diff --git a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/ingestion_manifest.py b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/ingestion_manifest.py
index 4f29b790d892ae2ab801bc9305143c37a9ea1c88..dcb23d33766df6e61812e343787ef5da0ebbafd2 100644
--- a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/ingestion_manifest.py
+++ b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/ingestion_manifest.py
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class IngestionManifestBuilder:
                 raise NotImplementedError(
                     f"Don't know how to build a {self.curation_type.value} curation {self.sp_type} manifest"
                 )
-            self.curation_source = curate[1]
+            self.curation_source = Path(curate[1]) if curate and curate[1] else None
             self.target_list = curate[2]
 
         if locator is not None: