diff --git a/cli/src/cli.ts b/cli/src/cli.ts
index ad34e1f6..e1d517c6 100644
--- a/cli/src/cli.ts
+++ b/cli/src/cli.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ async function parseCreateNanoTDFOptions(argv: Partial<mainArgs>): Promise<Creat
   if (ecdsaBinding) {
     c.bindingType = 'ecdsa';
   }
+  // NOTE autoconfigure is not yet supported in nanotdf
+  delete c.autoconfigure;
   return c;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/tdf3/src/client/index.ts b/lib/tdf3/src/client/index.ts
index 59a47e18..7d03d662 100644
--- a/lib/tdf3/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/lib/tdf3/src/client/index.ts
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ export class Client {
         }
       }
       if (
-        avs.length != scope.attributes?.length ||
+        avs.length != (scope.attributes?.length || 0) ||
         !avs.map(({ fqn }) => fqn).every((a) => fqns.indexOf(a) >= 0)
       ) {
         throw new ConfigurationError(