diff --git a/packages/oid4vci-holder/src/agent/OID4VCIHolder.ts b/packages/oid4vci-holder/src/agent/OID4VCIHolder.ts
index e318c6cff..b71cc7b35 100644
--- a/packages/oid4vci-holder/src/agent/OID4VCIHolder.ts
+++ b/packages/oid4vci-holder/src/agent/OID4VCIHolder.ts
@@ -386,9 +386,10 @@ export class OID4VCIHolder implements IAgentPlugin {
         authorizationResponse: JSON.parse(await client.exportState()).authorizationCodeResponse,
       })
       if ('credential_definition' in issuanceOpt) {
+        const credentialType = issuanceOpt.credential_definition.type.length === 1? issuanceOpt.credential_definition.type[0]: issuanceOpt.credential_definition.type.filter(type=>type!='VerifiableCredential')[0]
         const credentialResponse = await client.acquireCredentials({
           //fixme: this isn't the correct way to handle this. the type is wrong. we're not correctly handling moving from Record<string, CredentialConfigSupport>
-          credentialType: issuanceOpt.id ?? issuanceOpt.credential_definition.type[0],
+          credentialType: issuanceOpt.id ?? credentialType,
           proofCallbacks: callbacks,
           format: issuanceOpt.format,
           // TODO: We need to update the machine and add notifications support for actual deferred credentials instead of just waiting/retrying