diff --git a/keep/parser/parser.py b/keep/parser/parser.py
index 3d5921a98..72c30c7ad 100644
--- a/keep/parser/parser.py
+++ b/keep/parser/parser.py
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def _parse_providers_from_env(self, context_manager: ContextManager):
         providers_json = os.environ.get("KEEP_PROVIDERS")
 
         # check if env var is absolute or relative path to a providers json file
-        if re.compile(r"^(\/|\.\/|\.\.\/).*\.json$").match(
+        if providers_json and re.compile(r"^(\/|\.\/|\.\.\/).*\.json$").match(
             providers_json
         ):
             with open(