diff --git a/app/cloudfoundry_config.py b/app/cloudfoundry_config.py
index 3b5029495..9d918928b 100644
--- a/app/cloudfoundry_config.py
+++ b/app/cloudfoundry_config.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def extract_notify_config(notify_config):
     os.environ['ADMIN_CLIENT_SECRET'] = notify_config['credentials']['admin_client_secret']
     os.environ['SECRET_KEY'] = notify_config['credentials']['secret_key']
     os.environ['DANGEROUS_SALT'] = notify_config['credentials']['dangerous_salt']
-    os.environ['PERFORMANCE_PLATFORM_TOKEN'] = notify_config['credentials'].get('performance_platform_token')
+    os.environ['PERFORMANCE_PLATFORM_TOKEN'] = notify_config['credentials'].get('performance_platform_token', '')
 
 
 def extract_notify_aws_config(aws_config):
diff --git a/tests/app/test_cloudfoundry_config.py b/tests/app/test_cloudfoundry_config.py
index f1a8bf34e..acd57796e 100644
--- a/tests/app/test_cloudfoundry_config.py
+++ b/tests/app/test_cloudfoundry_config.py
@@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ def test_notify_config():
     assert os.environ['PERFORMANCE_PLATFORM_TOKEN'] == 'performance platform token'
 
 
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures('os_environ', 'cloudfoundry_environ')
+def test_notify_config_if_perf_platform_not_set(cloudfoundry_config):
+    del cloudfoundry_config['user-provided'][0]['credentials']['performance_platform_token']
+
+    set_config_env_vars(cloudfoundry_config)
+
+    assert os.environ['PERFORMANCE_PLATFORM_TOKEN'] == ''
+
+
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('os_environ', 'cloudfoundry_environ')
 def test_aws_config():
     extract_cloudfoundry_config()