diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/Catalogue-badge-portlet/config.jsp b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/Catalogue-badge-portlet/config.jsp
index cc07289..5319775 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/Catalogue-badge-portlet/config.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/Catalogue-badge-portlet/config.jsp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ String appURL_cfg = GetterUtil.getString(portletPreferences.getValue("catalogueU
 	<!-- Application URL -->
 	<aui:field-wrapper cssClass="field-group">
 		<aui:input style="width: 100%;" name="preferences--catalogueURL--"
-			type="text" cssClass="text long-field" showRequiredLabel="true"
+			type="text" cssClass="text long-field" showRequiredLabel="false"
 			label="Catalogue URL" inlineField="true" inlineLabel="left"
 			placeholder="Enter Catalogue URL (e.g. https://ckan-sobigdata.d4science.org)"
 			helpMessage="Actual endpoint of the ckan instance (e.g. https://ckan-sobigdata.d4science.org)"