diff --git a/TTS/bin/synthesize.py b/TTS/bin/synthesize.py
index 1035c326..e1b7b756 100755
--- a/TTS/bin/synthesize.py
+++ b/TTS/bin/synthesize.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument(
         '--text',
         type=str,
-        required=True,
+        default=None,
         help='Text to generate speech.'
         )