diff --git a/libs/datamodel/core/src/configuration/source/loader.rs b/libs/datamodel/core/src/configuration/source/loader.rs
index 142ae1700711..db0a7f591b3b 100644
--- a/libs/datamodel/core/src/configuration/source/loader.rs
+++ b/libs/datamodel/core/src/configuration/source/loader.rs
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ impl SourceLoader {
 
         let url_args = args.arg("url")?;
         let (env_var_for_url, url) = match url_args.as_str_from_env() {
+            _ if ignore_env_var_errors => (None, format!("{}://", provider)), // glorious hack. ask marcus
             Ok((env_var, url)) => (env_var, url.trim().to_owned()),
-            Err(_) if ignore_env_var_errors => (None, format!("{}://", provider)), // glorious hack. ask marcus
             Err(err) => return Err(err),
         };
 
diff --git a/libs/datamodel/core/tests/functions/functionals_environment.rs b/libs/datamodel/core/tests/functions/functionals_environment.rs
index 95a52ef25fb3..e0791b23a1ff 100644
--- a/libs/datamodel/core/tests/functions/functionals_environment.rs
+++ b/libs/datamodel/core/tests/functions/functionals_environment.rs
@@ -19,13 +19,18 @@ fn skipping_of_env_vars() {
     // must fail without env var
     parse_error(dml);
 
-    // must not fail with flag
-    // ...
+    // must not fail when ignore flag is set
     if let Err(err) = datamodel::parse_datamodel_and_ignore_env_errors(dml) {
         panic!("Skipping env var errors did not work. Error was {:?}", err)
     }
 
-    // must not fail with env var set
+    // must not fail with invalid env var set and ignore flag is set
+    std::env::set_var("POSTGRES_URL", "mysql://"); // wrong protocol
+    if let Err(err) = datamodel::parse_datamodel_and_ignore_env_errors(dml) {
+        panic!("Skipping env var errors did not work. Error was {:?}", err)
+    }
+
+    // must not fail with correct env var set
     std::env::set_var("POSTGRES_URL", "postgresql://localhost:5432");
     parse(dml);
 }