diff --git a/bin/core/src/api/write/repo.rs b/bin/core/src/api/write/repo.rs
index 904969776..41751f7b6 100644
--- a/bin/core/src/api/write/repo.rs
+++ b/bin/core/src/api/write/repo.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ impl Resolve<RefreshRepoCache, User> for State {
     )
     .await?;
 
+    if repo.config.repo.is_empty() {
+      // Nothing to do
+      return Ok(NoData {});
+    }
+
     let config = core_config();
 
     let repo_dir = config.repo_directory.join(random_string(10));
diff --git a/bin/core/src/helpers/sync/mod.rs b/bin/core/src/helpers/sync/mod.rs
index 284c7db54..f64455736 100644
--- a/bin/core/src/helpers/sync/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/core/src/helpers/sync/mod.rs
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 // pub mod deployment;
+pub mod deploy;
 pub mod remote;
 pub mod resource;
 pub mod user_groups;
 pub mod variables;
-pub mod deploy;
 
 mod file;
 mod resources;
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ async fn refresh_syncs() {
     return;
   };
   for sync in syncs {
+    if sync.config.repo.is_empty() {
+      continue;
+    }
     State
       .resolve(
         RefreshResourceSyncPending { sync: sync.id },
diff --git a/bin/core/src/resource/repo.rs b/bin/core/src/resource/repo.rs
index 01fcb7b0d..54b3e5b3f 100644
--- a/bin/core/src/resource/repo.rs
+++ b/bin/core/src/resource/repo.rs
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ pub async fn refresh_repo_state_cache() {
   }
   .await
   .inspect_err(|e| {
-    error!("failed to refresh repo state cache | {e:#}")
+    warn!("failed to refresh repo state cache | {e:#}")
   });
 }