diff --git a/endpoint.sh b/endpoint.sh
index 954c131..4cc78ba 100755
--- a/endpoint.sh
+++ b/endpoint.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ main() {
   echo Executing: "${cli_path}" instance delete "${args_instance_delete[@]}"
   
   # The CLI uses an interactive prompt, so we need to pipe "yes" to it.
-  "${cli_path}" instance delete "${args_instance_delete[@]}"
+  # we ignore an error by ||true in case the instance does not exist, so that we still delete the app 
+  "${cli_path}" instance delete "${args_instance_delete[@]}" || true
 
   local -a args_app_delete
   args_app_delete=("--name" "${INPUT_NAME}" "--version" "${INPUT_APPVERSION}" "--org" "${INPUT_ORG}" "--region" "${INPUT_REGION}")