diff --git a/serverless/src/index.ts b/serverless/src/index.ts
index fc1f3d5..ccb45a7 100644
--- a/serverless/src/index.ts
+++ b/serverless/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getConfigFromCfnMappings, getConfigFromCfnParams, validateParameters, Configuration } from "./lambda/env";
+import { validateParameters as validateLambdaParameters, getConfig as getLambdaConfig } from "./lambda/env";
 import { instrumentLambdas } from "./lambda/lambda";
 import { InputEvent, OutputEvent, SUCCESS, FAILURE } from "./types";
 import { instrumentStateMachines } from "./step_function/step_function";
@@ -11,19 +11,8 @@ export const handler = async (event: InputEvent, _: any): Promise<OutputEvent> =
 
     const fragment = event.fragment;
 
-    let config: Configuration;
-    // Use the parameters given for this specific transform/macro if it exists
-    const transformParams = event.params ?? {};
-    if (Object.keys(transformParams).length > 0) {
-      log.debug("Parsing config from CloudFormation transform/macro parameters");
-      config = getConfigFromCfnParams(transformParams);
-    } else {
-      // If not, check the Mappings section for Datadog config parameters as well
-      log.debug("Parsing config from CloudFormation template mappings");
-      config = getConfigFromCfnMappings(fragment.Mappings);
-    }
-
-    const errors = validateParameters(config);
+    const lambdaConfig = getLambdaConfig(event);
+    const errors = validateLambdaParameters(lambdaConfig);
     if (errors.length > 0) {
       return {
         requestId: event.requestId,
@@ -33,7 +22,7 @@ export const handler = async (event: InputEvent, _: any): Promise<OutputEvent> =
       };
     }
 
-    const lambdaOutput = await instrumentLambdas(event, config);
+    const lambdaOutput = await instrumentLambdas(event, lambdaConfig);
     if (lambdaOutput.status === FAILURE) {
       return lambdaOutput;
     }
diff --git a/serverless/src/lambda/env.ts b/serverless/src/lambda/env.ts
index 7400070..f44cc13 100644
--- a/serverless/src/lambda/env.ts
+++ b/serverless/src/lambda/env.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { getGitTagsFromParam } from "./git";
 import { LambdaFunction, runtimeLookup, RuntimeType } from "./layer";
+import { InputEvent } from "types";
 import log from "loglevel";
 
 export interface Configuration {
@@ -126,6 +127,24 @@ export const defaultConfiguration: Configuration = {
   captureLambdaPayload: false,
 };
 
+/**
+ * Returns the default configuration with any values overwritten by environment variables.
+ */
+export function getConfig(event: InputEvent): Configuration {
+  let config: Configuration;
+  // Use the parameters given for this specific transform/macro if it exists
+  const transformParams = event.params ?? {};
+  if (Object.keys(transformParams).length > 0) {
+    log.debug("Parsing config from CloudFormation transform/macro parameters");
+    config = getConfigFromCfnParams(transformParams);
+  } else {
+    // If not, check the Mappings section for Datadog config parameters as well
+    log.debug("Parsing config from CloudFormation template mappings");
+    config = getConfigFromCfnMappings(event.fragment.Mappings);
+  }
+  return config;
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the default configuration with any values overwritten by environment variables.
  */