diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 280fe9fca10710b41b397e9debe93bca4181ccc3..842e3c96e63eff89c22705d8d2ad8ccbc480383f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -167,3 +167,19 @@ Example:
 
 To ensure a uniform and responsive design the activity should occupy 100% of the window width
 when the activity width is less than 768 px.
+
+## Mandatory attributes
+
+If you are not using the `provider-root` attribute to "terminate" all provider attributes
+you need to manually add these attributes so that the topic will work properly:
+
+```html
+<dbp-signature
+    auth
+    requested-login-status
+    analytics-event
+    initial-file-handling-state
+    clipboard-files
+>
+</dbp-signature>
+```
diff --git a/assets/dbp-signature.html.ejs b/assets/dbp-signature.html.ejs
index 156ee28e0d3e54a3fbd5d678b148b070c369eff1..602440bbbcc276377db0f9d121c4c7ee31377286 100644
--- a/assets/dbp-signature.html.ejs
+++ b/assets/dbp-signature.html.ejs
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@
     nextcloud-webdav-url="<%= nextcloudWebDavURL %>"
     nextcloud-name="<%= nextcloudName %>"
     nextcloud-file-url="<%= nextcloudFileURL %>"
-    initial-file-handling-state
-    clipboard-files
     html-overrides="global-override"
     src="<%= getUrl(name + '.topic.metadata.json') %>"
     base-path="<%= getUrl('') %>"