diff --git a/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/backfill.py b/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/backfill.py
index 234b03499f..cc635a0907 100644
--- a/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/backfill.py
+++ b/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/backfill.py
@@ -168,11 +168,12 @@ def backfill(
             execute=execute,
             parallel=parallel,
         )
-        if entity:
-            console_url = remote.generate_console_url(entity)
-            if execute:
-                click.secho(f"\n Execution launched {console_url} to see execution in the console.", fg="green")
-                return
-            click.secho(f"\n Workflow registered at {console_url}", fg="green")
+        if dry_run:
+            return
+        console_url = remote.generate_console_url(entity)
+        if execute:
+            click.secho(f"\n Execution launched {console_url} to see execution in the console.", fg="green")
+            return
+        click.secho(f"\n Workflow registered at {console_url}", fg="green")
     except StopIteration as e:
         click.secho(f"{e.value}", fg="red")
diff --git a/flytekit/remote/backfill.py b/flytekit/remote/backfill.py
index 154bf4d1b4..2f31889060 100644
--- a/flytekit/remote/backfill.py
+++ b/flytekit/remote/backfill.py
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ def create_backfill_workflow(
 
     logging.info(f"Generating backfill from {start_date} -> {end_date}. Parallel?[{parallel}]")
     wf = ImperativeWorkflow(name=f"backfill-{for_lp.name}")
+
+    input_name = schedule.kickoff_time_input_arg
     date_iter = croniter(cron_schedule.schedule, start_time=start_date, ret_type=datetime)
     prev_node = None
     actual_start = None
@@ -79,7 +81,10 @@ def create_backfill_workflow(
         if next_start_date >= end_date:
             break
         actual_end = next_start_date
-        next_node = wf.add_launch_plan(for_lp, t=next_start_date)
+        inputs = {}
+        if input_name:
+            inputs[input_name] = next_start_date
+        next_node = wf.add_launch_plan(for_lp, **inputs)
         next_node = next_node.with_overrides(
             name=f"b-{next_start_date}", retries=per_node_retries, timeout=per_node_timeout
         )
diff --git a/tests/flytekit/unit/cli/pyflyte/test_backfill.py b/tests/flytekit/unit/cli/pyflyte/test_backfill.py
index 8389295af2..0fd328e638 100644
--- a/tests/flytekit/unit/cli/pyflyte/test_backfill.py
+++ b/tests/flytekit/unit/cli/pyflyte/test_backfill.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ def test_pyflyte_backfill(mock_remote):
                 "--backfill-window",
                 "5 day",
                 "daily",
-                "--dry-run",
             ],
         )
         assert result.exit_code == 0