diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/__main__.py b/src/ansiblelint/__main__.py
index 8630746d2b..dfdbc7dfd7 100755
--- a/src/ansiblelint/__main__.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/__main__.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:  # noqa: C901
     if options.listrules or options.listtags:
         return _do_list(rules)
 
-    app = get_app(offline=options.offline)
+    app = get_app()
     if isinstance(options.tags, str):
         options.tags = options.tags.split(",")
     result = _get_matches(rules, options)
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/app.py b/src/ansiblelint/app.py
index 479b3af5f8..7fae8e0fe5 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/app.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/app.py
@@ -325,9 +325,10 @@ def _sanitize_list_options(tag_list: list[str]) -> list[str]:
     return sorted(set(tags))
 
 
-@lru_cache(maxsize=1)
-def get_app(offline: bool = False) -> App:
-    """Return the application instance."""
+@lru_cache
+def get_app() -> App:
+    """Return the application instance, caching the return value."""
+    offline = default_options.offline
     app = App(options=default_options)
     # Make linter use the cache dir from compat
     default_options.cache_dir = app.runtime.cache_dir
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/rules/syntax_check.py b/src/ansiblelint/rules/syntax_check.py
index 402e99d7d7..32d5b1e1c6 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/rules/syntax_check.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/rules/syntax_check.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def _get_ansible_syntax_check_matches(lintable: Lintable) -> list[MatchError]:
             # To reduce noisy warnings like
             # CryptographyDeprecationWarning: Blowfish has been deprecated
             # https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/issues/2038
-            env = get_app(offline=True).runtime.environ.copy()
+            env = get_app().runtime.environ.copy()
             env["PYTHONWARNINGS"] = "ignore"
 
             run = subprocess.run(
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/testing/__init__.py b/src/ansiblelint/testing/__init__.py
index 3eeff7c2f8..ec66479e0b 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/testing/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/testing/__init__.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def __init__(self, collection: RulesCollection) -> None:
         # Emulate command line execution initialization as without it Ansible module
         # would be loaded with incomplete module/role/collection list.
         if not self.app:
-            self.app = get_app(offline=True)
+            self.app = get_app()
 
         self.collection = collection
 
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/utils.py b/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
index 34266258cf..22fe2f85b5 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ def _rolepath(basedir: str, role: str) -> str | None:
         path_dwim(basedir, os.path.join("..", role)),
     ]
 
-    for loc in get_app(offline=True).runtime.config.default_roles_path:
+    for loc in get_app().runtime.config.default_roles_path:
         loc = os.path.expanduser(loc)
         possible_paths.append(path_dwim(loc, role))