diff --git a/tools/appslib/get_apps_repo.py b/tools/appslib/get_apps_repo.py
index d5fc5a08..ae3a9819 100644
--- a/tools/appslib/get_apps_repo.py
+++ b/tools/appslib/get_apps_repo.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class TemporaryPath(Path):
 
 APPS_REPO_DIR: TemporaryPath | None = None
 
-def add_args(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, required: bool = True, allow_temp: bool = True) -> None:
+def add_args(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, required: bool = False, allow_temp: bool = True) -> None:
     env_apps_dir_str = os.environ.get("YNH_APPS_DIR")
     env_apps_dir = Path(env_apps_dir_str) if env_apps_dir_str is not None else None