diff --git a/src/configProvider.ts b/src/configProvider.ts
index 0c72d80..227c1fa 100644
--- a/src/configProvider.ts
+++ b/src/configProvider.ts
@@ -32,14 +32,17 @@ export default () => {
   if (!instance) {
     const envFilePath = getConfig(`MB_ENV_FILE`);
 
-    const overrideEnvFilePath = getConfig(`MB_ENV_FILE_OVR`);
+    let overrideEnvFilePath;
+    try {
+      overrideEnvFilePath = getConfig(`MB_ENV_FILE_OVR`);
+    } catch {}
 
     config({
       path: path.join(__dirname, `..`, envFilePath),
     });
 
     // checks to see if the dev-overrides.env file is present in root directory
-    if (fs.existsSync(path.join(__dirname, `..`, overrideEnvFilePath))) {
+    if (overrideEnvFilePath && fs.existsSync(path.join(__dirname, `..`, overrideEnvFilePath))) {
       // override
       const envConfig = parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, `..`, overrideEnvFilePath)));