diff --git a/maxctrl/lib/create.js b/maxctrl/lib/create.js
index 8abcbfe8e..6f2a6f630 100644
--- a/maxctrl/lib/create.js
+++ b/maxctrl/lib/create.js
@@ -221,12 +221,15 @@ exports.builder = function(yargs) {
                 'data': {
                     'id': argv.name,
                     'attributes': {
-                        'module': argv.module,
-                        'parameters': argv.params.reduce(to_obj, {})
+                        'module': argv.module
                     }
                 }
             }
 
+            if (argv.params) {
+                filter.data.attributes.parameters = argv.params.reduce(to_obj, {})
+            }
+
             maxctrl(argv, function(host) {
                 return doRequest(host, 'filters', null, {method: 'POST', body: filter})
             })