diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/UpdateEnvironment.php b/app/Console/Commands/UpdateEnvironment.php
index 734bd070e..7afa3e7e2 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/UpdateEnvironment.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/UpdateEnvironment.php
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ class UpdateEnvironment extends Command
             $variables['SERVICE_AUTHOR'] = env('SERVICE_AUTHOR', (string) Uuid::generate(4));
         }
 
+        if (!env('QUEUE_STANDARD', false) || !env('QUEUE_DRIVER', false)) {
+            $this->info('Setting default queue settings.');
+            $variables['QUEUE_DRIVER'] = env('QUEUE_DRIVER', 'database');
+            $variables['QUEUE_HIGH'] = env('QUEUE_HIGH', 'high');
+            $variables['QUEUE_STANDARD'] = env('QUEUE_STANDARD', 'standard');
+            $variables['QUEUE_LOW'] = env('QUEUE_LOW', 'low');
+        }
+
         if (is_null($this->option('dbhost'))) {
             $variables['DB_HOST'] = $this->anticipate('Database Host', [ 'localhost', '127.0.0.1', env('DB_HOST') ], env('DB_HOST'));
         } else {
diff --git a/config/queue.php b/config/queue.php
index 4ed92ba94..0a2181f77 100644
--- a/config/queue.php
+++ b/config/queue.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ return [
         'database' => [
             'driver' => 'database',
             'table' => 'jobs',
-            'queue' => env('QUEUE_STANDARD'),
+            'queue' => env('QUEUE_STANDARD', 'standard'),
             'retry_after' => 60,
         ],
 
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ return [
             'key'    => env('SQS_KEY'),
             'secret' => env('SQS_SECRET'),
             'prefix' => env('SQS_QUEUE_PREFIX'),
-            'queue'  => env('QUEUE_STANDARD'),
+            'queue'  => env('QUEUE_STANDARD', 'standard'),
             'region' => env('SQS_REGION', 'us-east-1'),
         ],
 
         'redis' => [
             'driver' => 'redis',
             'connection' => 'default',
-            'queue'  => env('QUEUE_STANDARD'),
+            'queue'  => env('QUEUE_STANDARD', 'standard'),
             'retry_after' => 60,
         ],