diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/container-apps/variables.tf b/infrastructure/modules/container-apps/variables.tf
index 0b22a34a5..0255140d9 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/container-apps/variables.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/container-apps/variables.tf
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ variable "environment" {
   type        = string
 }
 
+variable "env_vars_from_yaml" {
+  type = map(any)
+}
+
 variable "fetch_secrets_from_app_key_vault" {
   description = <<EOT
     Set to false initially to create and populate the app key vault.
@@ -215,12 +219,9 @@ locals {
   database_name = "manage_breast_screening"
   # Here we expect the environment to be in format pr-XXX. For example PR 1234 would have environment pr-1234 and port 2234
   database_port = var.deploy_database_as_container ? try(tonumber(regex("\\d+", var.environment)), 24) + 1000 : 5432
-  env_vars_from_yaml = yamldecode(
-    file("${path.module}/../../environments/${var.env_config}/variables.yml")
-  )
-  external_url = "https://${module.frontdoor_endpoint.custom_domains["${var.environment}-domain"].host_name}/"
+  external_url  = "https://${module.frontdoor_endpoint.custom_domains["${var.environment}-domain"].host_name}/"
   common_env = merge(
-    local.env_vars_from_yaml,
+    var.env_vars_from_yaml,
     {
       SSL_MODE                                   = "require"
       DJANGO_ENV                                 = var.env_config
diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/infra/main.tf b/infrastructure/modules/infra/main.tf
index d1da191a4..673565ebb 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/infra/main.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/infra/main.tf
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ module "app_insights_audit" {
   log_analytics_workspace_id = module.log_analytics_workspace_audit.id
 
   action_group_id = module.monitor_action_group.monitor_action_group.id
-  enable_alerting = var.enable_alerting
+  enable_alerting = var.enable_alerting && try(var.env_vars_from_yaml["SERVICE_ENABLED"], true)
 }
 
 module "private_link_scoped_service_law" {
diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/infra/variables.tf b/infrastructure/modules/infra/variables.tf
index ae8b77383..0a391ae0c 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/infra/variables.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/infra/variables.tf
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ variable "environment" {
   type        = string
 }
 
+variable "env_vars_from_yaml" {
+  type = map(any)
+}
 variable "resource_group_name" {
   description = "Infra resource group name"
   type        = string
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/main.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/main.tf
index 71778eb68..89f9d7ca5 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/main.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/main.tf
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module "infra" {
   infra_key_vault_rg                        = local.infra_key_vault_rg
   app_short_name                            = var.app_short_name
   environment                               = var.env_config
+  env_vars_from_yaml                        = local.env_vars_from_yaml
   hub                                       = var.hub
   protect_keyvault                          = var.protect_keyvault
   vnet_address_space                        = var.vnet_address_space
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ module "container-apps" {
   enable_entra_id_authentication        = var.enable_entra_id_authentication
   environment                           = var.environment
   env_config                            = var.env_config
+  env_vars_from_yaml                    = local.env_vars_from_yaml
   fetch_secrets_from_app_key_vault      = var.fetch_secrets_from_app_key_vault
   deploy_infra                          = var.deploy_infra
   front_door_profile                    = var.front_door_profile
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/variables.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/variables.tf
index f83d5a796..dfd488fd6 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/variables.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/variables.tf
@@ -210,4 +210,8 @@ locals {
   resource_group_name  = "rg-${var.app_short_name}-${var.env_config}-uks"
   infra_key_vault_name = "kv-${var.app_short_name}-${var.env_config}-inf"
   infra_key_vault_rg   = "rg-${var.app_short_name}-${var.env_config}-infra"
+
+  env_vars_from_yaml = yamldecode(
+    file("${path.module}/../environments/${var.env_config}/variables.yml")
+  )
 }