diff --git a/backend/src/service.rs b/backend/src/service.rs
index ddae8a8..f9cd62f 100644
--- a/backend/src/service.rs
+++ b/backend/src/service.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{
     data::FilePath,
-    statics::{GITHUB_AUTH_QUERY, OPT},
+    statics::{load_env_var, GITHUB_AUTH_QUERY, OPT},
 };
 use actix_web::{
     http::{header::LOCATION, StatusCode},
@@ -109,14 +109,13 @@ pub(crate) struct Github;
 
 impl Github {
     pub(crate) fn auth_query() -> Option<String> {
-        use std::env::var;
         OPT.github_id
             .clone()
-            .or_else(|| var("GITHUB_CLIENT_ID").ok())
+            .or_else(|| load_env_var("GITHUB_CLIENT_ID"))
             .and_then(|id| {
                 OPT.github_secret
                     .clone()
-                    .or_else(|| var("GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET").ok())
+                    .or_else(|| load_env_var("GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET"))
                     .map(|secret| format!("?client_id={}&client_secret={}", id, secret))
             })
     }
diff --git a/backend/src/statics.rs b/backend/src/statics.rs
index a45d509..93da011 100644
--- a/backend/src/statics.rs
+++ b/backend/src/statics.rs
@@ -11,21 +11,27 @@ lazy_static! {
     pub(crate) static ref CF_ZONE_IDENT: String = OPT
         .cf_zone
         .clone()
-        .or_else(|| env::var("CF_ZONE_IDENT").ok())
+        .or_else(|| load_env_var("CF_ZONE_IDENT"))
         .expect("Cloudflare zone identifier not set");
     pub(crate) static ref CF_AUTH_KEY: String = OPT
         .cf_auth_key
         .clone()
-        .or_else(|| env::var("CF_AUTH_KEY").ok())
+        .or_else(|| load_env_var("CF_AUTH_KEY"))
         .expect("Cloudflare auth key not set");
     pub(crate) static ref CF_AUTH_USER: String = OPT
         .cf_auth_user
         .clone()
-        .or_else(|| env::var("CF_AUTH_USER").ok())
+        .or_else(|| load_env_var("CF_AUTH_USER"))
         .expect("Cloudflare auth user not set");
     pub(crate) static ref HOSTNAME: String = OPT
         .hostname
         .clone()
-        .or_else(|| env::var("GITACHE_HOSTNAME").ok())
+        .or_else(|| load_env_var("GITACHE_HOSTNAME"))
         .unwrap_or_else(|| "gitcdn.tk".to_string());
 }
+
+pub(crate) fn load_env_var(key: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    env::var(key)
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|val| if val.is_empty() { None } else { Some(val) })
+}