createJWT() throws 'general_unauthorized_scope' error

import { Client, Account } from "appwrite";

const appwriteHost = "http://localhost:8123/v1";
const appwriteProjectId = "<projectID>";

const accountEmail = "someone@example.org";
const accountPassword = "password";

try {
  const client = new Client()
    .setEndpoint(appwriteHost)
    .setProject(appwriteProjectId);
  const account = new Account(client);

  const sessionResponse = await account.createEmailSession(
    accountEmail,
    accountPassword
  );
  console.log(sessionResponse); // <- So far so good, a valid session is created
  
  const jwtResponse = await account.createJWT(); // <- Fails, no way to link to the active session? (without eg cookies) 
  console.log(jwtResponse); 

} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

{
  '$id': '1234567890',
  '$createdAt': '2023-04-03T13:21:10.814+00:00',
  userId: 'someone',
  expire: '2024-04-02 13:21:10.616',
  provider: 'email',
  providerUid: 'someone@example.org',
  providerAccessToken: '',
  providerAccessTokenExpiry: '',
  providerRefreshToken: '',
  ip: 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx',
  osCode: '',
  osName: '',
  osVersion: '',
  clientType: 'library',
  clientCode: '',
  clientName: 'Node Fetch',
  clientVersion: '1.0',
  clientEngine: '',
  clientEngineVersion: '',
  deviceName: '',
  deviceBrand: '',
  deviceModel: '',
  countryCode: '--',
  countryName: 'Unknown',
  current: true
}
AppwriteException: User (role: guests) missing scope (account)
    at Client.<anonymous> (file:///path/to/source/node_modules/appwrite/dist/esm/sdk.js:385:27)
    ...
  code: 401,
  type: 'general_unauthorized_scope',
  response: {
    message: 'User (role: guests) missing scope (account)',
    code: 401,
    type: 'general_unauthorized_scope',
    version: '1.2.1'
  }
}