diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py
index 293aeb2d..5daffad8 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ def _check_volume_definitions(spec):
 @click.option("--deployment-dir", help="Create deployment files in this directory")
 @click.argument('extra_args', nargs=-1, type=click.UNPROCESSED)
 @click.pass_context
-def create(ctx, spec_file, deployment_dir, sync, extra_args):
+def create(ctx, spec_file, deployment_dir, extra_args):
     deployment_command_context = ctx.obj
     return create_operation(deployment_command_context, spec_file, deployment_dir, extra_args)
 
diff --git a/tests/deploy/run-deploy-test.sh b/tests/deploy/run-deploy-test.sh
index fb574b03..c18c5cb0 100755
--- a/tests/deploy/run-deploy-test.sh
+++ b/tests/deploy/run-deploy-test.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ delete_cluster_exit () {
 
 # Test basic stack-orchestrator deploy
 echo "Running stack-orchestrator deploy test"
-# Bit of a hack, test the most recent package
-TEST_TARGET_SO=$( ls -t1 ./package/laconic-so* | head -1 )
+
+if [ "$1" == "from-path" ]; then
+    TEST_TARGET_SO="laconic-so"
+else
+    TEST_TARGET_SO=$( ls -t1 ./package/laconic-so* | head -1 )
+fi
+
 # Set a non-default repo dir
 export CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR=~/stack-orchestrator-test/repo-base-dir
 echo "Testing this package: $TEST_TARGET_SO"