diff --git a/docs/content/grafana_api/model.md b/docs/content/grafana_api/model.md
index 6a2d7257..af6e06ca 100644
--- a/docs/content/grafana_api/model.md
+++ b/docs/content/grafana_api/model.md
@@ -327,10 +327,10 @@ The class includes all necessary variables to generate an alert rule route that
 
 **Arguments**:
 
-- `continue_parameter` _bool_ - Specify the continue parameter
-- `group_by_str` _List[str]_ - Specify the list of group by strings
 - `receiver` _str_ - Specify the receiver
-- `provenance` _str_ - Specify the provenance
+- `continue_parameter` _bool_ - Specify the continue parameter (default None)
+- `group_by_str` _List[str]_ - Specify the list of group by strings (default None)
+- `provenance` _str_ - Specify the provenance (default None)
 - `object_matchers` _List[Matcher]_ - Specify the list of object matchers (default None)
 - `group_interval` _str_ - Specify the group time interval (default None)
 - `group_wait` _str_ - Specify the group wait time (default None)
diff --git a/grafana_api/alerting_provisioning.py b/grafana_api/alerting_provisioning.py
index a8257ec8..a2875ce1 100644
--- a/grafana_api/alerting_provisioning.py
+++ b/grafana_api/alerting_provisioning.py
@@ -755,8 +755,9 @@ def _create_alert_route_dictionary(self, route: Route) -> dict:
             result (dict): Returns the alert route dictionary
         """
 
-        return dict(
-            {
+        return {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in {
                 "continue": route.continue_parameter,
                 "group_by": route.group_by_str,
                 "mute_time_intervals": route.mute_time_intervals,
@@ -769,8 +770,9 @@ def _create_alert_route_dictionary(self, route: Route) -> dict:
                 ),
                 "provenance": route.provenance,
                 "repeat_interval": route.repeat_interval,
-            }
-        )
+            }.items()
+            if v is not None
+        }
 
     def _create_alert_routes_list(self, routes: List[Route]) -> (list, None):
         """The method includes a functionality to create the alert route list
diff --git a/grafana_api/model.py b/grafana_api/model.py
index cb34f2c2..884b7b53 100644
--- a/grafana_api/model.py
+++ b/grafana_api/model.py
@@ -345,10 +345,10 @@ class Route:
     """The class includes all necessary variables to generate an alert rule route that is necessary to communicate with the Grafana alert provisioning endpoint
 
     Args:
-        continue_parameter (bool): Specify the continue parameter
-        group_by_str (List[str]): Specify the list of group by strings
         receiver (str): Specify the receiver
-        provenance (str): Specify the provenance
+        continue_parameter (bool): Specify the continue parameter (default None)
+        group_by_str (List[str]): Specify the list of group by strings (default None)
+        provenance (str): Specify the provenance (default None)
         object_matchers (List[Matcher]):  Specify the list of object matchers (default None)
         group_interval (str): Specify the group time interval (default None)
         group_wait (str): Specify the group wait time (default None)
@@ -357,10 +357,10 @@ class Route:
         mute_time_intervals (List[str]): Specify the mute time interval as list (default None)
     """
 
-    continue_parameter: bool
-    group_by_str: List[str]
     receiver: str
-    provenance: str
+    continue_parameter: bool = None
+    group_by_str: List[str] = None
+    provenance: str = None
     object_matchers: List[Matcher] = None
     group_interval: str = None
     group_wait: str = None
diff --git a/tests/integrationtest/test_alerting_provisioning.py b/tests/integrationtest/test_alerting_provisioning.py
index 1094ff69..f4e124ff 100644
--- a/tests/integrationtest/test_alerting_provisioning.py
+++ b/tests/integrationtest/test_alerting_provisioning.py
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ def test_j_get_notification_policies(self):
 
     def test_k_add_notification_policies(self):
         route: Route = Route(
+            "test1",
             False,
             ["grafana_folder", "alertname"],
-            "test1",
             "test",
             group_wait="5m",
             group_interval="30s",
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ def test_u_delete_message_template(self):
 
     def doCleanups(self):
         route: Route = Route(
+            "grafana-default-email",
             False,
             ["grafana_folder", "alertname"],
-            "grafana-default-email",
             "test",
             group_wait="5m",
             group_interval="30s",
diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_alerting_provisioning.py b/tests/unittests/test_alerting_provisioning.py
index 65acf7fe..93ba0d06 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/test_alerting_provisioning.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/test_alerting_provisioning.py
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ def setUp(self):
             "test", "test", {"test": "test"}
         )
         matcher: Matcher = Matcher("test", MatchType.MatchEqual, "test")
-        route_2: Route = Route(False, ["test"], "test", "test")
+        route_2: Route = Route("test", False, ["test"], "test")
         self.route: Route = Route(
+            "test",
             False,
             ["test"],
             "test",
-            "test",
             object_matchers=[matcher],
             routes=[route_2],
         )
@@ -386,6 +386,21 @@ def test_add_notification_policies(self, call_the_api_mock):
             None, alerting_provisioning.add_notification_policies(self.route)
         )
 
+    @patch("grafana_api.api.Api.call_the_api")
+    def test_add_notification_policies_receiver_only(self, call_the_api_mock):
+        model: APIModel = APIModel(host=MagicMock(), token=MagicMock())
+        alerting_provisioning: AlertingProvisioning = AlertingProvisioning(
+            grafana_api_model=model
+        )
+
+        call_the_api_mock.return_value = dict({"status": 201})
+
+        minimal_route: Route = Route("grafana-default-email")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            None,
+            alerting_provisioning.add_notification_policies(minimal_route),
+        )
+
     def test_add_notification_policies_no_rule(self):
         model: APIModel = APIModel(host=MagicMock(), token=MagicMock())
         alerting_provisioning: AlertingProvisioning = AlertingProvisioning(