diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/handle/HandleClarinServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/handle/HandleClarinServiceImpl.java
index ebec91f7fd2f..d4e33939928a 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/handle/HandleClarinServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/handle/HandleClarinServiceImpl.java
@@ -268,8 +268,9 @@ public String resolveToURL(Context context, String handleStr) throws SQLExceptio
         if (isInternalResource(handle)) {
             // Internal handle
             // Create url for internal handle
-            url = configurationService.getProperty("dspace.ui.url")
-                    + "/handle/" + handleStr;
+            String currentUiUrl = configurationService.getProperty("dspace.ui.url");
+            url = currentUiUrl.endsWith("/") ? currentUiUrl : currentUiUrl + "/";
+            url += "handle/" + handleStr;
         } else {
             // External handle
             url = handle.getUrl();
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/subscriptions/SubscriptionEmailNotificationServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/subscriptions/SubscriptionEmailNotificationServiceImpl.java
index 8fb01cd36e92..c803f1407e05 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/subscriptions/SubscriptionEmailNotificationServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/subscriptions/SubscriptionEmailNotificationServiceImpl.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public SubscriptionEmailNotificationServiceImpl(Map<String, DSpaceObjectUpdates>
     public void perform(Context context, DSpaceRunnableHandler handler, String subscriptionType, String frequency) {
         List<IndexableObject> communityItems = new ArrayList<>();
         List<IndexableObject> collectionsItems = new ArrayList<>();
+        EPerson currentEperson = context.getCurrentUser();
         try {
             List<Subscription> subscriptions =
                                findAllSubscriptionsBySubscriptionTypeAndFrequency(context, subscriptionType, frequency);
@@ -77,7 +78,10 @@ public void perform(Context context, DSpaceRunnableHandler handler, String subsc
                 for (Subscription subscription : subscriptions) {
                     DSpaceObject dSpaceObject = subscription.getDSpaceObject();
                     EPerson ePerson = subscription.getEPerson();
-
+                    // Set the current user to the subscribed eperson because the Solr query checks
+                    // the permissions of the current user in the ANONYMOUS group.
+                    // If there is no user (i.e., `current user = null`), it will send an email with no new items.
+                    context.setCurrentUser(ePerson);
                     if (!authorizeService.authorizeActionBoolean(context, ePerson, dSpaceObject, READ, true)) {
                         iterator++;
                         continue;
@@ -126,6 +130,8 @@ public void perform(Context context, DSpaceRunnableHandler handler, String subsc
             handler.handleException(e);
             context.abort();
         }
+        // Reset the current user because it was changed to subscriber eperson
+        context.setCurrentUser(currentEperson);
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
diff --git a/dspace/bin/start-handle-server b/dspace/bin/start-handle-server
index 6d5c9a4b4406..06c4fb5d90c9 100755
--- a/dspace/bin/start-handle-server
+++ b/dspace/bin/start-handle-server
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ HANDLEDIR=`$BINDIR/dspace dsprop --property handle.dir`
 LOGDIR=$DSPACEDIR/log
 
 #Allow user to specify java options through JAVA_OPTS variable
-if [ "$JAVA_OPTS" = "" ]; then
+if [ "$JAVA_OPTS_HANDLE" = "" ]; then
   #Default Java to use 256MB of memory
-  JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx256m
+  $JAVA_OPTS_HANDLE=-Xmx256m
 fi
 
 # Remove lock file, in case the old Handle server did not shut down properly
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ rm -f $HANDLEDIR/txns/lock
 # Start the Handle server, with a special log4j properties file.
 # We cannot simply write to the same logs, since log4j
 # does not support more than one JVM writing to the same rolling log.
-nohup java $JAVA_OPTS -classpath `$BINDIR/dspace classpath` \
+nohup java $JAVA_OPTS_HANDLE -classpath `$BINDIR/dspace classpath` \
     -Ddspace.log.init.disable=true \
     -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-handle-plugin.properties \
     net.handle.server.Main $HANDLEDIR \
diff --git a/dspace/config/modules/actuator.cfg b/dspace/config/modules/actuator.cfg
index a14a3f1cac1f..b23ccc3424b0 100644
--- a/dspace/config/modules/actuator.cfg
+++ b/dspace/config/modules/actuator.cfg
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ management.endpoint.health.roles = ADMIN
 ## Configuration to establis
 management.endpoint.health.status.order= down, out-of-service, up-with-issues, up, unknown
 ## Configuration that enables only health and info endpoints
-management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=health,info
+management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=health,info,scheduledtasks
 
 ## Configuration to set 200 as status of health http response when it is DOWN or OUT_OF_SERVICE
 ## The DSpace UI requires these be set to 200 in order to support health status reports when services are down.