diff --git a/core/cautils/getter/armoapi.go b/core/cautils/getter/armoapi.go
index 0c4f5770..fcddfd59 100644
--- a/core/cautils/getter/armoapi.go
+++ b/core/cautils/getter/armoapi.go
@@ -233,7 +233,14 @@ func (armoAPI *ArmoAPI) GetAccountConfig(clusterName string) (*armotypes.Custome
 	}
 
 	if err = JSONDecoder(respStr).Decode(&accountConfig); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		// try with default scope
+		respStr, err = armoAPI.Get(armoAPI.getAccountConfigDefault(clusterName), nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if err = JSONDecoder(respStr).Decode(&accountConfig); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	return accountConfig, nil
diff --git a/core/cautils/getter/armoapiutils.go b/core/cautils/getter/armoapiutils.go
index ce55e6f5..8a19f406 100644
--- a/core/cautils/getter/armoapiutils.go
+++ b/core/cautils/getter/armoapiutils.go
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ func (armoAPI *ArmoAPI) exceptionsURL(exceptionsPolicyName string) string {
 	return u.String()
 }
 
+func (armoAPI *ArmoAPI) getAccountConfigDefault(clusterName string) string {
+	config := armoAPI.getAccountConfig(clusterName)
+	url := config + "&scope=default"
+	return url
+}
+
 func (armoAPI *ArmoAPI) getAccountConfig(clusterName string) string {
 	u := url.URL{}
 	u.Scheme = "https"