diff --git a/src/main/java/aquality/selenium/core/utilities/JsonSettingsFile.java b/src/main/java/aquality/selenium/core/utilities/JsonSettingsFile.java
index 5376a77..1aea1ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/aquality/selenium/core/utilities/JsonSettingsFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/aquality/selenium/core/utilities/JsonSettingsFile.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
 public class JsonSettingsFile implements ISettingsFile {
 
@@ -27,13 +28,13 @@ public JsonSettingsFile(String resourceName) {
 
     @Override
     public Object getValue(String jsonPath) {
-        return getEnvValueOrDefault(jsonPath);
+        return getEnvValueOrDefault(jsonPath, true);
     }
 
-    private Object getEnvValueOrDefault(String jsonPath) {
+    private Object getEnvValueOrDefault(String jsonPath, boolean throwIfEmpty) {
         String envVar = getEnvValue(jsonPath);
         if (envVar == null) {
-            JsonNode node = getJsonNode(jsonPath);
+            JsonNode node = getJsonNode(jsonPath, throwIfEmpty);
             if (node.isBoolean()) {
                 return node.asBoolean();
             } else if (node.isLong()) {
@@ -73,19 +74,29 @@ public List<String> getList(String jsonPath) {
 
     @Override
     public Map<String, Object> getMap(String jsonPath) {
-        Iterator<Map.Entry<String, JsonNode>> iterator = getJsonNode(jsonPath).fields();
+        Iterator<Entry<String, JsonNode>> iterator = getJsonNode(jsonPath).fields();
         final Map<String, Object> result = new HashMap<>();
         iterator.forEachRemaining(entry -> result.put(entry.getKey(), getValue(jsonPath + "/" + entry.getKey())));
         return result;
     }
 
     private JsonNode getJsonNode(String jsonPath) {
+        return getJsonNode(jsonPath, true);
+    }
+
+    private JsonNode getJsonNode(String jsonPath, boolean throwIfEmpty) {
+        JsonNode nodeAtPath;
+        String errorMessage = String.format("Json field by json-path %1$s was not found in the file %2$s", jsonPath, content);
         try {
             JsonNode node = mapper.readTree(content);
-            return node.at(jsonPath);
+            nodeAtPath = node.at(jsonPath);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new UncheckedIOException(String.format("Json field by json-path %1$s was not found in the file %2$s", jsonPath, content), e);
+            throw new UncheckedIOException(errorMessage, e);
+        }
+        if (throwIfEmpty && nodeAtPath.isMissingNode()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage);
         }
+        return nodeAtPath;
     }
 
     private String getFileContent(String filename) {
@@ -98,7 +109,7 @@ private String getFileContent(String filename) {
 
     @Override
     public boolean isValuePresent(String path) {
-        String value = getValue(path).toString().trim();
+        String value = getEnvValueOrDefault(path, false).toString().trim();
         return !value.isEmpty();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/tests/utilities/SettingsFileTests.java b/src/test/java/tests/utilities/SettingsFileTests.java
index 15397b6..c38d830 100644
--- a/src/test/java/tests/utilities/SettingsFileTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/tests/utilities/SettingsFileTests.java
@@ -2,22 +2,23 @@
 
 import aquality.selenium.core.applications.AqualityModule;
 import aquality.selenium.core.utilities.ISettingsFile;
+import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 import tests.application.CustomAqualityServices;
 import tests.application.TestModule;
 import tests.configurations.BaseProfileTest;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import static org.testng.Assert.*;
 
 public class SettingsFileTests extends BaseProfileTest {
     private static final String TIMEOUT_POLLING_INTERVAL_PATH = "/timeouts/timeoutPollingInterval";
+    private static final String NULLVALUE_PATH = "/nullValue";
     private static final String TIMEOUT_POLLING_INTERVAL_KEY = "timeouts.timeoutPollingInterval";
     private static final String LANGUAGE_ENV_KEY = "logger.language";
     private static final String ARGUMENTS_ENV_KEY = "arguments.start";
@@ -103,6 +104,28 @@ public void testShouldBePossibleToCheckIsValuePresent() {
         assertFalse(isWrongPathPresent, String.format("%s value should not be present in settings file '%s'", wrongPath, FILE_NAME));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testShouldBePossibleToCheckThatNullValueIsPresent() {
+        boolean isNullValuePresent = jsonSettingsFile.isValuePresent(NULLVALUE_PATH);
+        assertTrue(isNullValuePresent, String.format("%s value should be present in settings file '%s'", NULLVALUE_PATH, FILE_NAME));
+    }
+
+    @DataProvider
+    public Object[] actionsToGetValue() {
+        List<Consumer<String>> actionsList = new ArrayList<>();
+        actionsList.add(path -> jsonSettingsFile.getValue(path));
+        actionsList.add(path -> jsonSettingsFile.getMap(path));
+        actionsList.add(path -> jsonSettingsFile.getList(path));
+        return actionsList.toArray();
+    }
+
+    @Test(dataProvider = "actionsToGetValue")
+    public void testShouldThrowExceptionWhenValueNotFound(Consumer<String> action) {
+        String wrongPath = "/blabla";
+        Assert.assertFalse(jsonSettingsFile.isValuePresent(wrongPath), String.format("%s value should not be present in settings file '%s'", wrongPath, FILE_NAME));
+        Assert.assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> action.accept(wrongPath));
+    }
+
     @AfterMethod
     public void after() {
         System.clearProperty(LANGUAGE_ENV_KEY);
diff --git a/src/test/resources/settings.jsontest.json b/src/test/resources/settings.jsontest.json
index 6e9a9cd..aaa69db 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/settings.jsontest.json
+++ b/src/test/resources/settings.jsontest.json
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
   },
   "arguments": {
     "start": ["first","second"]
-  }
+  },
+  "nullValue": null
 }