentation.json b/src/extensions/documentation/documentation/1.0.0/full_documentation.json
index 725ae85..67f778a 100644
--- a/src/extensions/documentation/documentation/1.0.0/full_documentation.json
+++ b/src/extensions/documentation/documentation/1.0.0/full_documentation.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       "name": "Apache 2.0",
       "url": "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"
     },
-    "x-generation-date": "2024-11-01T10:19:23.797Z"
+    "x-generation-date": "2024-11-01T12:34:04.379Z"
   },
   "x-strapi-config": {
     "plugins": [
@@ -9083,8 +9083,7 @@
           "data": {
             "required": [
               "identifier",
-              "slug",
-              "Hero"
+              "slug"
             ],
             "type": "object",
             "properties": {
@@ -9197,8 +9196,7 @@
         "type": "object",
         "required": [
           "identifier",
-          "slug",
-          "Hero"
+          "slug"
         ],
         "properties": {
           "id": {
diff --git a/src/middlewares/deepPopulate.ts b/src/middlewares/deepPopulate.ts
index 7eb8d7e..18abee7 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/deepPopulate.ts
+++ b/src/middlewares/deepPopulate.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,41 @@
 /**
- * `deepPopulate` middleware
- */
-
+*deepPopulate middleware
+*/
 import type { Core } from '@strapi/strapi';
 import { UID } from '@strapi/types';
 import { contentTypes } from '@strapi/utils';
 import pluralize from 'pluralize';
 
-
 interface Options {
   /**
-   * Fields to select when populating relations
-   */
+  * Fields to select when populating relations
+  */
   relationalFields?: string[];
 }
-
 const { CREATED_BY_ATTRIBUTE, UPDATED_BY_ATTRIBUTE } = contentTypes.constants;
 
 const extractPathSegment = (url: string) => url.match(/\/([^/?]+)(?:\?|$)/)?.[1] || '';
 
+const getModelUID = (path: string): UID.Schema => {
+  // Special handling for users-permissions routes
+  if (path === 'users' || path === 'me') {
+    return 'plugin::users-permissions.user';
+  }
+
+  // Logic for regular content types
+  const singular = pluralize.singular(path);
+  return `api::${singular}.${singular}` as UID.Schema;
+};
+
 const getDeepPopulate = (uid: UID.Schema, opts: Options = {}) => {
   const model = strapi.getModel(uid);
+
+  // Add safety check
+  if (!model || !model.attributes) {
+    console.warn(`Model not found for UID: ${uid}`);
+    return {};
+  }
+
   const attributes = Object.entries(model.attributes);
 
   return attributes.reduce((acc: any, [attributeName, attribute]) => {
@@ -84,14 +99,17 @@ export default (config, { strapi }: { strapi: Core.Strapi }) => {
     if (ctx.request.url.startsWith('/api/') && ctx.request.method === 'GET' && !ctx.query.populate) {
       strapi.log.info('Using custom Dynamic-Zone population Middleware...');
 
-      const contentType = extractPathSegment(ctx.request.url);
-      const singular = pluralize.singular(contentType)
-      const uid = `api::${singular}.${singular}`;
+      const pathSegment = extractPathSegment(ctx.request.url);
+      const uid = getModelUID(pathSegment);
 
       // @ts-ignores 
-      ctx.query.populate = getDeepPopulate(uid);
+      try {
+        ctx.query.populate = getDeepPopulate(uid);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error(`Error in deepPopulate middleware for path ${pathSegment}:`, error);
+        // Continue without population if there's an error
+      }
     }
     await next();
   };
-};
-
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/types/generated/contentTypes.d.ts b/types/generated/contentTypes.d.ts
index 1942951..4f5e78c 100644
--- a/types/generated/contentTypes.d.ts
+++ b/types/generated/contentTypes.d.ts
@@ -690,7 +690,6 @@ export interface ApiPagePage extends Struct.CollectionTypeSchema {
     createdBy: Schema.Attribute.Relation<'oneToOne', 'admin::user'> &
       Schema.Attribute.Private;
     Hero: Schema.Attribute.Component<'shared.hero', false> &
-      Schema.Attribute.Required &
       Schema.Attribute.SetPluginOptions<{
         i18n: {
           localized: true;