diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6fdeddd..774268a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ function App() {
     openPicker({
       clientId: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
       developerKey: "xxxxxxxxxxxx",
+      appId: "xxxxxxxxxxxx",
       viewId: "DOCS",
       // token: token, // pass oauth token in case you already have one
       showUploadView: true,
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ export default App;
 | callbackFunction  |function    |  REQUIRED       |Callback function that will be called on picker action |
 |    clientId      |  string  |     REQUIRED     |      Google client id         |
 |    developerKey  |  string  |     REQUIRED     |      Google developer key     |
+|    appId  |  string  |     optional     |      Google app ID (optional - may be required if using drive.file scope)     |
 |    disableDefaultView  |  boolean  |     false     |      disables default view     |
 |    viewId        |  string  |     DOCS         |         ViewIdOptions         |
 |    viewMimeTypes |  string  |     optional     |Comma separated mimetypes. Use this in place of viewId if you need to filter multiple type of files. list: https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/mime-types.|
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0f05732..61922e0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "react-google-drive-picker",
-  "version": "1.1.8",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "react-google-drive-picker",
-      "version": "1.1.8",
+      "version": "1.2.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/react": "^17.0.5",
diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index a719373..3d4a804 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export default function useDrivePicker(): [
 
   const createPicker = ({
     token,
-    appId = '',
+    appId,
     supportDrives = false,
     developerKey,
     viewId = 'DOCS',