diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/deploy_webapp_from_registry.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/deploy_webapp_from_registry.py
index 228cd7a8..24a529c2 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/deploy_webapp_from_registry.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/deploy_webapp_from_registry.py
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ def process_app_deployment_request(
         app_deployment_lrn,
         dns_record,
         dns_lrn,
-        dns_value,
         deployment_dir,
+        dns_value,
         app_deployment_request,
         webapp_deployer_record,
         logger,
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def dump_known_requests(filename, requests, status="SEEN"):
     help="How to handle requests with an FQDN: prohibit, allow, preexisting",
     default="prohibit",
 )
-@click.option("--ip", help="IP address of the k8s deployment (to be set in DNS record)")
+@click.option("--ip", help="IP address of the k8s deployment (to be set in DNS record)", default=None)
 @click.option("--record-namespace-dns", help="eg, lrn://laconic/dns", required=True)
 @click.option(
     "--record-namespace-deployments",
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py
index 1b52cab0..991dd249 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py
@@ -688,8 +688,8 @@ def publish_deployment(
     deployment_lrn,
     dns_record,
     dns_lrn,
-    dns_value: str | None,
     deployment_dir,
+    dns_value=None,
     app_deployment_request=None,
     webapp_deployer_record=None,
     logger=None,