diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/constants/environment.constants.ts b/frontend/src/lib/constants/environment.constants.ts
index 9f07ece7da..2b2f22a9f9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/constants/environment.constants.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/constants/environment.constants.ts
@@ -18,18 +18,36 @@ export interface FeatureFlags<T> {
   TEST_FLAG_EDITABLE: T;
   TEST_FLAG_NOT_EDITABLE: T;
 }
+export const defaultFeatureFlagValues: FeatureFlags<boolean> = {
+  ENABLE_CKTESTBTC: false,
+  DISABLE_IMPORT_TOKEN_VALIDATION_FOR_TESTING: false,
+  ENABLE_PERIODIC_FOLLOWING_CONFIRMATION: false,
+  ENABLE_EXPORT_NEURONS_REPORT: false,
+  TEST_FLAG_EDITABLE: false,
+  TEST_FLAG_NOT_EDITABLE: false,
+};
 
 export type FeatureKey = keyof FeatureFlags<boolean>;
 
+const getFeatureFlagsFromEnv = (): FeatureFlags<boolean> => {
+  let featureFlags = {};
+  try {
+    featureFlags = JSON.parse(envVars?.featureFlags);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error("Error parsing featureFlags", e);
+  }
+  // Complement the default flags with the ones from the environment to avoid missing flags.
+  return { ...defaultFeatureFlagValues, ...featureFlags };
+};
+
 /**
  * DO NOT USE DIRECTLY
  *
  * @see feature-flags.store.ts to use feature flags
  */
-export const FEATURE_FLAG_ENVIRONMENT: FeatureFlags<boolean> = JSON.parse(
-  envVars?.featureFlags ??
-    '{"ENABLE_CKTESTBTC": false, "ENABLE_SNS_TYPES_FILTER": false, "ENABLE_EXPORT_NEURONS_REPORT": false}'
-);
+
+export const FEATURE_FLAG_ENVIRONMENT: FeatureFlags<boolean> =
+  getFeatureFlagsFromEnv();
 
 export const IS_TESTNET: boolean =
   DFX_NETWORK !== "mainnet" &&
diff --git a/frontend/src/tests/lib/api/canisters.api.spec.ts b/frontend/src/tests/lib/api/canisters.api.spec.ts
index 2931d7b253..b8fd6183ef 100644
--- a/frontend/src/tests/lib/api/canisters.api.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/tests/lib/api/canisters.api.spec.ts
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ describe("canisters-api", () => {
     });
 
     it("should not notify if transfer fails", async () => {
+      vi.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => undefined);
       mockLedgerCanister.transfer.mockRejectedValue(new Error());
 
       const call = () =>
diff --git a/frontend/src/tests/lib/constants/environment.constants.spec.ts b/frontend/src/tests/lib/constants/environment.constants.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dc789b283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/tests/lib/constants/environment.constants.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { defaultFeatureFlagValues } from "$lib/constants/environment.constants";
+import * as envVarsUtils from "$lib/utils/env-vars.utils";
+
+describe("FEATURE_FLAG_ENVIRONMENT", () => {
+  const environmentVars = envVarsUtils.getEnvVars();
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // The FEATURE_FLAG_ENVIRONMENT is a constant that is set once when the module
+    // `environment.constants` is imported. To test different states of it,
+    // we need to reset the imported modules and reimport `environment.constants` for each test.
+    vi.resetModules();
+  });
+
+  it("should equal the environment values", async () => {
+    const { FEATURE_FLAG_ENVIRONMENT } = await import(
+      "$lib/constants/environment.constants"
+    );
+    const expectedFlags = JSON.parse(environmentVars.featureFlags);
+    expect(FEATURE_FLAG_ENVIRONMENT).toEqual(expectedFlags);
+  });
+
+  it("should contain missing entries substituted with default values", async () => {
+    vi.spyOn(envVarsUtils, "getEnvVars").mockReturnValue({
+      ...environmentVars,
+      featureFlags: JSON.stringify({}),
+    });
+
+    const { FEATURE_FLAG_ENVIRONMENT } = await import(
+      "$lib/constants/environment.constants"
+    );
+    expect(FEATURE_FLAG_ENVIRONMENT).toEqual(defaultFeatureFlagValues);
+  });
+
+  it("should fallback to default on error", async () => {
+    const spyConsoleError = vi
+      .spyOn(console, "error")
+      .mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+    vi.spyOn(envVarsUtils, "getEnvVars").mockReturnValue({
+      ...environmentVars,
+      featureFlags: `{"TEST_FLAG_NOT_EDITABLE": TRUE}`,
+    });
+
+    const { FEATURE_FLAG_ENVIRONMENT } = await import(
+      "$lib/constants/environment.constants"
+    );
+    expect(FEATURE_FLAG_ENVIRONMENT).toEqual(defaultFeatureFlagValues);
+    expect(spyConsoleError).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyConsoleError).toBeCalledWith(
+      "Error parsing featureFlags",
+      new SyntaxError("Unexpected token T in JSON at position 27")
+    );
+  });
+});