diff --git a/InvenTree/plugin/helpers.py b/InvenTree/plugin/helpers.py
index 1a5089aefe..2db1b79bdd 100644
--- a/InvenTree/plugin/helpers.py
+++ b/InvenTree/plugin/helpers.py
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ def handle_error(error, do_raise: bool = True, do_log: bool = True, log_name: st
         log_error({package_name: str(error)}, **log_kwargs)
 
     if do_raise:
+        # do a straight raise if we are playing with enviroment variables at execution time, ignore the broken sample
+        if settings.TESTING_ENV and package_name != 'integration.broken_sample':
+            raise error
         raise IntegrationPluginError(package_name, str(error))
 # endregion