diff --git a/lib/pkgr/env.rb b/lib/pkgr/env.rb
index 2861a58..a86a743 100644
--- a/lib/pkgr/env.rb
+++ b/lib/pkgr/env.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def create_env_hash_from_string
 
       variables.inject({}) do |h, var|
         name, value = var.split('=', 2)
+        next if name.nil?
         h[name.strip] = EnvValue.new(value || "").strip.unquote
         h
       end