diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fbaed8f07..33c9d2df5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -687,8 +687,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200122134326-e047566fdf82/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
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-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220610221304-9f5ed59c137d h1:Zu/JngovGLVi6t2J3nmAf3AoTDwuzw85YZ3b9o4yU7s=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220610221304-9f5ed59c137d/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220615213510-4f61da869c0c h1:aFV+BgZ4svzjfabn8ERpuB4JI4N6/rdy1iusx77G3oU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220615213510-4f61da869c0c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
diff --git a/helper/config.go b/helper/config.go
index 5607e15fc..4c01dc34d 100644
--- a/helper/config.go
+++ b/helper/config.go
@@ -198,8 +198,9 @@ func InitHeimdallConfigWith(homeDir string, heimdallConfigFilePath string) {
 		heimdallViper.SetConfigFile(heimdallConfigFilePath) // set config file explicitly
 	}
 
+	// Handle errors reading the config file
 	err := heimdallViper.ReadInConfig()
-	if err != nil { // Handle errors reading the config file
+	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
@@ -228,6 +229,24 @@ func InitHeimdallConfigWith(homeDir string, heimdallConfigFilePath string) {
 		conf.BorRPCTimeout = DefaultBorRPCTimeout
 	}
 
+	if conf.SHStateSyncedInterval == 0 {
+		// fallback to default
+		Logger.Debug("Invalid self-healing StateSynced interval provided, falling back to default value", "interval", DefaultSHStateSyncedInterval)
+		conf.SHStateSyncedInterval = DefaultSHStateSyncedInterval
+	}
+
+	if conf.SHStakeUpdateInterval == 0 {
+		// fallback to default
+		Logger.Debug("Invalid self-healing StakeUpdate interval provided, falling back to default value", "interval", DefaultSHStakeUpdateInterval)
+		conf.SHStakeUpdateInterval = DefaultSHStakeUpdateInterval
+	}
+
+	if conf.SHMaxDepthDuration == 0 {
+		// fallback to default
+		Logger.Debug("Invalid self-healing max depth duration provided, falling back to default value", "duration", DefaultSHMaxDepthDuration)
+		conf.SHMaxDepthDuration = DefaultSHMaxDepthDuration
+	}
+
 	if mainRPCClient, err = rpc.Dial(conf.EthRPCUrl); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln("Unable to dial via ethClient", "URL=", conf.EthRPCUrl, "chain=eth", "Error", err)
 	}
diff --git a/helper/toml.go b/helper/toml.go
index 2a27b490a..b0d37258d 100644
--- a/helper/toml.go
+++ b/helper/toml.go
@@ -63,12 +63,11 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
-// ParseConfig retrieves the default environment configuration for the
-// application.
+// ParseConfig retrieves the default environment configuration for the application.
 func ParseConfig() (*Configuration, error) {
-	conf := GetDefaultHeimdallConfig()
-	err := viper.Unmarshal(conf)
-	return &conf, err
+	defaultConf := GetDefaultHeimdallConfig()
+	err := viper.Unmarshal(defaultConf)
+	return &defaultConf, err
 }
 
 // WriteConfigFile renders config using the template and writes it to