diff --git a/src/Config.php b/src/Config.php
index 8fa32ea..130d4e6 100644
--- a/src/Config.php
+++ b/src/Config.php
@@ -508,6 +508,14 @@ public function hasRelationship(string $relationship) : bool
     protected function getValue(string $name) : ?string
     {
         $checkName = $this->envPrefix . strtoupper($name);
+        /*
+         * If enable_smtp is to `false` for the project, then the envPrefix.SMTP_HOST environmental variable is not
+         * included in the environment. Therefore, if the environmental variable isn't set, return an empty string, not
+         * a null
+         */
+        if('SMTP_HOST' === $name) {
+            return $this->environmentVariables[$checkName] ?? "";
+        }
         return $this->environmentVariables[$checkName] ?? null;
     }