diff --git a/src/helpers/helper.js b/src/helpers/helper.js
index b632841..3b8bcfc 100644
--- a/src/helpers/helper.js
+++ b/src/helpers/helper.js
@@ -14,18 +14,11 @@ function getPercentage(x, y) {
 function processText(raw) {
   const dataRefMatches = raw.match(DATA_REF_PATTERN);
   if (dataRefMatches) {
-    const values = [];
     for (let i = 0; i < dataRefMatches.length; i++) {
       const dataRefMatch = dataRefMatches[i];
       const content = dataRefMatch.slice(1, -1);
-      if (process.env[content]) {
-        values.push(process.env[content]);
-      } else {
-        values.push(content);
-      }
-    }
-    for (let i = 0; i < dataRefMatches.length; i++) {
-      raw = raw.replace(dataRefMatches[i], values[i]);
+      const envValue = process.env[content] || content;
+      raw = raw.replace(dataRefMatch, envValue);
     }
   }
   return raw;
diff --git a/test/config.spec.js b/test/config.spec.js
index 192cfcd..8ed25e4 100644
--- a/test/config.spec.js
+++ b/test/config.spec.js
@@ -1,8 +1,37 @@
 const assert = require('assert');
+const { mock } = require('pactum');
 const { publish } = require("../src");
 
 describe('Config', () => {
 
+  it('should allow valid config with ENV vars - successful', async () => {
+    const id = mock.addInteraction('post test-summary to teams');
+    process.env.TEST_URL='http://localhost:9393/message'
+    await publish({
+      config: {
+        "targets": [
+          {
+            "name": "teams",
+            "condition": "result.status === 'PASS'",
+            "inputs": {
+              "url": "{TEST_URL}"
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "results": [
+          {
+            "type": "testng",
+            "files": [
+              "test/data/testng/single-suite.xml"
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    });
+    process.env.TEST_URL=''
+    assert.equal(mock.getInteraction(id).exercised, true);
+  });
+
   it('should not allow missing options', async () => {
     let e;
     try {