diff --git a/packages/frontend/ci/ParcelBundler.js b/packages/frontend/ci/ParcelBundler.js
index 0ba056ec3f..9b37e85d87 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/ci/ParcelBundler.js
+++ b/packages/frontend/ci/ParcelBundler.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const ENTRY_FILE_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '../src/index.html');
 const WASM_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '../src/wasm/');
 const SSL_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '../devServerCertificates/');
 
-const enableDebugLogging = !Config.DEBUG_BUILD ? true : Config.DEBUG_BUILD === 'true';
+const enableDebugLogging = Config.DEBUG_BUILD;
 
 class ParcelBundler {
     constructor({
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/config/configFromEnvironment.js b/packages/frontend/src/config/configFromEnvironment.js
index acb87633ee..ea7cc69449 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/config/configFromEnvironment.js
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/config/configFromEnvironment.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import assert from "assert";
 
 import Environments from "../../../../features/environments.json";
 import {
+    envValIsSet,
     parseBooleanFromShell,
     parseCommaSeperatedStringAsArrayFromShell,
 } from "./envParsers";
@@ -64,9 +65,9 @@ module.exports = {
     SHOW_PRERELEASE_WARNING: parseBooleanFromShell(
         process.env.SHOW_PRERELEASE_WARNING
     ),
-    SMS_BLACKLIST: parseCommaSeperatedStringAsArrayFromShell(
-        process.env.SMS_BLACKLIST
-    ),
+    SMS_BLACKLIST: envValIsSet(process.env.SMS_BLACKLIST) ? parseCommaSeperatedStringAsArrayFromShell(
+        process.env.SMS_BLACKLIST.replace(/\s/g, "")
+    ) : undefined,
     STAKING_GAS_BASE: process.env.REACT_APP_STAKING_GAS_BASE,
     WHITELISTED_CONTRACTS: parseCommaSeperatedStringAsArrayFromShell(
         process.env.TOKEN_CONTRACTS
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/config/envParsers.js b/packages/frontend/src/config/envParsers.js
index bb4778ffe4..635ec00344 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/config/envParsers.js
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/config/envParsers.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const parseObjectFromShell = (envVal) => {
 };
 
 const parseCommaSeperatedStringAsArrayFromShell = (envVal) =>
-    envValIsSet(envVal) ? envVal.replace(/\s/g, "").split(",") : undefined;
+    envValIsSet(envVal) ? envVal.split(",") : undefined;
 
 module.exports = {
     envValIsSet,