diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 0b2b28fa7..b2a80209f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Release with new features and bugfixes:
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/799[#799]: binaries from zip download lack executable flags
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/81[#81]: Implement Toolcommandlet for Kubernetes
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/737[#737]: Adds cd command to ide shell
+* https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/879[#879]: cannot omit default settings URL in ide create
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/758[#758]: Create status commandlet
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/824[#824]: ide create «settings-url»#«branch» not working
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/754[#754]: Again messages break processable command output
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/property/Property.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/property/Property.java
index 4898f4b2d..0bf5ccc3f 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/property/Property.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/property/Property.java
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ protected boolean apply(String normalizedName, CliArguments args, IdeContext con
     if (option && !argument.isOption()) {
       return false;
     }
-    if (!option && argument.isOption() && args.isSplitShortOpts()) {
+    if (!option && argument.isOption() && (argument.get().length() > 1) && args.isSplitShortOpts()) {
       return false;
     }
     String argValue = null;