diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index c1d6241a..2479fbf7 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ func (e ValidationError) Error() string {
 func LoadConfiguration[T any](cfg *T, opts ...ConfigOption[T]) error {
 	configYamlDir := defaultConfigYamlDir
 	if len(os.Getenv("CONFIG_YAML_DIRECTORY")) > 0 {
-		fmt.Println("CONFIG_YAML_DIRECTORY", os.Getenv("CONFIG_YAML_DIRECTORY"))
 		configYamlDir = os.Getenv("CONFIG_YAML_DIRECTORY")
 	}
 
@@ -75,8 +74,6 @@ func LoadConfiguration[T any](cfg *T, opts ...ConfigOption[T]) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// TODO: apply defaults?
-
 	loader.populateConfiguration(cfg)
 
 	for _, fn := range loader.ConfigEditors {
@@ -184,6 +181,7 @@ func evaluateConfigWithEnv(configFile io.Reader, writers ...io.Writer) (io.Reade
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read the config file: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	// t := template.New("appConfigTemplate").Option("missingkey=zero")
 	t := template.New("appConfigTemplate")
 	tmpl, err := t.Parse(string(b))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index d6d92e3a..595d9ebc 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -38,4 +38,21 @@ blah2=test2`
 	b, err := io.ReadAll(eval)
 	r.NoError(err)
 	r.Equal(expected, string(b))
+	r.Equal(true, false)
+}
+
+func TesEvaluateConfigWithMissingEnv(t *testing.T) {
+	r := require.New(t)
+	test := `blah={{.ENV1}}
+blah2={{.ENV2}}`
+	os.Setenv("ENV1", "test1")
+	defer os.Unsetenv("ENV1")
+
+	eval, err := evaluateConfigWithEnv(strings.NewReader(test))
+	r.NoError(err)
+	expected := `blah=test1
+blah2=`
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(eval)
+	r.NoError(err)
+	r.Equal(expected, string(b))
 }