diff --git a/xos/observers/vcpe/steps/sync_vcpetenant.py b/xos/observers/vcpe/steps/sync_vcpetenant.py
index 70c4e70..2f9eff5 100644
--- a/xos/observers/vcpe/steps/sync_vcpetenant.py
+++ b/xos/observers/vcpe/steps/sync_vcpetenant.py
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@
 
         fields.update(self.get_extra_attributes(o))
 
+        # disable url_filter if there are no bbs_addrs
+        if url_filter_enable and (not fields.get("bbs_addrs",[])):
+            logger.info("disabling url_filter because there are no bbs_addrs")
+            url_filter_enable = False
+
         ansible_hash = hashlib.md5(repr(sorted(fields.items()))).hexdigest()
         quick_update = (o.last_ansible_hash == ansible_hash)