diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/BranchView.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/BranchView.groovy
index f392a67b..d6cf5d22 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/BranchView.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/BranchView.groovy
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ class BranchView {
     String branchName
 
     public String getViewName() {
-        return "$templateJobPrefix-$safeBranchName"
+		if(templateJobPrefix) {
+	        return "$templateJobPrefix-$safeBranchName"
+		}
+		else {
+			return safeBranchName
+		}
     }
 
     public String getSafeBranchName() {
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsApi.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsApi.groovy
index ff242bce..498dd864 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsApi.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsApi.groovy
@@ -105,7 +105,12 @@ class JenkinsApi {
         println "creating view - viewName:${viewName}, nestedView:${nestedWithinView}"
         post(buildViewPath("createView", nestedWithinView), body)
 
-        body = [useincluderegex: 'on', includeRegex: "${branchView.templateJobPrefix}.*${branchView.safeBranchName}", name: viewName, json: '{"name": "' + viewName + '","useincluderegex": {"includeRegex": "' + branchView.templateJobPrefix + '.*' + branchView.safeBranchName + '"},' + VIEW_COLUMNS_JSON + '}']
+		if(branchView.templateJobPrefix) {
+        	body = [useincluderegex: 'on', includeRegex: "${branchView.templateJobPrefix}.*${branchView.safeBranchName}", name: viewName, json: '{"name": "' + viewName + '","useincluderegex": {"includeRegex": "' + branchView.templateJobPrefix + '.*' + branchView.safeBranchName + '"},' + VIEW_COLUMNS_JSON + '}']
+        }
+        else {
+        	body = [useincluderegex: 'on', includeRegex: ".*${branchView.safeBranchName}", name: viewName, json: '{"name": "' + viewName + '","useincluderegex": {"includeRegex": "' + '.*' + branchView.safeBranchName + '"},' + VIEW_COLUMNS_JSON + '}']
+        }
         println "configuring view ${viewName}"
         post(buildViewPath("configSubmit", nestedWithinView, viewName), body)
     }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsJobManager.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsJobManager.groovy
index 80986eb1..9abe963a 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsJobManager.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/JenkinsJobManager.groovy
@@ -94,7 +94,13 @@ class JenkinsJobManager {
     }
 
     List<TemplateJob> findRequiredTemplateJobs(List<String> allJobNames) {
-        String regex = /^($templateJobPrefix-[^-]*)-($templateBranchName)$/
+        String regex = ""
+		if(templateJobPrefix) {
+			regex = /^($templateJobPrefix-[^-]*)-($templateBranchName)$/
+		}
+		else {
+			regex = /^([^-]*)-($templateBranchName)$/
+		}
 
         List<TemplateJob> templateJobs = allJobNames.findResults { String jobName ->
             TemplateJob templateJob = null
@@ -129,7 +135,12 @@ class JenkinsJobManager {
     }
 
     public List<String> getDeprecatedViewNames(List<String> existingViewNames, List<BranchView> expectedBranchViews) {
+    	if(this.templateJobPrefix) {
          return existingViewNames?.findAll { it.startsWith(this.templateJobPrefix) } - expectedBranchViews?.viewName ?: []
+        }
+        else {
+         return existingViewNames - expectedBranchViews?.viewName ?: []
+        }
     }
 
     public void deleteDeprecatedViews(List<String> deprecatedViewNames) {
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy
index 5e7b1fa0..0da111e1 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/entagen/jenkins/Main.groovy
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Main {
             h: [longOpt: 'help', required: false, args: 0, argName: 'help', description: "Print usage information - gradle flag -Dhelp=true"],
             j: [longOpt: 'jenkins-url', required: true, args: 1, argName: 'jenkinsUrl', description: "Jenkins URL - gradle flag -DjenkinsUrl=<jenkinsUrl>"],
             u: [longOpt: 'git-url',  required: true, args: 1, argName: 'gitUrl', description: "Git Repository URL - gradle flag -DgitUrl=<gitUrl>"],
-            p: [longOpt: 'job-prefix', required: true, args: 1, argName: 'templateJobPrefix', description: "Template Job Prefix, - gradle flag -DtemplateJobPrefix=<jobPrefix>"],
+            p: [longOpt: 'job-prefix', required: false, args: 1, argName: 'templateJobPrefix', description: "Template Job Prefix, - gradle flag -DtemplateJobPrefix=<jobPrefix>"],
             t: [longOpt: 'template-branch', required: true, args: 1, argName:  'templateBranchName', description: "Template Branch Name - gradle flag -DtemplateBranchName=<branchName>"],
             n: [longOpt: 'nested-view', required: false, args: 1, argName: 'nestedView', description: "Nested Parent View Name - gradle flag -DnestedView=<nestedView> - optional - must have Jenkins Nested View Plugin installed"],
             c: [longOpt: 'print-config', required: false, args: 0, argName: 'printConfig', description:  "Check configuration - print out settings then exit - gradle flag -DprintConfig=true"],