From 9ab961af602a1569e7e4318f621936cf405cb779 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fbarbu15 <barbu_florin_adrian@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 17:56:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] handle empty strings for env vars in CI

---
 src/env_vars.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/env_vars.py b/src/env_vars.py
index abf923a9..c1bf5a64 100644
--- a/src/env_vars.py
+++ b/src/env_vars.py
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ load_dotenv()  # This will load environment variables from a .env file if it exi
 
 def get_env_var(var_name, default=None):
     env_var = os.getenv(var_name, default)
-    if env_var is not None:
-        print(f"{var_name}: {env_var}")
-    else:
+    if env_var in [None, ""]:
         print(f"{var_name} is not set; using default value: {default}")
+        env_var = default
+    print(f"{var_name}: {env_var}")
     return env_var