diff --git a/commander/src/bootstrapping/templates/lisk-template-ts/generators/init_generator.ts b/commander/src/bootstrapping/templates/lisk-template-ts/generators/init_generator.ts
index bb0a0bc4422..5f2630d7c61 100644
--- a/commander/src/bootstrapping/templates/lisk-template-ts/generators/init_generator.ts
+++ b/commander/src/bootstrapping/templates/lisk-template-ts/generators/init_generator.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ export default class InitGenerator extends Generator {
 			this.answers.chainID,
 			'--output',
 			'config/default',
+			'--label',
+			this.answers.name,
 		]);
 		// create passphrase to generate all the keys
 		const passphrase = Mnemonic.generateMnemonic(256);
diff --git a/commander/src/utils/config.ts b/commander/src/utils/config.ts
index 3d167839bbb..192356dd0db 100644
--- a/commander/src/utils/config.ts
+++ b/commander/src/utils/config.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export const defaultConfig = {
 		modes: ['ipc'],
 		port: 7887,
 		host: '127.0.0.1',
+		allowedMethods: [],
 	},
 	network: {
 		version: '1.0',