diff --git a/src/cmd_context/tactic_cmds.cpp b/src/cmd_context/tactic_cmds.cpp
index 4559586f3..a0805110b 100644
--- a/src/cmd_context/tactic_cmds.cpp
+++ b/src/cmd_context/tactic_cmds.cpp
@@ -296,9 +296,10 @@ public:
     }
 
     void execute(cmd_context & ctx) override {
-        if (!m_tactic) {
+        if (!m_tactic) 
             throw cmd_exception("apply needs a tactic argument");
-        }
+        if (ctx.ignore_check())
+            return;
         params_ref p = ctx.params().merge_default_params(ps());
         tactic_ref tref = using_params(sexpr2tactic(ctx, m_tactic), p);
         {