diff --git a/tools/appslib/utils.py b/tools/appslib/utils.py
index 40cd953f..4a114212 100644
--- a/tools/appslib/utils.py
+++ b/tools/appslib/utils.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def git_repo_age(path: Path) -> Union[bool, int]:
 
 
 @cache
-def get_catalog(working_only: bool = False) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
+def get_catalog(apps_repo: Path | None = None, working_only: bool = False) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
     """Load the app catalog and filter out the non-working ones"""
     catalog = toml.load((REPO_APPS_ROOT / "apps.toml").open("r", encoding="utf-8"))
     if working_only: