diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index bffa401..18d2ef4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # DataPackageR 0.15.3
 * conditional tests when pandoc is missing (ropensci/DataPackager/issues/46)
 * add use_data_object and use_processing_script (ropensci/DataPackager/issues/44)
+* allow datapacakge_skeleton to be called without files or data objects for interactive construction. (ropensci/DataPackager/issues/44)
 
 # DataPackageR 0.15.2
 * Add  pandoc to SystemRequirements (ropensci/DataPackager/issues/46)
diff --git a/R/skeleton.R b/R/skeleton.R
index 8ddb62a..300cb5d 100644
--- a/R/skeleton.R
+++ b/R/skeleton.R
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ datapackage_skeleton <-
     if (is.null(name)) {
       stop("Must supply a package name", call. = FALSE)
     }
-    if (length(r_object_names) == 0) {
-      stop("You must specify r_object_names", call. = FALSE)
-    }
-    if (length(code_files) == 0) {
-      stop("You must specify code_files", call. = FALSE)
-    }
+    #if (length(r_object_names) == 0) {
+    #  stop("You must specify r_object_names", call. = FALSE)
+    #}
+    #if (length(code_files) == 0) {
+    #  stop("You must specify code_files", call. = FALSE)
+    #}
     if (force) {
       unlink(file.path(path, name), recursive = TRUE, force = TRUE)
     }
diff --git a/man/use_processing_script.Rd b/man/use_processing_script.Rd
index af87d36..1552f45 100644
--- a/man/use_processing_script.Rd
+++ b/man/use_processing_script.Rd
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ datapackage_skeleton(
   code_files = file,
   force = TRUE,
   r_object_names = "data")
-use_processing_script(file = "newScript.Rmd", 
-    title = "Processing a new dataset", 
+use_processing_script(file = "newScript.Rmd",
+    title = "Processing a new dataset",
     author = "Y.N. Here.")
 }
 }
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-edge-cases.R b/tests/testthat/test-edge-cases.R
index 06a88b6..02eac71 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-edge-cases.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-edge-cases.R
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ test_that("package built in different edge cases", {
   expect_error(DataPackageR::construct_yml_config("foo.Rmd",
     render_root = "foobar"
   ))
-  expect_error(DataPackageR:::datapackage_skeleton(
+  expect_null(DataPackageR:::datapackage_skeleton(
     name = "foo",
     path = tempdir()
   ))
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-skeleton-edgecases.R b/tests/testthat/test-skeleton-edgecases.R
index b4cf42e..d45b263 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-skeleton-edgecases.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-skeleton-edgecases.R
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ test_that("datapackage_skeleton errors with no name arg", {
       force = TRUE
     )
   )
-  expect_error(
+  expect_null(
     datapackage_skeleton(
       name = "mtcars20",
       path = tempdir(),