diff --git a/sherpa/env_var.go b/sherpa/env_var.go
index d41615c..8689529 100644
--- a/sherpa/env_var.go
+++ b/sherpa/env_var.go
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ func ResolveBoolErr(name string) (bool, error) {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	t := strings.TrimSpace(s)
-	p, err := strconv.ParseBool(t)
+	p, err := strconv.ParseBool(strings.TrimSpace(s))
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf(
 			"invalid value '%s' for key '%s': expected one of [1, t, T, TRUE, true, True, 0, f, F, FALSE, false, False]",
@@ -81,3 +80,18 @@ func ResolveBoolErr(name string) (bool, error) {
 
 	return p, nil
 }
+
+// ResolveBoolWithDefault resolves a boolean value for a configuration option or returns the default value
+func ResolveBoolWithDefault(name string, defaultVal bool) bool {
+	s, ok := os.LookupEnv(name)
+	if !ok {
+		return defaultVal
+	}
+
+	p, err := strconv.ParseBool(strings.TrimSpace(s))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return p
+}