diff --git a/.env b/.env
index edc80e8..aca7254 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 DB_URL=postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres
 QUEUE_NAME=pagamento-queue
-RABBITMQ_URL=amqp://rabbitmq:rabbitmq@127.0.0.1:5672/%2f
+RABBITMQ_ADDR=amqp://rabbitmq:rabbitmq@127.0.0.1:5672/%2f
 ENV=dev
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/adapters/rabbitmq_pagament_update_subscriber.rs b/src/adapters/rabbitmq_pagament_update_subscriber.rs
index 0ee837e..6dfb9e1 100644
--- a/src/adapters/rabbitmq_pagament_update_subscriber.rs
+++ b/src/adapters/rabbitmq_pagament_update_subscriber.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl RabbitMQPagamentoUpdateSubscriber {
         self,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let res: Result<()> = async_global_executor::block_on(async {
-            let conn = Connection::connect(self.config.rabbitmq_addr.as_str(), ConnectionProperties::default()).await?;
+            let conn = Connection::connect(self.config.rabbitmq_addr.unwrap().as_str(), ConnectionProperties::default()).await?;
             let channel = conn.create_channel().await?;
             let mut consumer = channel
                 .basic_consume(
diff --git a/src/api/config.rs b/src/api/config.rs
index 42cdfbd..655eea4 100644
--- a/src/api/config.rs
+++ b/src/api/config.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub env: Env,
     pub db_url: String,
     pub api_key: String,
-    pub rabbitmq_addr: String,
+    pub rabbitmq_addr: Option<String>,
     pub queue_name: String,
 }
 
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ impl Config {
         let db_url = env::var("DB_URL")
             .unwrap_or("postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres".to_string());
         let api_key = env::var("API_KEY").unwrap_or("api_key".to_string());
-        let rabbitmq_addr = env::var("RABBITMQ_ADDR").unwrap_or("amqp://rabbitmq:rabbitmq@localhost:5672/%2f".to_string());
+        let rabbitmq_addr = match env::var("RABBITMQ_ADDR"){
+            Ok(addr) => Some(addr),
+            Err(_) => None
+        };
+
         let queue_name = env::var("QUEUE_NAME").unwrap_or("queue_name".to_string());
 
         Config {
diff --git a/src/api/server.rs b/src/api/server.rs
index 69d4396..f5556ca 100644
--- a/src/api/server.rs
+++ b/src/api/server.rs
@@ -86,13 +86,20 @@ pub async fn main() -> Rocket<Build> {
     let user_group_validator: Arc<dyn UserGroupValidatorAdapter + Sync + Send> =
         Arc::new(user_group_validator);
 
-    let pagamento_update_subscriber = RabbitMQPagamentoUpdateSubscriber::new(
-        config.clone(),
-        produto_gateway.clone(),
-        pedido_gateway.clone(),
-    );
-
-    pagamento_update_subscriber.subscribe();
+    match config.rabbitmq_addr {
+        Some(_) => {
+            let pagamento_update_subscriber = RabbitMQPagamentoUpdateSubscriber::new(
+                config.clone(),
+                produto_gateway.clone(),
+                pedido_gateway.clone(),
+            );
+
+            pagamento_update_subscriber.subscribe()
+        }
+        None => {
+            println!("Not subscribed to RabbitMQ");
+        }
+    }
 
     rocket::build()
         .mount("/", routes![redirect_to_docs])
diff --git a/src/bin/api.rs b/src/bin/api.rs
index a42af42..0ddb9b0 100644
--- a/src/bin/api.rs
+++ b/src/bin/api.rs
@@ -15,3 +15,35 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), rocket::Error> {
     }
   }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+  use super::*;
+  use std::{env, thread};
+
+  #[tokio::test]
+  async fn test_api() {
+    test_api_works().await;
+    test_api_breaks().await;
+  }
+
+  async fn test_api_works() {
+    env::set_var("ENV", "test");
+    env::remove_var("RABBITMQ_ADDR");
+
+    let service = thread::spawn(|| {
+      let _rocket = main();
+    });
+
+    assert!(service.join().is_ok());
+  }
+
+  async fn test_api_breaks() {
+    env::set_var("ENV", "prod");
+
+    thread::spawn(|| {
+      let rocket = main();
+      assert!(rocket.is_err());
+    });
+  }
+}