diff --git a/assets/aml-benchmark/components/batch_benchmark_config_generator/spec.yaml b/assets/aml-benchmark/components/batch_benchmark_config_generator/spec.yaml
index fba1cf111f..0facae1850 100644
--- a/assets/aml-benchmark/components/batch_benchmark_config_generator/spec.yaml
+++ b/assets/aml-benchmark/components/batch_benchmark_config_generator/spec.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type: command
 name: batch_benchmark_config_generator
 display_name: Batch Benchmark Config Generator
 description: Generates the config for the batch score component.
-version: 0.0.10
+version: 0.0.11
 is_deterministic: true
 
 inputs:
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ inputs:
     description: An optional configuration file to use for deployment settings. This overrides passed in parameters.
   scoring_url:
     type: string
-    optional: false
-    description: The URL of the endpoint.
+    optional: true
+    description: The URL of the endpoint. Optional only if this field is provided in the configuration_file.
   model_type:
     type: string
     description: Type of model. Can be one of ('oai', 'oss', 'vision_oss')
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ code: ../src
 environment: azureml://registries/azureml/environments/evaluation/versions/5
 command: >-
   python -m aml_benchmark.batch_config_generator.main 
-  --scoring_url '${{inputs.scoring_url}}'
   --model_type ${{inputs.model_type}}
   --authentication_type ${{inputs.authentication_type}}
   --debug_mode ${{inputs.debug_mode}}
@@ -98,7 +97,8 @@ command: >-
   --max_worker_count ${{inputs.max_worker_count}}
   --response_segment_size ${{inputs.response_segment_size}}
   --batch_score_config_path ${{outputs.batch_score_config}}
-  $[[--configuration_file ${{inputs.configuration_file}}]]
+  $[[--scoring_url '${{inputs.scoring_url}}']]
+  $[[--configuration_file '${{inputs.configuration_file}}']]
   $[[--max_retry_time_interval ${{inputs.max_retry_time_interval}}]]
   $[[--connection_name '${{inputs.connection_name}}']]
   $[[--deployment_name '${{inputs.deployment_name}}']]
diff --git a/assets/aml-benchmark/components/src/aml_benchmark/batch_config_generator/main.py b/assets/aml-benchmark/components/src/aml_benchmark/batch_config_generator/main.py
index f6a4a5e542..9b0c3b1e82 100644
--- a/assets/aml-benchmark/components/src/aml_benchmark/batch_config_generator/main.py
+++ b/assets/aml-benchmark/components/src/aml_benchmark/batch_config_generator/main.py
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser.add_argument(
         "--scoring_url",
         type=str,
-        help="The URL of the endpoint."
+        help="The URL of the endpoint.",
+        default=None,
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--connection_name",
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ def _get_overriding_configs(configuration_file: Optional[str]) -> Dict[Any, Any]
 
 @swallow_all_exceptions(logger)
 def main(
-    scoring_url: str,
+    scoring_url: Optional[str],
     connection_name: str,
     authentication_type: AuthenticationType,
     debug_mode: bool,