diff --git a/panaetius/config.py b/panaetius/config.py
index 5edc3c7..b5ec026 100644
--- a/panaetius/config.py
+++ b/panaetius/config.py
@@ -55,8 +55,25 @@ class Config:
             section, name = key.lower().split(".")
             return self.config[self.header_variable][section][name]
 
-    def _get_config_value_missing_key_value_is_none(self, default: Any):
-        pass
+    def _get_config_value_missing_key_value_is_none(self, default: Any) -> Any:
+        if isinstance(default, str):
+            # if default is a string, wrap TOML value in quotes
+            return toml.loads(f'value = "{default}"')["value"]
+        # if default is not a string, leave TOML value as is
+        # if default is a bool, convert to lower case for TOML syntax
+        default = str(default).lower() if isinstance(default, bool) else default
+        return (
+            toml.loads(f"value = {default}")["value"] if default is not None else None
+        )
+
+    def _get_config_value_missing_key_value_is_not_none(
+        self, value: str, coerce: bool
+    ) -> Any:
+        return (
+            toml.loads(f"value = {value}")["value"]
+            if coerce
+            else toml.loads(f'value = "{value}"')["value"]
+        )
 
     def _get_config_value(
         self, env_key: str, key: str, default: Any, mask: bool, coerce: bool = False
@@ -64,31 +81,16 @@ class Config:
         try:
             # look under top header
             if len(key.split(".")) == 1:
-                value = self._get_config_value_key_split_once(key, mask)
-            elif len(key.split(".")) == 2:
-                value = self._get_config_value_key_split_twice(key, mask)
-            return value
+                return self._get_config_value_key_split_once(key, mask)
+            if len(key.split(".")) == 2:
+                return self._get_config_value_key_split_twice(key, mask)
 
         except (KeyError, TypeError):
             value = os.environ.get(env_key.replace("-", "_"))
             if value is None:
-                if isinstance(default, str):
-                    # if default is a string, wrap TOML value in quotes
-                    return toml.loads(f'value = "{default}"')["value"]
-                # if default is not a string, leave TOML value as is
-                # if default is a bool, convert to lower case for TOML syntax
-                default = str(default).lower() if isinstance(default, bool) else default
-                return (
-                    toml.loads(f"value = {default}")["value"]
-                    if default is not None
-                    else None
-                )
+                return self._get_config_value_missing_key_value_is_none(default)
             # if env var, coerce value if flag is set, else return a TOML string
-            return (
-                toml.loads(f"value = {value}")["value"]
-                if coerce
-                else toml.loads(f'value = "{value}"')["value"]
-            )
+            return self._get_config_value_missing_key_value_is_not_none(value, coerce)
 
     def _get_env_value(  # noqa
         self, env_key: str, default: Any, coerce: bool = False