diff --git a/Provider/RollbarHandler.php b/Provider/RollbarHandler.php
index 16c655f..bd9ceb8 100755
--- a/Provider/RollbarHandler.php
+++ b/Provider/RollbarHandler.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 use Monolog\Logger;
 use Rollbar\Rollbar as RollbarNotifier;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use SymfonyRollbarBundle\DependencyInjection\SymfonyRollbarExtension;
 use Rollbar\Payload\Level;
 use SymfonyRollbarBundle\Provider\Api\Filter;
@@ -164,6 +163,9 @@ protected function mapConfigValues($rConfig)
         }
         $rConfig[$key] = \array_filter($rConfig[$key]);
 
+        // person should be an array or null
+        $rConfig['person'] = empty($rConfig['person']) ? null : $rConfig['person'];
+
         return $rConfig;
     }
 
diff --git a/Tests/Fixtures/app/config/config_test_ifc.yml b/Tests/Fixtures/app/config/config_test_ifc.yml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..19f159e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Fixtures/app/config/config_test_ifc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+imports:
+- { resource: config.yml }
+- { resource: parameters.yml }
+
+symfony_rollbar:
+    enable: true
+    exclude:
+    - \Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalErrorException
+    - \SymfonyRollbarBundle\Tests\Fixtures\MyAwesomeException
+    - \ParseError
+    rollbar:
+        access_token: 'SOME_ROLLBAR_ACCESS_TOKEN_123456'
+        environment: '%kernel.environment%'
+        person_fn: "get_awesome_person"
+        check_ignore: "should_ignore"
+        custom_data_method: "custom_data_provider"
+        capture_email: true
+        capture_username: true
+
+    rollbar_js:
+        access_token: 'SOME_ROLLBAR_ACCESS_TOKEN_654321'
+        payload:
+            environment: '%kernel.environment%'
diff --git a/Tests/Fixtures/app/config/config_test_p.yml b/Tests/Fixtures/app/config/config_test_p.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98e7094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Fixtures/app/config/config_test_p.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+imports:
+- { resource: config.yml }
+- { resource: parameters.yml }
+
+symfony_rollbar:
+    enable: true
+    exclude:
+    - \Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalErrorException
+    - \SymfonyRollbarBundle\Tests\Fixtures\MyAwesomeException
+    - \ParseError
+    rollbar:
+        access_token: 'SOME_ROLLBAR_ACCESS_TOKEN_123456'
+        environment: '%kernel.environment%'
+        person:
+            id: 42
+            username: 'system'
+            email: 'system@example.com'
+        check_ignore: "should_ignore"
+        custom_data_method: "custom_data_provider"
+
+    rollbar_js:
+        access_token: 'SOME_ROLLBAR_ACCESS_TOKEN_654321'
+        payload:
+            environment: '%kernel.environment%'
diff --git a/Tests/Fixtures/app/config/config_test_pc.yml b/Tests/Fixtures/app/config/config_test_pc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a83232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Fixtures/app/config/config_test_pc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+imports:
+- { resource: config.yml }
+- { resource: parameters.yml }
+
+symfony_rollbar:
+    enable: true
+    exclude:
+    - \Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalErrorException
+    - \SymfonyRollbarBundle\Tests\Fixtures\MyAwesomeException
+    - \ParseError
+    rollbar:
+        access_token: 'SOME_ROLLBAR_ACCESS_TOKEN_123456'
+        environment: '%kernel.environment%'
+        person:
+            id: 42
+            username: 'system'
+            email: 'system@example.com'
+        check_ignore: "should_ignore"
+        custom_data_method: "custom_data_provider"
+        capture_email: true
+        capture_username: true
+
+    rollbar_js:
+        access_token: 'SOME_ROLLBAR_ACCESS_TOKEN_654321'
+        payload:
+            environment: '%kernel.environment%'
diff --git a/Tests/SymfonyRollbarBundle/Provider/PersonProviderTest.php b/Tests/SymfonyRollbarBundle/Provider/PersonProviderTest.php
index 53a0aa5..9eef95d 100644
--- a/Tests/SymfonyRollbarBundle/Provider/PersonProviderTest.php
+++ b/Tests/SymfonyRollbarBundle/Provider/PersonProviderTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 use SymfonyRollbarBundle\Provider\AbstractPersonProvider;
 use SymfonyRollbarBundle\Provider\RollbarHandler;
 use SymfonyRollbarBundle\Tests\Fixtures\AwesomePerson;
+use Rollbar\Rollbar as RollbarNotifier;
+use Rollbar\RollbarLogger;
 
 /**
  * Class PersonProviderTest
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ public function testPersonProvider($env, $expected)
         $this->assertNotEmpty($config['person_fn']);
 
         $call = $config['person_fn'];
+        $this->assertTrue(is_callable($call));
         $this->assertCount(2, $call, "The 'person_fn' should contains 2 elements");
 
         /** @var AbstractPersonProvider $service */
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ public function testPersonProviderFunction()
         $this->assertNotEmpty($config['person_fn']);
 
         $method = $config['person_fn'];
+        $this->assertTrue(is_callable($method));
         $this->assertEquals('get_awesome_person', $method);
 
         $person = call_user_func($method);
@@ -92,4 +96,119 @@ public function testPersonProviderFunction()
         $this->assertEquals('global_username', $person['username']);
         $this->assertEquals('global_email', $person['email']);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider generatePersonProviderCalls
+     *
+     * @param $env
+     * @param $expected
+     *
+     * @throws \ReflectionException
+     */
+    public function testPersonProviderWasCalled($env, $expected)
+    {
+        include_once __DIR__ . '/../../Fixtures/global_fn.php';
+        static::bootKernel(['environment' => $env]);
+
+        $container = static::$kernel->getContainer();
+        $handler   = new RollbarHandler($container);
+
+        /** @var \Rollbar\RollbarLogger $notifier */
+        $logger  = RollbarNotifier::logger();
+        $builder = $logger->getDataBuilder();
+
+        $method = new \ReflectionMethod($builder, 'getPerson');
+        $method->setAccessible(true);
+
+        /** @var \Rollbar\Payload\Person $person */
+        $person = $method->invoke($builder);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, [
+            'id'       => $person->getId(),
+            'username' => $person->getUsername(),
+            'email'    => $person->getEmail(),
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function generatePersonProviderCalls()
+    {
+        return [
+            [
+                'test_if',
+                [
+                    'id'       => 'global_id',
+                    'username' => null,
+                    'email'    => null,
+                ],
+            ],
+            [
+                'test_ifc',
+                [
+                    'id'       => 'global_id',
+                    'username' => 'global_username',
+                    'email'    => 'global_email',
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider generateConstPersonCalls
+     *
+     * @param $env
+     * @param $expected
+     *
+     * @throws \ReflectionException
+     */
+    public function testConstPerson($env, $expected)
+    {
+        static::bootKernel(['environment' => $env]);
+
+        $container = static::$kernel->getContainer();
+        $handler   = new RollbarHandler($container);
+
+        /** @var \Rollbar\RollbarLogger $notifier */
+        $logger  = RollbarNotifier::logger();
+        $builder = $logger->getDataBuilder();
+
+        $method = new \ReflectionMethod($builder, 'getPerson');
+        $method->setAccessible(true);
+
+        /** @var \Rollbar\Payload\Person $person */
+        $person = $method->invoke($builder);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, [
+            'id'       => $person->getId(),
+            'username' => $person->getUsername(),
+            'email'    => $person->getEmail(),
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function generateConstPersonCalls()
+    {
+        return [
+            [
+                'test_p',
+                [
+                    'id'       => 42,
+                    'username' => null,
+                    'email'    => null,
+                ],
+            ],
+            [
+                'test_pc',
+                [
+                    'id'       => 42,
+                    'username' => 'system',
+                    'email'    => 'system@example.com',
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/SymfonyRollbarBundle/Provider/RollbarHandlerTest.php b/Tests/SymfonyRollbarBundle/Provider/RollbarHandlerTest.php
index 2b78c4c..dd79de0 100755
--- a/Tests/SymfonyRollbarBundle/Provider/RollbarHandlerTest.php
+++ b/Tests/SymfonyRollbarBundle/Provider/RollbarHandlerTest.php
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ public function testInitialize()
             'include_exception_code_context' => false,
             'included_errno'                 => $defaultErrorMask,
             'logger'                         => null,
-            'person'                         => [],
+            'person'                         => null,
             'person_fn'                      => [
                 new \SymfonyRollbarBundle\Tests\Fixtures\PersonProvider($container),
                 'getPerson',