diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9216ae1..a9d7dd0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /var/
 /vendor/
 /.php-cs-fixer.cache
+/.idea
diff --git a/src/Config.php b/src/Config.php
index 9fa58a6..74e47b5 100644
--- a/src/Config.php
+++ b/src/Config.php
@@ -214,8 +214,13 @@ public function useDDEVConfiguration(string $dbHost = null): self
                     'user' => 'db',
                 ]
             )
-            ->useImageMagick()
-            ->useMailhog(getenv('MH_SMTP_BIND_ADDR'));
+            ->useImageMagick();
+
+        $mailhogSmtpBindAddr = getenv('MH_SMTP_BIND_ADDR');
+        if (is_string($mailhogSmtpBindAddr) && $mailhogSmtpBindAddr !== '') {
+            $this->useMailhog($mailhogSmtpBindAddr);
+        }
+
         return $this;
     }