diff --git a/notifiers/utils/helpers.py b/notifiers/utils/helpers.py
index 88d56c30..00983e19 100644
--- a/notifiers/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/notifiers/utils/helpers.py
@@ -44,10 +44,12 @@ def dict_from_environs(prefix: str, name: str, args: list) -> dict:
     """
     # todo consider changing via the environs lib
     log.debug("starting to collect environs using prefix: '%s'", prefix)
+    prefix = f'{prefix.rstrip("_")}_'.upper()
+    name = f'{name.rstrip("_")}_'.upper()
     return {
-        arg: os.environ.get(f"{prefix}{name}_{arg}".upper())
+        arg: os.environ.get(f"{prefix}{name}{arg}".upper())
         for arg in args
-        if os.environ.get(f"{prefix}{name}_{arg}".upper())
+        if os.environ.get(f"{prefix}{name}{arg}".upper())
     }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 83e7c2d4..74d71278 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from notifiers.providers import _all_providers
 from notifiers.utils.helpers import text_to_bool
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = logging.getLogger("notifiers")
 
 
 class MockProxy:
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 6b317231..a4b4ee77 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 
+from notifiers.models.schema import ResourceSchema
 from notifiers.utils.helpers import dict_from_environs
 from notifiers.utils.helpers import merge_dicts
 from notifiers.utils.helpers import snake_to_camel_case
@@ -7,6 +8,14 @@
 from notifiers.utils.requests import file_list_for_request
 
 
+class TypeTest(ResourceSchema):
+    string = ""
+    integer = 0
+    float_ = 0.1
+    bool_ = True
+    bytes = b""
+
+
 class TestHelpers:
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "text, result",
@@ -71,3 +80,21 @@ def test_file_list_for_request(self, tmp_path):
         file_list_2 = file_list_for_request([file_1, file_2], "foo", "foo_mimetype")
         assert len(file_list_2) == 2
         assert all(len(member[1]) == 3 for member in file_list_2)
+
+    def test_schema_from_environs(self, monkeypatch):
+        prefix = "NOTIFIERS"
+        name = "ENV_TEST"
+        env_data = {
+            "string": "foo",
+            "integer": "8",
+            "float_": "1.1",
+            "bool_": "true",
+            "bytes": "baz",
+        }
+        for key, value in env_data.items():
+            monkeypatch.setenv(f"{prefix}_{name}_{key}".upper(), value)
+
+        data = dict_from_environs(prefix, name, list(env_data))
+        assert TypeTest.parse_obj(data) == TypeTest(
+            string="foo", integer=8, float_=1.1, bool_=True, bytes=b"baz"
+        )