diff --git a/.tools/test/stacks/config/targets.ts b/.tools/test/stacks/config/targets.ts
index 3ae00bfd51e..c2432c88295 100644
--- a/.tools/test/stacks/config/targets.ts
+++ b/.tools/test/stacks/config/targets.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ interface AccountConfig {
   // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/APIReference/API_ResourceRequirement.html
   vcpus?: string; // Count
   memory?: string; // MiB, but limited based on vCPU count, see docs
-  storage?: string; // GiB, 20GiB to 200GiB
+  storage?: number; // GiB, 20GiB to 200GiB
+}
+
+type AccountConfigYaml = {
+  [K in keyof AccountConfig]: string
 }
 
 interface AccountConfigs {
@@ -20,13 +24,27 @@ interface AccountConfigs {
 export function readAccountConfig(filePath: string): AccountConfigs {
   try {
     const fileContents = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
-    const data: AccountConfigs = parse(fileContents);
-
-    Object.values(data).forEach((config) => {
-      if (!config.account_id || !config.status) {
-        throw new Error("Validation failed: Missing required account fields.");
+    const data = Object.entries(parse(fileContents) as Record<string, AccountConfigYaml>).reduce((data, [name, config]) => {
+      const {account_id, status, vcpus, memory, storage} = config;
+      if (!account_id) {
+        throw new Error(`Validation failed: Missing account_id field in ${name}`);
+      }
+      switch (status) {
+        case "enabled": // fallthrough
+        case "disabled":
+          break;
+        default:
+          throw new Error(`Validation failed: invalid status ${status} in ${name}`) 
       }
-    });
+      data[name] = {
+        account_id,
+        status,
+        vcpus,
+        memory,
+        storage: numberOrDefault(storage, 20),
+      }
+      return data;
+    }, {} as Record<string, AccountConfig>)
 
     return data;
   } catch (error) {
@@ -34,3 +52,10 @@ export function readAccountConfig(filePath: string): AccountConfigs {
     throw error;
   }
 }
+
+function numberOrDefault(storage: string | undefined, defaultValue: number) {
+  const batchStorage = Number(storage);
+  const batchStorageNumber = isNaN(batchStorage) ? defaultValue : batchStorage;
+  return batchStorageNumber;
+}
+
diff --git a/.tools/test/stacks/plugin/typescript/plugin_stack.ts b/.tools/test/stacks/plugin/typescript/plugin_stack.ts
index 33d6b341dbe..c1f29d8bd26 100644
--- a/.tools/test/stacks/plugin/typescript/plugin_stack.ts
+++ b/.tools/test/stacks/plugin/typescript/plugin_stack.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class PluginStack extends cdk.Stack {
   private adminAccountId: string;
   private batchMemory: string;
   private batchVcpus: string;
-  private batchStorage: string;
+  private batchStorage: number;
 
   constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props?: cdk.StackProps) {
     super(scope, id, props);
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class PluginStack extends cdk.Stack {
       // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/APIReference/API_ResourceRequirement.html
       this.batchMemory = acctConfig[`${toolName}`]?.memory ?? "16384"; // MiB
       this.batchVcpus = acctConfig[`${toolName}`]?.vcpus ?? "4"; // CPUs
-      this.batchStorage = acctConfig[`${toolName}`]?.storage ?? "20"; // GiB
+      this.batchStorage = acctConfig[`${toolName}`]?.storage ?? 20; // GiB
     }
 
     const [jobDefinition, jobQueue] = this.initBatchFargate();