diff --git a/addons/hr_expense/models/res_company.py b/addons/hr_expense/models/res_company.py
index 7c2549f47bf..c7f91ae07e9 100644
--- a/addons/hr_expense/models/res_company.py
+++ b/addons/hr_expense/models/res_company.py
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ class ResCompany(models.Model):
         ('no_send', 'Do not digitalize bills'),
         ('manual_send', "Digitalize bills on demand only"),
         ('auto_send', 'Digitalize all bills automatically')], string="Send mode on expense attachments",
-        required=True, default='auto_send')
+        required=False, default='auto_send')
diff --git a/addons/hr_expense/views/res_config_settings_views.xml b/addons/hr_expense/views/res_config_settings_views.xml
index f85825a87b9..0660bf8cdd7 100644
--- a/addons/hr_expense/views/res_config_settings_views.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_expense/views/res_config_settings_views.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
                                         Digitalize your receipts with OCR and Artificial Intelligence
                                     </div>
                                     <div class="mt16" attrs="{'invisible': [('module_hr_expense_extract', '=', False)]}">
-                                        <field name="expense_extract_show_ocr_option_selection" class="o_light_label" widget="radio"/>
+                                        <field name="expense_extract_show_ocr_option_selection" class="o_light_label" widget="radio" required="True"/>
                                     </div>
                                 </div>   
                             </div>