diff --git a/src/cli/commands/application.ts b/src/cli/commands/application.ts
index bb0ab2c..decdd87 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/application.ts
+++ b/src/cli/commands/application.ts
@@ -711,13 +711,6 @@ const appInit = Command.make(
             userMessage: "Proxy URL is required",
           }),
         );
-      if (!input.authorizationScopes.length)
-        return yield* Effect.fail(
-          new ValidationError({
-            message: "Authorization scopes are required",
-            userMessage: "Authorization scopes are required",
-          }),
-        );
 
       const environment = yield* resolveEnvironmentEffect(envStr);
       const appData = yield* applicationInitEffect(input, environment);
diff --git a/src/core/applications.ts b/src/core/applications.ts
index 90c4571..b48f621 100644
--- a/src/core/applications.ts
+++ b/src/core/applications.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export interface CreateApplicationInput {
   description: string;
   url: string;
   proxyUrl: string;
-  authorizationScopes: string[];
+  authorizationScopes?: string[];
 }
 
 export interface CreatedApplicationInfo {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ const createApplicationInputValidator = type({
   description: "string",
   url: publicHttpUrl,
   proxyUrl: publicHttpUrl,
-  authorizationScopes: type.string.array().moreThanLength(0),
+  authorizationScopes: "string[]?",
 });
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/services/applications.ts b/src/services/applications.ts
index 8d966fa..79c5f5a 100644
--- a/src/services/applications.ts
+++ b/src/services/applications.ts
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export const applicationInput = type({
   description: "string",
   url: publicHttpUrl,
   proxyUrl: publicHttpUrl,
-  authorizationScopes: type.string.array().moreThanLength(0),
+  authorizationScopes: "string[]?",
 });
 
 export const updateApplicationInput = type({