Critical: White/Black List doesn't exist — WAU not running despite Intune policy applying correctly

[iagosalomon]

Hey, running into an issue with WAU 2.8.0 on this fork. Every run ends with:
16:53:18 - Reading WAUConfig
16:53:18 - Notification Level: Full. Notification Language: English
16:53:18 - Checking internet connection...
16:53:18 - Connected !
16:53:18 - Checking prerequisites...
16:53:19 - WinGet installed version: 1.28.240 | WinGet available version: 1.28.240
16:53:19 - -> WinGet is up to date.
16:53:19 - Prerequisites checked. OK
16:53:19 - Selected winget instance: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.28.239.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\winget.exe
16:53:19 - WAU current version: 2.8.0
16:53:19 - WAU AutoUpdate is Disabled.
16:53:19 - WAU uses External Lists from: C:\ProgramData\Winget-AutoUpdate-Configurator
16:53:19 - Couldn't reach/find/compare/copy from C:\ProgramData\Winget-AutoUpdate-Configurator...
16:53:19 - Critical: White/Black List doesn't exist, exiting...
16:55:31 - Rerun WAU in system context with ServiceUI

I have tried disabling the list and even adding a couple program i dont care about on it but nothing