diff --git a/_examples/actions/write_a_readme/.gitignore b/_examples/actions/write_a_readme/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..849ddff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_examples/actions/write_a_readme/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dist/
diff --git a/_examples/actions/write_a_readme/dist/bin b/_examples/actions/write_a_readme/dist/bin
deleted file mode 100755
index e3458d0..0000000
Binary files a/_examples/actions/write_a_readme/dist/bin and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/crates/octopush_cli/src/commands/execute.rs b/crates/octopush_cli/src/commands/execute.rs
index 737fe07..35c16e8 100644
--- a/crates/octopush_cli/src/commands/execute.rs
+++ b/crates/octopush_cli/src/commands/execute.rs
@@ -28,21 +28,21 @@ pub fn execute_cmd() -> Command {
                 .long("gitea-api-token")
                 .action(ArgAction::Set)
                 .env("GITEA_API_TOKEN")
-                .required(false),
+                .required(true),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("gitea-username")
                 .long("gitea-username")
                 .action(ArgAction::Set)
                 .env("GITEA_USERNAME")
-                .required(false),
+                .required(true),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("gitea-url")
                 .long("gitea-url")
                 .action(ArgAction::Set)
                 .env("GITEA_URL")
-                .required(false),
+                .required(true),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("github-api-token")
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4dfd6b2..e52068d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 use dotenv::dotenv;
+use eyre::Context;
 use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
-    dotenv()?;
+    if let Err(e) = dotenv().context(".env file not found") {
+        tracing::info!(
+            error = e.to_string(),
+            "no .env file specified, command args are required"
+        );
+    }
 
     tracing_subscriber::registry()
         .with(tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::new(