diff --git a/aprsd/cli_helper.py b/aprsd/cli_helper.py
index 5a0aa61..646a4cf 100644
--- a/aprsd/cli_helper.py
+++ b/aprsd/cli_helper.py
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ def process_standard_options_no_config(f: F) -> F:
         except cfg.ConfigFilesNotFoundError:
             # Config file not needed for this function, so ignore error
             pass
+        except cfg.RequiredOptError as roe:
+            # They are missing a required option from the config,
+            # but we don't care, because they aren't loading a config
+            pass
 
         ctx.obj['loglevel'] = kwargs['loglevel']
         ctx.obj['config_file'] = kwargs['config_file']