diff --git a/backend/src/v2/cmd/driver/main.go b/backend/src/v2/cmd/driver/main.go
index a796b5aaba2..8ea71626e2d 100644
--- a/backend/src/v2/cmd/driver/main.go
+++ b/backend/src/v2/cmd/driver/main.go
@@ -77,9 +77,12 @@ func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	glog.Infof("Setting log level to: '%s'", *logLevel)
-	flag.Set("v", *logLevel)
+	err := flag.Set("v", *logLevel)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("Failed to set log level: %s", err.Error())
+	}
 
-	err := drive()
+	err = drive()
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Exitf("%v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/backend/src/v2/cmd/launcher-v2/main.go b/backend/src/v2/cmd/launcher-v2/main.go
index b8ced5a3f7e..a77111cd60e 100644
--- a/backend/src/v2/cmd/launcher-v2/main.go
+++ b/backend/src/v2/cmd/launcher-v2/main.go
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ func run() error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	glog.Infof("Setting log level to: '%s'", *logLevel)
-	flag.Set("v", *logLevel)
+	err := flag.Set("v", *logLevel)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("Failed to set log level: %s", err.Error())
+	}
 
 	if *copy != "" {
 		// copy is used to copy this binary to a shared volume
diff --git a/backend/src/v2/compiler/argocompiler/argo_test.go b/backend/src/v2/compiler/argocompiler/argo_test.go
index 7ebf98ff49f..ae18d922cac 100644
--- a/backend/src/v2/compiler/argocompiler/argo_test.go
+++ b/backend/src/v2/compiler/argocompiler/argo_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ func Test_argo_compiler(t *testing.T) {
 		jobPath          string // path of input PipelineJob to compile
 		platformSpecPath string // path of possible input PlatformSpec to compile
 		argoYAMLPath     string // path of expected output argo workflow YAML
+		envVars          []string
 	}{
 		{
 			jobPath:          "../testdata/hello_world.json",
@@ -71,6 +73,23 @@ func Test_argo_compiler(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%+v", tt), func(t *testing.T) {
 			job, platformSpec := load(t, tt.jobPath, tt.platformSpecPath)
+			if tt.envVars != nil {
+				for _, envVar := range tt.envVars {
+					parts := strings.Split(strings.ReplaceAll(envVar, " ", ""), "=")
+					err := os.Setenv(parts[0], parts[1])
+					if err != nil {
+						t.Fatalf("Failed to set environment variable '%s' with error: %s", parts[0], err.Error())
+					}
+
+					// Unset after test cases has ended
+					defer func() {
+						err := os.Unsetenv(parts[0])
+						if err != nil {
+							t.Fatalf("Failed to unset env variable '%s' with error: %s", parts[0], err.Error())
+						}
+					}()
+				}
+			}
 			if *update {
 				wf, err := argocompiler.Compile(job, platformSpec, nil)
 				if err != nil {