diff --git a/scripts/deploy-prod.sh b/scripts/deploy-prod.sh
index 392c136..89d034a 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-prod.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-prod.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ load_env_docker() {
     esac
     key="${line%%=*}"
     val="${line#*=}"
+    key="${key%%[[:space:]]}"  # trim trailing whitespace du key
+    # skip placeholders et valeurs vides
+    [ -z "$val" ] && continue
+    [ "$val" = "???" ] && continue
     # strip les guillemets entourants seulement s'ils sont équilibrés
     case "$val" in
       \"*\") val="${val#\"}"; val="${val%\"}" ;;