diff --git a/src/common/Settings.py b/src/common/Settings.py
index 1efe80db72cc47ba26a32241cc0bf9c15e866176..6b35e42b774ff4433427952cb3c01de3dc67eca2 100644
--- a/src/common/Settings.py
+++ b/src/common/Settings.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import logging, os, time
-from typing import List
+from typing import Dict, List
 from common.Constants import (
     DEFAULT_GRPC_BIND_ADDRESS, DEFAULT_GRPC_GRACE_PERIOD, DEFAULT_GRPC_MAX_WORKERS, DEFAULT_HTTP_BIND_ADDRESS,
     DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL, DEFAULT_METRICS_PORT, DEFAULT_SERVICE_GRPC_PORTS, DEFAULT_SERVICE_HTTP_BASEURLS,
@@ -37,23 +37,24 @@ ENVVAR_SUFIX_SERVICE_HOST         = 'SERVICE_HOST'
 ENVVAR_SUFIX_SERVICE_PORT_GRPC    = 'SERVICE_PORT_GRPC'
 ENVVAR_SUFIX_SERVICE_PORT_HTTP    = 'SERVICE_PORT_HTTP'
 
-def find_missing_environment_variables(
-    required_environment_variables : List[str] = []
-) -> List[str]:
-    if ENVVAR_KUBERNETES_PORT in os.environ:
-        missing_variables = set(required_environment_variables).difference(set(os.environ.keys()))
-    else:
-        # We're not running in Kubernetes, nothing to wait for
-        missing_variables = required_environment_variables
-    return missing_variables
+def find_environment_variables(
+    environment_variable_names : List[str] = []
+) -> Dict[str, str]:
+    environment_variable : Dict[str, str] = dict()
+    for name in environment_variable_names:
+        if name not in os.environ: continue
+        environment_variable[name] = os.environ[name]
+    return environment_variable
 
 def wait_for_environment_variables(
     required_environment_variables : List[str] = [], wait_delay_seconds : float = DEFAULT_RESTART_DELAY
 ):
-    missing_variables = find_missing_environment_variables(required_environment_variables)
-    if len(missing_variables) == 0: return # We have all environment variables defined
-    msg = 'Variables({:s}) are missing in Environment({:s}), restarting in {:f} seconds...'
-    LOGGER.error(msg.format(str(missing_variables), str(os.environ), wait_delay_seconds))
+    if ENVVAR_KUBERNETES_PORT not in os.environ: return # Not running in Kubernetes
+    found = find_environment_variables(required_environment_variables)
+    missing = set(required_environment_variables).difference(set(found.keys()))
+    if len(missing) == 0: return # We have all environment variables defined
+    MSG = 'Variables({:s}) are missing in Environment({:s}), restarting in {:f} seconds...'
+    LOGGER.error(MSG.format(str(missing), str(os.environ), wait_delay_seconds))
     time.sleep(wait_delay_seconds)
     raise Exception('Restarting...') # pylint: disable=broad-exception-raised