diff --git a/src/ert/shared/plugins/plugin_manager.py b/src/ert/shared/plugins/plugin_manager.py
index e93e723b940..6e146e81bf1 100644
--- a/src/ert/shared/plugins/plugin_manager.py
+++ b/src/ert/shared/plugins/plugin_manager.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 class JobDoc(TypedDict):
     description: str
     examples: Optional[str]
-    config_file: str
+    config_file: Optional[str]
     parser: Optional[Callable[[], ArgumentParser]]
     source_package: str
     category: str