diff --git a/cosmwasm/submit-proposal.js b/cosmwasm/submit-proposal.js
index 441b86d5..d1ce889f 100644
--- a/cosmwasm/submit-proposal.js
+++ b/cosmwasm/submit-proposal.js
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ const programHandler = () => {
             options.chains = chains;
             mainProcessor(registerItsChain, options);
         });
-    addAmplifierOptions(registerItsChainCmd, { registerItsChainOptions: true, proposalOptions: true, runAs: true });
+    addAmplifierOptions(registerItsChainCmd, { proposalOptions: true, runAs: true });
 
     const paramChangeCmd = program
         .command('paramChange')
diff --git a/cosmwasm/utils.js b/cosmwasm/utils.js
index 787feb39..db908848 100644
--- a/cosmwasm/utils.js
+++ b/cosmwasm/utils.js
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ const getLabel = ({ contractName, label }) => label || contractName;
 const readWasmFile = ({ artifactPath, contractName }) => readFileSync(`${artifactPath}/${pascalToSnake(contractName)}.wasm`);
 
 const initContractConfig = (config, { contractName, chainName }) => {
+    if (!contractName) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     config.axelar = config.axelar || {};
     config.axelar.contracts = config.axelar.contracts || {};
     config.axelar.contracts[contractName] = config.axelar.contracts[contractName] || {};