diff --git a/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/root.go b/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/root.go
index 55392505..f98fb713 100644
--- a/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/root.go
+++ b/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/root.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 func RootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "support-bundle [url]",
-		Args:  cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
+		Args:  cobra.MinimumNArgs(0),
 		Short: "Generate a support bundle",
 		Long: `A support bundle is an archive of files, output, metrics and state
 from a server that can be used to assist when troubleshooting a Kubernetes cluster.`,
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ from a server that can be used to assist when troubleshooting a Kubernetes clust
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("redact", true, "enable/disable default redactions")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("interactive", true, "enable/disable interactive mode")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("collect-without-permissions", true, "always generate a support bundle, even if it some require additional permissions")
-	cmd.Flags().StringSliceP("selector", "l", []string{"troubleshoot.io/kind=supportbundle-spec"}, "Selector to filter on for loading additional support bundle specs found in secrets within the cluster")
-	cmd.Flags().Bool("load-cluster-specs", false, "enable/disable loading additional support bundle specs found in secrets within the cluster")
+	cmd.Flags().StringSliceP("selector", "l", []string{"troubleshoot.io/kind=supportbundle-spec"}, "selector to filter on for loading additional support bundle specs found in secrets within the cluster")
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("load-cluster-specs", false, "enable/disable loading additional support bundle specs found in secrets within the cluster. required when no specs are provided on the command line")
 	cmd.Flags().String("since-time", "", "force pod logs collectors to return logs after a specific date (RFC3339)")
 	cmd.Flags().String("since", "", "force pod logs collectors to return logs newer than a relative duration like 5s, 2m, or 3h.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("output", "o", "", "specify the output file path for the support bundle")
diff --git a/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go b/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go
index f7d93a64..e57b9ec8 100644
--- a/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go
+++ b/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ const (
 )
 
 func runTroubleshoot(v *viper.Viper, arg []string) error {
+	if v.GetBool("load-cluster-specs") == false && len(arg) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("flag load-cluster-specs must be set if no specs are provided on the command line")
+	}
+
 	interactive := v.GetBool("interactive") && isatty.IsTerminal(os.Stdout.Fd())
 
 	if interactive {
@@ -139,7 +143,11 @@ func runTroubleshoot(v *viper.Viper, arg []string) error {
 					return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to parse support bundle spec")
 				}
 
-				mainBundle = supportbundle.ConcatSpec(mainBundle, parsedBundlesFromSecrets)
+				if mainBundle == nil {
+					mainBundle = parsedBundlesFromSecrets
+				} else {
+					supportbundle.ConcatSpec(mainBundle, parsedBundlesFromSecrets)
+				}
 
 				parsedRedactors, err := supportbundle.ParseRedactorsFromSpec(multidocs)
 				if err != nil {
@@ -150,6 +158,10 @@ func runTroubleshoot(v *viper.Viper, arg []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if mainBundle == nil {
+		return errors.New("no specs provided to run")
+	}
+
 	for idx, redactor := range v.GetStringSlice("redactors") {
 		redactorObj, err := supportbundle.GetRedactorFromURI(redactor)
 		if err != nil {