diff --git a/ads/aqua/config/container_config.py b/ads/aqua/config/container_config.py
index 9bca22948..56ab37d10 100644
--- a/ads/aqua/config/container_config.py
+++ b/ads/aqua/config/container_config.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from oci.data_science.models import ContainerSummary
 from pydantic import Field
 
+from ads.aqua import logger
 from ads.aqua.config.utils.serializer import Serializable
 from ads.aqua.constants import (
     SERVICE_MANAGED_CONTAINER_URI_SCHEME,
@@ -168,50 +169,47 @@ def from_service_config(
             container_type = container.family_name
             usages = [x.upper() for x in container.usages]
             if "INFERENCE" in usages or "MULTI_MODEL" in usages:
+                # Extract additional configurations
+                additional_configurations = {}
+                try:
+                    additional_configurations = (
+                        container.workload_configuration_details_list[
+                            0
+                        ].additional_configurations
+                    )
+                except (AttributeError, IndexError) as ex:
+                    logger.debug(
+                        "Failed to extract `additional_configurations` for container '%s': %s",
+                        getattr(container, "container_name", "<unknown>"),
+                        ex,
+                    )
+
                 container_item.platforms.append(
-                    container.workload_configuration_details_list[
-                        0
-                    ].additional_configurations.get("platforms")
+                    additional_configurations.get("platforms")
                 )
                 container_item.model_formats.append(
-                    container.workload_configuration_details_list[
-                        0
-                    ].additional_configurations.get("modelFormats")
+                    additional_configurations.get("modelFormats")
                 )
+
+                # Parse environment variables from `additional_configurations`.
+                # Only keys present in the configuration will be added to the result.
+                config_keys = {
+                    "MODEL_DEPLOY_PREDICT_ENDPOINT": UNKNOWN,
+                    "MODEL_DEPLOY_HEALTH_ENDPOINT": UNKNOWN,
+                    "MODEL_DEPLOY_ENABLE_STREAMING": UNKNOWN,
+                    "PORT": UNKNOWN,
+                    "HEALTH_CHECK_PORT": UNKNOWN,
+                    "VLLM_USE_V1": UNKNOWN,
+                }
+
                 env_vars = [
-                    {
-                        "MODEL_DEPLOY_PREDICT_ENDPOINT": container.workload_configuration_details_list[
-                            0
-                        ].additional_configurations.get(
-                            "MODEL_DEPLOY_PREDICT_ENDPOINT", UNKNOWN
-                        )
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "MODEL_DEPLOY_HEALTH_ENDPOINT": container.workload_configuration_details_list[
-                            0
-                        ].additional_configurations.get(
-                            "MODEL_DEPLOY_HEALTH_ENDPOINT", UNKNOWN
-                        )
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "MODEL_DEPLOY_ENABLE_STREAMING": container.workload_configuration_details_list[
-                            0
-                        ].additional_configurations.get(
-                            "MODEL_DEPLOY_ENABLE_STREAMING", UNKNOWN
-                        )
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "PORT": container.workload_configuration_details_list[
-                            0
-                        ].additional_configurations.get("PORT", "")
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "HEALTH_CHECK_PORT": container.workload_configuration_details_list[
-                            0
-                        ].additional_configurations.get("HEALTH_CHECK_PORT", UNKNOWN),
-                    },
+                    {key: additional_configurations.get(key, default)}
+                    for key, default in config_keys.items()
+                    if key in additional_configurations
                 ]
-                container_spec = AquaContainerConfigSpec(
+
+                # Build container spec
+                container_item.spec = AquaContainerConfigSpec(
                     cli_param=container.workload_configuration_details_list[0].cmd,
                     server_port=str(
                         container.workload_configuration_details_list[0].server_port
@@ -236,13 +234,14 @@ def from_service_config(
                         )
                     ),
                 )
-                container_item.spec = container_spec
+
             if "INFERENCE" in usages or "MULTI_MODEL" in usages:
                 inference_items[container_type] = container_item
             if "FINE_TUNE" in usages:
                 finetune_items[container_type] = container_item
             if "EVALUATION" in usages:
                 evaluate_items[container_type] = container_item
+
         return cls(
             inference=inference_items, finetune=finetune_items, evaluate=evaluate_items
         )
diff --git a/tests/unitary/with_extras/aqua/test_ui.py b/tests/unitary/with_extras/aqua/test_ui.py
index 074b8eb20..c7ba62912 100644
--- a/tests/unitary/with_extras/aqua/test_ui.py
+++ b/tests/unitary/with_extras/aqua/test_ui.py
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ def test_list_containers(self, mock_list_service_containers):
                         "cli_param": "--served-model-name odsc-llm --disable-custom-all-reduce --seed 42 ",
                         "env_vars": [
                             {"MODEL_DEPLOY_PREDICT_ENDPOINT": "/v1/completions"},
-                            {"MODEL_DEPLOY_HEALTH_ENDPOINT": ""},
+                            # {"MODEL_DEPLOY_HEALTH_ENDPOINT": ""},
                             {"MODEL_DEPLOY_ENABLE_STREAMING": "true"},
                             {"PORT": "8080"},
                             {"HEALTH_CHECK_PORT": "8080"},