diff --git a/server/portal/apps/workspace/api/views.py b/server/portal/apps/workspace/api/views.py
index a603cd0ed..fe7ca77b8 100644
--- a/server/portal/apps/workspace/api/views.py
+++ b/server/portal/apps/workspace/api/views.py
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
             if not execSystemId:
                 app = _get_app(job_post["appId"], job_post["appVersion"], request.user)
                 execSystemId = app["definition"].jobAttributes.execSystemId
+
             if not job_post.get("appVersion"):
                 app = _get_app(job_post["appId"], None, request.user)
                 job_post["appVersion"] = app["definition"].version
diff --git a/server/portal/settings/settings_custom.example.py b/server/portal/settings/settings_custom.example.py
index 021148513..37bc88ee3 100644
--- a/server/portal/settings/settings_custom.example.py
+++ b/server/portal/settings/settings_custom.example.py
@@ -233,8 +233,14 @@
     "debug": _DEBUG,
     "makeLink": True,
     "viewPath": True,
-    "compressApp": 'compress',
-    "extractApp": 'extract',
+    "compressApp": {
+        "id": "compress",
+        "version": "0.0.3"  # Can be set to "" to use the latest version
+    },
+    "extractApp": {
+        "id": "extract",
+        "version": "0.0.1"  # Can be set to "" to use the latest version
+    },
     "makePublic": False,
     "hideApps": False,
     "hideDataFiles": False,
diff --git a/server/portal/settings/settings_default.py b/server/portal/settings/settings_default.py
index ea734a781..18c261075 100644
--- a/server/portal/settings/settings_default.py
+++ b/server/portal/settings/settings_default.py
@@ -224,11 +224,11 @@
     "viewPath": True,
     "compressApp": {
         "id": "compress",
-        "version": "0.0.3"
+        "version": "0.0.3"  # Can be set to "" to use the latest version
     },
     "extractApp": {
         "id": "extract",
-        "version": "0.0.1"
+        "version": "0.0.1"  # Can be set to "" to use the latest version
     },
     "makePublic": True,
     "hideApps": False,