diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/global-environments.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/global-environments.js
index 77f469125..def88f2b6 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/global-environments.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/global-environments.js
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export const globalEnvironmentsUpdateEvent = ({ globalEnvironmentVariables }) =>
     // update existing values
     variables = variables?.map?.(variable => ({
       ...variable,
-      value: stringifyIfNot(globalEnvironmentVariables?.[variable?.name])
+      value: globalEnvironmentVariables?.[variable?.name]
     }));
 
     // add new env values
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ export const globalEnvironmentsUpdateEvent = ({ globalEnvironmentVariables }) =>
         variables.push({
           uid: uuid(),
           name: key,
-          value: stringifyIfNot(value),
+          value,
           type: 'text',
           secret: false,
           enabled: true
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js
index 3a691e53f..d770c60a3 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ export const getGlobalEnvironmentVariables = ({ globalEnvironments, activeGlobal
   const environment = globalEnvironments?.find(env => env?.uid === activeGlobalEnvironmentUid);
   if (environment) {
     each(environment.variables, (variable) => {
-      if (variable.name && variable.value && variable.enabled) {
+      if (variable.name && variable.enabled) {
         variables[variable.name] = variable.value;
       }
     });
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js
index c99048419..88c4c7872 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ export const transformItemsInCollection = (collection) => {
         // from 5 feb 2024, multipartFormData needs to have a type
         // this was introduced when we added support for file uploads
         // below logic is to make older collection exports backward compatible
-        let multipartFormData = _.get(item, 'request.body.multipartForm');
+        let multipartFormData = get(item, 'request.body.multipartForm');
         if (multipartFormData) {
-          _.each(multipartFormData, (form) => {
+          each(multipartFormData, (form) => {
             if (!form.type) {
               form.type = 'text';
             }