diff --git a/pkg/apps/gitops.go b/pkg/apps/gitops.go
index 6dad2db29b..ebcafe764c 100644
--- a/pkg/apps/gitops.go
+++ b/pkg/apps/gitops.go
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ func (o *GitOpsOptions) DeleteApp(app string, alias string, autoMerge bool) erro
 
 // GetApps retrieves all the apps information for the given appNames from the repository and / or the CRD API
 func (o *GitOpsOptions) GetApps(appNames map[string]bool, expandFn func([]string) (*v1.AppList, error)) (*v1.AppList, error) {
+	dir := filepath.Join(o.EnvironmentsDir, o.DevEnv.Name)
 	dir, _, _, _, err := gits.ForkAndPullRepo(o.DevEnv.Spec.Source.URL, o.EnvironmentsDir, o.DevEnv.Spec.Source.Ref, "master", o.GitProvider, o.Gitter, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "couldn't pull the environment repository from %s", o.DevEnv.Name)
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/deletecmd/delete_app.go b/pkg/cmd/deletecmd/delete_app.go
index ee04c15baf..c4c2eb26bc 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/deletecmd/delete_app.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/deletecmd/delete_app.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ type DeleteAppOptions struct {
 	Namespace   string
 	Purge       bool
 	Alias       string
+	AutoMerge   bool
 }
 
 // NewCmdDeleteApp creates a command object for this command
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ func NewCmdDeleteApp(commonOpts *opts.CommonOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&o.Namespace, opts.OptionNamespace, "n", defaultNamespace, "The Namespace to install into (available when NOT using GitOps for your dev environment)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&o.Alias, opts.OptionAlias, "", "",
 		"An alias to use for the app (available when using GitOps for your dev environment)")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&o.AutoMerge, "auto-merge", "", false, "Automatically merge GitOps pull requests that pass CI")
 
 	return cmd
 }
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ func (o *DeleteAppOptions) Run() error {
 		GitOps:        o.GitOps,
 		BatchMode:     o.BatchMode,
 		Helmer:        o.Helm(),
+		AutoMerge:     o.AutoMerge,
 	}
 
 	if o.GitOps {