diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_tethys_cli/test_proxyapps_commands.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_tethys_cli/test_proxyapps_commands.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc484ecd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_tethys_cli/test_proxyapps_commands.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+from tethys_apps.models import ProxyApp
+
+from unittest import mock
+from io import StringIO
+from tethys_cli.proxyapps_commands import add_proxyapp, update_proxyapp, list_apps
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+import unittest
+
+
+class TestProxyAppsCommand(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.app_name = "My Proxy App for Testing"
+        self.endpoint = "http://foo.example.com/my-proxy-app"
+        self.back_url = "http://bar.example.com/apps/"
+        self.logo = "http://foo.example.com/my-proxy-app/logo.png"
+        self.description = "This is an app that is not here."
+        self.tags = '"Water","Earth","Fire","Air"'
+        self.open_in_new_tab = True
+
+        self.proxy_app = ProxyApp(
+            name=self.app_name,
+            endpoint=self.endpoint,
+            logo_url=self.logo,
+            back_url=self.back_url,
+            description=self.description,
+            tags=self.tags,
+            open_in_new_tab=self.open_in_new_tab,
+        )
+        self.proxy_app.save()
+ 
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        print("hellos")
+        self.proxy_app.delete()
+    
+    @mock.patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=StringIO)
+    def test_list_proxy_apps(self,mock_stdout):
+        expected_output = "Proxy Apps:\n  My Proxy App for Testing"
+        list_apps()
+        self.assertEqual(mock_stdout.getvalue().strip(), expected_output)
+
+    
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diff --git a/tethys_cli/proxyapps_commands.py b/tethys_cli/proxyapps_commands.py
index f9cb79e4d..1aefac678 100644
--- a/tethys_cli/proxyapps_commands.py
+++ b/tethys_cli/proxyapps_commands.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def add_proxyapps_parser(subparsers):
     proxyapps_parser.add_argument(
         "-a",
         "--add",
-        help="Add a new proxy app. Arguments: proxy_app_name endpoint description [logo_url] [tags] [enabled] [show_in_apps_library] [back_url] [open_new_tab] [display_external_icon]",
+        help="Add a new proxy app. Arguments: proxy_app_name endpoint [description] [logo_url] [tags] [enabled] [show_in_apps_library] [back_url] [open_new_tab] [display_external_icon]",
         nargs="+",
     )
     proxyapps_parser.add_argument(
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ def update_proxyapp(args):
         write_error(f"proxy_app_name cannot be empty")
         return
     if app_key is None:
-        write_error(f"proxy_app_name cannot be empty")
+        write_error(f"proxy_app_key cannot be empty")
         return
     if app_value is None:
-        write_error(f"proxy_app_name cannot be empty")
+        write_error(f"proxy_app_value cannot be empty")
         return
     try:
         proxy_app = ProxyApp.objects.get(name=app_name)
@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@ def add_proxyapp(args):
     if app_endpoint == "":
         write_error(f"proxy_app_endpoint cannot be empty")
         return
-    if app_description == "":
-        write_error(f"proxy_app_description cannot be empty")
-        return
     try:
         proxy_app = ProxyApp.objects.create(
             name=app_name,