diff --git a/cln_plugin/channel_acceptor.go b/cln_plugin/channel_acceptor.go
index 848dc600..8bb969ee 100644
--- a/cln_plugin/channel_acceptor.go
+++ b/cln_plugin/channel_acceptor.go
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ func channelAcceptor(acceptScript string, method string, openChannel json.RawMes
 	reject, _ := json.Marshal(struct {
 		Result string `json:"result"`
 	}{Result: "reject"})
+	accept, _ := json.Marshal(struct {
+		Result string `json:"result"`
+	}{Result: "continue"})
+
+	if acceptScript == "" {
+		return accept, nil
+	}
 
 	sd := starlark.StringDict{
 		"method":      starlark.String(method),
diff --git a/cln_plugin/cln_plugin.go b/cln_plugin/cln_plugin.go
index 36a6c212..778fa33b 100644
--- a/cln_plugin/cln_plugin.go
+++ b/cln_plugin/cln_plugin.go
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	DefaultSubscriberTimeout = "1m"
+	DefaultSubscriberTimeout     = "1m"
+	DefaultChannelAcceptorScript = ""
 )
 
 const (
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ func (c *ClnPlugin) handleGetManifest(request *Request) {
 					Name:        channelAcceptScript,
 					Type:        "string",
 					Description: "starlark script for channel acceptor.",
+					Default:     &DefaultChannelAcceptorScript,
 				},
 			},
 			RpcMethods: []*RpcMethod{