diff --git a/src/main/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/logger/MetricsLogger.java b/src/main/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/logger/MetricsLogger.java
index 54aa0ee4..cf4a0cb6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/logger/MetricsLogger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/logger/MetricsLogger.java
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
-import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import software.amazon.cloudwatchlogs.emf.environment.Environment;
 import software.amazon.cloudwatchlogs.emf.environment.EnvironmentProvider;
+import software.amazon.cloudwatchlogs.emf.exception.DimensionSetExceededException;
+import software.amazon.cloudwatchlogs.emf.exception.InvalidDimensionException;
 import software.amazon.cloudwatchlogs.emf.exception.InvalidMetricException;
 import software.amazon.cloudwatchlogs.emf.exception.InvalidNamespaceException;
 import software.amazon.cloudwatchlogs.emf.exception.InvalidTimestampException;
@@ -259,19 +260,25 @@ public MetricsLogger setTimestamp(Instant timestamp) throws InvalidTimestampExce
         return this;
     }
 
-    @SneakyThrows
     private void configureContextForEnvironment(MetricsContext context, Environment environment) {
         if (context.hasDefaultDimensions()) {
             return;
         }
         DimensionSet defaultDimension = new DimensionSet();
-        defaultDimension.addDimension("LogGroup", environment.getLogGroupName());
-        defaultDimension.addDimension("ServiceName", environment.getName());
-        defaultDimension.addDimension("ServiceType", environment.getType());
+        setDefaultDimension(defaultDimension, "LogGroup", environment.getLogGroupName());
+        setDefaultDimension(defaultDimension, "ServiceName", environment.getName());
+        setDefaultDimension(defaultDimension, "ServiceType", environment.getType());
         context.setDefaultDimensions(defaultDimension);
         environment.configureContext(context);
     }
 
+    private void setDefaultDimension(DimensionSet defaultDimension, String dimKey, String dimVal) {
+        try {
+            defaultDimension.addDimension(dimKey, dimVal);
+        } catch (InvalidDimensionException | DimensionSetExceededException ignored) {
+        }
+    }
+
     private MetricsLogger applyReadLock(Supplier<MetricsLogger> any) {
         rwl.readLock().lock();
         try {
diff --git a/src/test/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/logger/MetricsLoggerTest.java b/src/test/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/logger/MetricsLoggerTest.java
index 089e0dba..4b163189 100644
--- a/src/test/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/logger/MetricsLoggerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/logger/MetricsLoggerTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -84,6 +85,30 @@ void putDimensions_setsDimension()
                 sink.getContext().getDimensions().get(0).getDimensionValue(dimensionName));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void whenDefaultDimension_DimensionValue_Empty() throws DimensionSetExceededException {
+        when(environment.getLogGroupName()).thenReturn("");
+        logger.flush();
+
+        assertEquals(1, sink.getContext().getDimensions().size());
+        Set<String> dimensionKeys = sink.getContext().getDimensions().get(0).getDimensionKeys();
+        assertEquals(2, dimensionKeys.size());
+        dimensionKeys.contains("ServiceName");
+        dimensionKeys.contains("ServiceType");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenDefaultDimension_DimensionValue_Blank() throws DimensionSetExceededException {
+        when(environment.getLogGroupName()).thenReturn(" ");
+        logger.flush();
+
+        assertEquals(1, sink.getContext().getDimensions().size());
+        Set<String> dimensionKeys = sink.getContext().getDimensions().get(0).getDimensionKeys();
+        assertEquals(2, dimensionKeys.size());
+        dimensionKeys.contains("ServiceName");
+        dimensionKeys.contains("ServiceType");
+    }
+
     @ParameterizedTest
     @ValueSource(strings = {"", "  ", "ƊĪⱮḔǸŠƗȌŅ", ":dim"})
     void whenSetDimension_withInvalidName_thenThrowInvalidDimensionException(String dimensionName) {