diff --git a/bench/app.py b/bench/app.py
index 5becd1eb..5ff210b9 100755
--- a/bench/app.py
+++ b/bench/app.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def remove_from_excluded_apps_txt(app, bench_path='.'):
 		apps.remove(app)
 		return write_excluded_apps_txt(apps, bench_path=bench_path)
 
-def get_app(git_url, branch=None, bench_path='.', build_asset_files=True, verbose=False,
+def get_app(git_url, branch=None, bench_path='.', skip_assets=False, verbose=False,
 	postprocess = True):
 	# from bench.utils import check_url
 	try:
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def get_app(git_url, branch=None, bench_path='.', build_asset_files=True, verbos
 
 	if postprocess:
 
-		if build_asset_files:
+		if not skip_assets:
 			build_assets(bench_path=bench_path, app=app_name)
 		conf = get_config(bench_path=bench_path)
 
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ def get_major_version(version):
 def install_apps_from_path(path, bench_path='.'):
 	apps = get_apps_json(path)
 	for app in apps:
-		get_app(app['url'], branch=app.get('branch'), bench_path=bench_path, build_asset_files=False)
+		get_app(app['url'], branch=app.get('branch'), bench_path=bench_path, skip_assets=True)
 
 def get_apps_json(path):
 	if path.startswith('http'):
diff --git a/bench/commands/make.py b/bench/commands/make.py
index 5425130d..213d11ea 100755
--- a/bench/commands/make.py
+++ b/bench/commands/make.py
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ def init(path, apps_path, frappe_path, frappe_branch, no_procfile, no_backups,
 @click.argument('name', nargs=-1) # Dummy argument for backward compatibility
 @click.argument('git-url')
 @click.option('--branch', default=None, help="branch to checkout")
-@click.option('--skip-assets', is_flag=True, default=True, help="Do not build assets")
-def get_app(git_url, branch, name=None, skip_assets=True):
+@click.option('--skip-assets', is_flag=True, default=False, help="Do not build assets")
+def get_app(git_url, branch, name=None, skip_assets=False):
 	"clone an app from the internet and set it up in your bench"
 	from bench.app import get_app
-	get_app(git_url, branch=branch, build_asset_files=skip_assets)
+	get_app(git_url, branch=branch, skip_assets=skip_assets)
 
 
 @click.command('new-app')
diff --git a/bench/utils.py b/bench/utils.py
index bd665fa7..8e3dfd0b 100755
--- a/bench/utils.py
+++ b/bench/utils.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def init(path, apps_path=None, no_procfile=False, no_backups=False,
 		if not frappe_path:
 			frappe_path = 'https://github.com/frappe/frappe.git'
 
-		get_app(frappe_path, branch=frappe_branch, bench_path=path, build_asset_files=False, verbose=verbose)
+		get_app(frappe_path, branch=frappe_branch, bench_path=path, skip_assets=True, verbose=verbose)
 
 		if apps_path:
 			install_apps_from_path(apps_path, bench_path=path)