diff --git a/src/main/java/io/seqera/tower/cli/commands/LaunchCmd.java b/src/main/java/io/seqera/tower/cli/commands/LaunchCmd.java
index 81ab238d..c097b2ff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/seqera/tower/cli/commands/LaunchCmd.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/seqera/tower/cli/commands/LaunchCmd.java
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ private WorkflowLaunchRequest updateLaunchRequest(WorkflowLaunchRequest base) th
                 .labelIds(base.getLabelIds())
                 .headJobCpus(base.getHeadJobCpus())
                 .headJobMemoryMb(base.getHeadJobMemoryMb()
-                .launchContainer(coalesce(launchContainer, null)));
+                .launchContainer(launchContainer));
     }
 
     protected Response runTowerPipeline(Long wspId) throws ApiException, IOException {