diff --git a/base/apps/indie_external/lib/SitesManager.php b/base/apps/indie_external/lib/SitesManager.php
index 00e8aaf7babac5c953085a8741599a3be7666d30..773eec58e149a254ed7d1ae5162393beaeb02d19 100644
--- a/base/apps/indie_external/lib/SitesManager.php
+++ b/base/apps/indie_external/lib/SitesManager.php
@@ -115,8 +115,12 @@ class SitesManager {
 
 			if ($site['name'] === 'Visio') {
 				$visio_url = getenv('VISIO_URL', true) ?: getenv('VISIO_URL');
-				if ($visio_url) {
-					$site['url'] = $visio_url;
+				if ($visio_url !== '') { // if VISIO_URL is empty, we use the default provided in the json 
+					if ($visio_url == 'false') { // if VISIO_URL is 'false', continue the loop and skip this item
+						continue;
+					} else {
+						$site['url'] = $visio_url;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/ci/functions b/ci/functions
index 3b184eb1a9ebfc367cdd2d69fbce2e61dd665075..2486bef3597473293808ba8c19c98fd11e651740 100644
--- a/ci/functions
+++ b/ci/functions
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function build_web() {
 
 function test_build() {
   print_versions
-  export DESTINATION: "--no-push"
+  export DESTINATION="--no-push"
   build_base
 }